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Incentivizing healthy soils through sensible policy

Incentivizing healthy soils through sensible policy

by radiocafe | May 21, 2019 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Politics

Healthy soil is a win-win for everyone, but converting from conventional to regenerative agriculture is a process that needs to be incentivized. Land Core is an organization that’s doing just that. We talk to founders Aria McLauchlan and Harley Cross.

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Zombie Agriculture

Zombie Agriculture

by radiocafe | May 7, 2019 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Industrial agriculture looks like it’s alive, but often the soil is dead, animals are living in excruciating conditions, and the food looks good but is not as nutritious as food grown from living soils in humane circumstances. Is it eating our brains?

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Life and death on the Gila River

Life and death on the Gila River

by radiocafe | Apr 29, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican

Three mothers paddle down the Gila River after the deaths of their teenage children, following the path the kids had chosen as environmental advocates for the river and surrounding wilderness.

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Farming While Black

Farming While Black

by radiocafe | Apr 23, 2019 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

That’s the name of Leah Penniman‘s new book, and it’s a profound and wide-ranging exploration of everything from the practical details of how to start a farm, to the rich history of African-heritage farming.

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Deciding the fate of the Gila, New Mexico’s last free-flowing river

Deciding the fate of the Gila, New Mexico’s last free-flowing river

by radiocafe | Apr 18, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

For over a hundred years, there have been attempts to damn and divert the Gila river in NM, and so far none of them has succeeded. We explore the potential ecological and economic impacts of the current proposed diversion.

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Congresswoman Debra Haaland and the Green New Deal

Congresswoman Debra Haaland and the Green New Deal

by radiocafe | Apr 15, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

Congresswoman Deb Haaland supports it, as do innumerable young people and veteran climate activists alike. Hear Haaland as well as youth activist Hannah Laga-Abramand environmental activist Craig O’Hare, as they talk about their perspectives on climate mitigation.

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Rounding up the evidence on Roundup

Rounding up the evidence on Roundup

by radiocafe | Apr 9, 2019 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Is our weed killer killer killing us? Author Carey Gillam talks about her book Whitewash, the efforts to hold Monsanto accountable, and a vision for an agriculture that doesn’t rely on heavy chemical use.

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Rounding up the evidence on Roundup

Is our weed killer killing us?

by radiocafe | Apr 8, 2019 | Activism, Books, Environment, Food & agriculture, Santa Fe New Mexican

Juries are finding that Monsanto’s Roundup is a dangerous carcinogen–and that the company has been misrepresenting its toxicity. Author Carey Gillam talks about her book Whitewash, the efforts to hold Monsanto accountable, and a vision for an agriculture that doesn’t rely on heavy chemical use.

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A new threat to New Mexico’s water 

A new threat to New Mexico’s water 

by radiocafe | Mar 25, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

The Clean Water Act of 1972 established policies for cleaning up our nation’s water ways. Now these rules are being gutted–with potentially dire consequences for arid states like New Mexico. Rachel Conn of Amigos Bravos gives us an update.

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The little rodent that could…

The little rodent that could…

by radiocafe | Mar 19, 2019 | Books, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican

Ben Goldfarb is a “beaver believer.” In his new book, Eager, he writes about the historical role of beavers in the ecosystems of the entire North American continent, how they were nearly wiped out, and why many communities are brining them back—and with them lusher wetlands and healthier rivers.

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