by radiocafe | Nov 11, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
The Nature Conservancy partners with ranchers on virtual fencing, a new technology that keeps animals in delimited areas through GPS collars—resulting in labor saving, wildlife conservation, and land health.
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by radiocafe | Oct 14, 2024 | Arts & films, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Artist and science educator Robert Dash creates art from micro- and macroscopic photographs of food crops. His new book explores both the science of our food system and the role of art in finding a more healthy and loving way forward.
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by radiocafe | Sep 30, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Hayley and Stephanie Painter saved their farm by creating a national yogurt brand—and they’re committed to fostering not only nutrient dense, regenerative food, but also health at every level of the supply chain.
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by radiocafe | Sep 17, 2024 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Science & health
André Leu knows what it takes to pull massive amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere and put it into the soil–permanently. We talk about his new book, The Regenerative Agriculture Solution.
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by radiocafe | Sep 3, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Politics
Environmental historian Sara Dant’s book Losing Eden looks at the American West from the time of wooly mammoths to the near destruction of entire ecosystems—and the movement to bring nature and industry into balance.
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by radiocafe | Aug 20, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Gwen Cameron took over her father’s peach farm, and has been balancing regenerative methods, fair work practices, and diversification of markets to run a successful business.
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by radiocafe | Aug 6, 2024 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Race/class/gender
P. Wade Ross‘s great grandfather was a runaway slave who bought land in Texas. On this land his descendants founded a non-profit that helps Black farmers and ranchers to succeed in regenerative agriculture.
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by radiocafe | Jul 23, 2024 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Politics
Women farmers and ranchers have historically been at a disadvantage in many ways––equipment designed for male bodies, lack of access to credit and capital, and just not being taken seriously. We talk to Jules Salinas of Women, Food & Agriculture Network
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by radiocafe | Jul 7, 2024 | Arts & films, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico
Journalist-filmmaker-farmer-comedian Doug Fine left the New York suburbs to settle in New Mexico, where he cultivates hemp as well as goats, chickens, and produce. He’s an advocate for regenerative farming and rural living.
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by radiocafe | Jun 26, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico
Quivira Coalition’s executive director Sarah Wentzel-Fisher began as an artist and creative writer, and got interested in communities and food systems. Her path led to a life of both non-profit leadership and farming.
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