by radiocafe | Apr 25, 2023 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous
Traditional pastoral cultures have been living in harmony with animals and land for millennia––and they persist to this day, though with serious challenges. Ilse Köhler-Rollefson‘s new book shines a light on what they can teach us.
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by radiocafe | Apr 11, 2023 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Science & health
Charlie Shultz is teaching students how to grow fish and plants in in mutually beneficial systems, as well as healthy, nutrient-dense greenhouse crops––all year round. It’s all about sustainable, local, healthy, and economically thriving food systems.
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by radiocafe | Mar 28, 2023 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Science & health
Many entities, public and private, are working to help agrarians whose livelihoods are disrupted. But what do they do, how do they coordinate…and what are the sticky points?
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by radiocafe | Mar 14, 2023 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Industrial agriculture imposes a simplified model onto complex ecosystems––with dire consequences. A new book shows how technology is now able to capture nature’s intricacies––and help to grow food more ecologically and more profitably.
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by radiocafe | Feb 28, 2023 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
After being driven almost to extinction, wolves are back in some of their natural habitat. A new podcast explores how ranchers, conservationists, and others are coming together to find paths toward peaceful co-habitation.
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by radiocafe | Jan 31, 2023 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Race/class/gender
In her new book Liz Carlisle explores rich food traditions from the Americas, Asia, and Africa that have survived and thrived in the U.S.—and how they are helping to restore land and climate, and bring about a more just and humane world.
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by radiocafe | Jan 17, 2023 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Science & health
TomKat Ranch manager Mark Biaggi talks about dealing with winter floods, summer droughts, and degraded landscapes––and the process of continual experimentation that leads to dramatic regeneration of damaged land.
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by radiocafe | Dec 15, 2022 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, New Mexico
The land and its creatures looked very different when the first people arrived on this continent. Dan Flores‘ book Wild New World traces human impact up to the present––and the choices we’re looking at now.
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by radiocafe | Nov 30, 2022 | Activism, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Science & health
For decades Brando Crespi has been working in communities damaged by extractive industries. He makes the case that biochar can and should be part of a global strategy do reverse climate change and grow more food with less water.
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by radiocafe | Nov 15, 2022 | Activism, Arts & films, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Science & health
In 1995 John Liu began documenting the Loess Plateau in China, a landscape ruined by poor agriculture practices. Over decades he documented its return to vibrant life, and filmed many other restoration projects worldwide.
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