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Restore the water cycle, revive the planet

Restore the water cycle, revive the planet

by radiocafe | Feb 8, 2022 | Activism, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Zach Weiss has seen land so degraded that even weeds couldn’t grow…and helped transform it into healthy, living landscapes by changing the flow of water and letting nature do most of the work. The implications for agriculture, wildlife, and climate are huge.

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Planetary regeneration on a community scale

Planetary regeneration on a community scale

by radiocafe | Nov 30, 2021 | Activism, Down to Earth, Education, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico

Tejinder and Juliana Ciano founded Reunity Resources on land in Santa Fe where a veteran had grown food for the hungry. Now they have a thriving compost, farming, educational, and community organizing operation—all founded on regenerative principles.

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Got goat? The Vanguard Ranch does, and it’s ready to eat

Got goat? The Vanguard Ranch does, and it’s ready to eat

by radiocafe | Nov 2, 2021 | Activism, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Race/class/gender

Renard Turner and his wife are agrarian entrepreneurs who produce local, sustainable, regenerative food at their Virginia goat farm–and they provide a model for future farmers and homesteaders.

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Stepping back from the abyss: James Rebanks’ return from industrial to traditional farming

Stepping back from the abyss: James Rebanks’ return from industrial to traditional farming

by radiocafe | Sep 21, 2021 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Farmer James Rebanks tells the story of a thousand-year old farming tradition—which was almost destroyed by “improvement”—and how he’s rebuilding long-term sustainability.

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Restoring the global water cycle

Restoring the global water cycle

by radiocafe | Sep 7, 2021 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

With the best of intentions and technological innovation, we have broken the world’s water cycle. Now, says water expert Sandra Postel, we need to work with nature in order to restore it—if we want to survive, thrive, and, well, eat.

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Lush and abundant biodiversity—in a desert city

Lush and abundant biodiversity—in a desert city

by radiocafe | Aug 9, 2021 | Activism, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico

Reese Baker has a vision for greening urban landscapes—and he wants to make Santa Fe an example of how to do it, by catching rainwater from roofs, streets, and parking lots, and channeling it into gardens, trees, and soil.

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Reclaiming the Commons: a conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva

Reclaiming the Commons: a conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva

by radiocafe | Nov 3, 2020 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous

For millennia local and indigenous farmers have been producing healthy food worldwide. In less than a century that food system has been decimated, We talk to Dr. Vandana Shiva about restoring health, democracy, species, and local knowledge.

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From art to agriculture: Emerald Gardens

From art to agriculture: Emerald Gardens

by radiocafe | Oct 20, 2020 | Activism, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Science & health

Roberto Meza was an artist and MIT graduate student who took some time off to deal with health concerns—and found that fresh greens made such a difference in his life that he started growing them. Now he runs a thriving business and focuses on food sovereignty and equity.

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Navigating the public health—and economic—pandemic

Navigating the public health—and economic—pandemic

by radiocafe | Sep 16, 2020 | Activism, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

Many of our “essential workers” pay into the unemployment system but get nothing back when they’re unemployed—because of their immigration status. We talk to organizer Marcela Diaz about the challenges—and opportunities—of the global pandemic. 

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The risks and rewards facing young farmers

The risks and rewards facing young farmers

by radiocafe | Aug 11, 2020 | Activism, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Politics, Race/class/gender

Vanessa García Polanco is from a farming family that emigrated to the US when she was a teenager. She explores the challenges that young and beginning farmers, and farmers of color, are dealing with–especially during the global pandemic.

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