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Western Wildfires: Facing a hotter and drier future

Western Wildfires: Facing a hotter and drier future

by radiocafe | May 10, 2022 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico

Wildfires across the West are burning out of control and causing catastrophic losses to landscapes and communities. How did we get here, and how can we better manage fire in the future? Lesli Allison walks us through the complexities and dangers––and the critical importance of land management.

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The path to positive food policy: Making the case for a more regenerative farm bill

The path to positive food policy: Making the case for a more regenerative farm bill

by radiocafe | Apr 26, 2022 | Activism, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

For the US to have a resilient food system at a large scale will require changes in national policy. Aria McLauchlan and Harley Cross of Land Core lay out how the Farm Bill, which will be reauthorized in 2023, can stimulate healthy–and long-term sustainable–farming practices.

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Making the regenerative transition

Making the regenerative transition

by radiocafe | Apr 10, 2022 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Healthy-soil agriculture has the potential to solve a lot of big problems from climate to nutrition. But how do you bring it to scale within the realities of a competitive market system with narrow profit margins? Jessica Chiartas of Regen1 tells us––and it’s not easy or fast.

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Restoring landscapes…with goats and sheep

Restoring landscapes…with goats and sheep

by radiocafe | Mar 29, 2022 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico

Landscapes evolved with animals and need animals to thrive. “Goatscaping” substitutes animals for machines and toxic chemicals to produce more resilient and healthy soil, plants, and even beneficial insect populations. They’re also incredibly cute.

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Restoring resilience on native land

Restoring resilience on native land

by radiocafe | Mar 15, 2022 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, New Mexico

For over 25 years Santa Ana Pueblo has been engaged in a large scale project to restore wildlife, plants, and watersheds long degraded by invasive practices. The results for agriculture, culture, and the land itself have been dramatic.

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The Sequestration Solution: Soil

The Sequestration Solution: Soil

by radiocafe | Feb 22, 2022 | Activism, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Cooling the earth’s climate is not just about cutting emissions––it’s about removing masses of carbon from the air. Karl Thidemann of Soil4Climate makes the case that the secret of sequestration is in the soil––with win-win benefits for ecosystems, nutrition, profitability, and community.

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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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This earth to which we belong

This earth to which we belong

by radiocafe | Jan 25, 2022 | Arts & films, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

The name of Pamela Tanner Boll‘s new film, To Which We Belong, comes from the great naturalist and conservationist Aldo Leopold, who understood the interconnection among all living beings, and the need to treat land with respect––and a deep sense of belonging.

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Science meets compost

Science meets compost

by radiocafe | Jan 11, 2022 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Science & health

Biologist Eva Stricker works with hog farmer Zach Withers and rancher Emily Cornell to study—and quantify—how compost works to heal degraded agricultural lands. So far the results are promising.

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Cultivating the People-Planet-Profit model on an urban farm

Cultivating the People-Planet-Profit model on an urban farm

by radiocafe | Dec 15, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico

Minor Morgan and Matt Draper are intergenerational farmers in Albuquerque’s North Valley. Cultivating diversity and healthy soil, their goal is to grow food that’s healthy for people and the earth.

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