by radiocafe | Jan 22, 2019 | Down to Earth
Research scientist David Johnson from New Mexico State University tells us. He’s a leading soil scientist, and he knows what we need to do to reverse soil loss patterns–and what the many benefits are to restoring healthy soil on farms and rangelands.
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by radiocafe | Jan 21, 2019 | New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Jal Mehta is an expert in the successes–and failures–of school reform movements in the United States and abroad. He shares his ideas about how school systems and governments can rethink education, and build on their strengths.
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by radiocafe | Jan 17, 2019 | New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health
Archaeoastronomy of the last forty years reveals that Native Americans of the Chaco Canyon area were extraordinary astronomers, engineers, and builders–in service of a spirituality. What did it mean, and why did they leave the site? We talk to researcher Anna Sofaer and her colleagues.
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by radiocafe | Jan 14, 2019 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
New Mexico has a new governor and a new legislature. Santa Fe New Mexican Journalists Milan Simonich and Andrew Oxford talk about what we can expect—what changes and what doesn’t—and it’s not all about political parties.
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by radiocafe | Jan 10, 2019 | Activism, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Every year journalists around the world are attacked, arrested, imprisoned, and killed for doing their work–including in the US. We talk to Courtney Radsch of the Committee to Protect Journalists about what this looks like, and how the situation can be improved.
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by radiocafe | Jan 7, 2019 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
Meet Howie Morales, Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico. After serving in the NM Senate for over a decade, he ran alongside Michelle Lujan Grisham, and in November they were part of the “blue tsunami” that swept Democrats into every statewide elected office.
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by radiocafe | Dec 26, 2018 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Gavin Van Horn‘s new book, The Way of Coyote: Shared Journeys of the Urban Wild, reflects on the relationship between the city and the land surrounding it.
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by radiocafe | Dec 11, 2018 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Reginaldo Haslett Marroquín‘s team observed chickens for a year before engineering a prototype for an efficient and humane poultry farm. Equal parts indigenous wisdom and industrial design, they’ve created a scalable model that can be adapted to virtually any place on earth.
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by radiocafe | Nov 27, 2018 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture
Jonathan and Kaylyn Cobb found a healthier way of farming when they rejected industrial methods and embraced regenerative practices. They tell the story of restoring degraded land through trial and error–and a big paradigm shift.
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by radiocafe | Nov 22, 2018 | Food & agriculture, Santa Fe New Mexican
Talking turkey with Chef Johnny Vee — how to make a great Thanksgiving dinner that will please both traditionalists and adventurers.
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