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The Rodale Institute: Pioneers in regenerative/organic farming

The Rodale Institute: Pioneers in regenerative/organic farming

by radiocafe | Jul 14, 2020 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Science & health

When the “green revolution” offered the promise of better agriculture through chemical-intensive farming, J.I. Rodale was skeptical. He started an organic farm and then an institute to study how farming could improve the land and human health. Now they’re doing great work from coast to coast.

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Hopi farming: a 2000-year-long agriculture experiment

Hopi farming: a 2000-year-long agriculture experiment

by radiocafe | Jun 23, 2020 | Activism, Down to Earth, Education, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Science & health

Hopi farmers must be doing something right: they have survived and grown their own food for hundreds of generations. We talk to Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson about their regenerative farming and cultural practices––and the challenges to maintaining them.

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American Zion: Religion and rebellion on Western public lands

American Zion: Religion and rebellion on Western public lands

by radiocafe | Jun 9, 2020 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Politics

Cliven Bundy is a rancher who’s refused for decades to pay his grazing fees for using public lands. But where did his ideas about public lands come from? We talk to author Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book.

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Why the biggest reservoirs in the west are running low–and what to do about it

Why the biggest reservoirs in the west are running low–and what to do about it

by radiocafe | May 27, 2020 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture

Water expert Brian Richter walks us through the history of these great man-made lakes, and how we can ensure that they will continue to provide water through man-made crises like climate change.

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Food, farmers, and the virus–navigating the difficulties and disconnects

Food, farmers, and the virus–navigating the difficulties and disconnects

by radiocafe | May 12, 2020 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture

There’s plenty of food, but with Covid-19 it’s not getting where it needs to go, and everyone–especially farmers–is paying the price. Rachel Armstrong of Farm Commons walks us through the problems–and some solutions–to the many dilemmas facing the food system.

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Restoring public lands through grazing

Restoring public lands through grazing

by radiocafe | Apr 28, 2020 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Grazing on public lands is controversial–for good reason. But when it’s done right, adaptive grazing can greatly improve land health–from overgrazed land, to former oil fields, to bombing ranges. Gregory Horner tells the stories.

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Health, profit, and beauty on the farm in Minnesota

Health, profit, and beauty on the farm in Minnesota

by radiocafe | Apr 14, 2020 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz didn’t know they were cultivating soil health when they started doing Holistic Management. But as they learned to work with nature rather than fighting it their soil–and their farm–began to thrive in ways they’d never dreamed of.

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A small New Mexico garlic farmer takes on a Chinese ag giant

A small New Mexico garlic farmer takes on a Chinese ag giant

by radiocafe | Mar 31, 2020 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Politics

Farmer and writer Stanley Crawford got involved in a legal action that challenged a huge firm that wasn’t paying duties, and was “dumping” garlic onto the US market. What was supposed to take one year turned into a multi-year drama that is still ongoing.

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Grassroots Rising: A holistic vision for a healthy food system and climate

Grassroots Rising: A holistic vision for a healthy food system and climate

by radiocafe | Mar 17, 2020 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Politics

Ronnie Cummins analyzes what’s not working about our food system and lays out a blueprint for change — while reminding us that regenerative agriculture is ultimately a necessity.

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Growing food for healthy communities in Indian Country

Growing food for healthy communities in Indian Country

by radiocafe | Mar 3, 2020 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous

Kelsey Ducheneaux is a fourth generation regenerative beef cattle rancher, and she works with the Intertribal Agriculture Council helping producers to work within the current system–and reinvigorate native foods and practices.

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