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Agave, mesquite, and a carbon drawdown game-changer

Agave, mesquite, and a carbon drawdown game-changer

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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Commerce, the destruction of nature, and the uphill path to sustainability

Commerce, the destruction of nature, and the uphill path to sustainability

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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Pueblo values + engineering expertise = resilient landscapes

Pueblo values + engineering expertise = resilient landscapes

by radiocafe | Jun 12, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, New Mexico

Phoebe Suina draws on advanced studies in engineering and management and deeply held cultural values and knowledge of the land to lead a native- and woman-owned environmental restoration company.

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A food forest on an eighth of an acre

A food forest on an eighth of an acre

by radiocafe | Aug 8, 2023 | Down to Earth, Education, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, New Mexico

Roxanne Swentzell turned a small piece of bare, dry earth into a garden/forest that produced enough food and wood to maintain a family of four. She founded the Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute, which teaches how to understand and live on the land and allow it to flourish.

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Herding animals for land––and human––health

Herding animals for land––and human––health

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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De-commodifying land: Challenging your inner capitalist

De-commodifying land: Challenging your inner capitalist

by radiocafe | Feb 14, 2023 | Activism, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Race/class/gender

As land prices and development pressures rise, agrarians and land stewards have a hard time buying and staying on land. Neil Thapar and Mariela Cedeño talk about strategies to convert land from a commodity to what it really is––habitat, ecosystems, and where we grow our food.

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Healing Grounds: The enduring cultures of regenerative agriculture

Healing Grounds: The enduring cultures of regenerative agriculture

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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Giant bison, mammoths, and eagles: a deep history of the American continent

Giant bison, mammoths, and eagles: a deep history of the American continent

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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Sustainable development, climate mitigation, and biochar

Sustainable development, climate mitigation, and biochar

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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Desert wisdom: sustaining Southwest agriculture using old ways––and new

Desert wisdom: sustaining Southwest agriculture using old ways––and new

by radiocafe | Nov 1, 2022 | Books, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Science & health

Gary Paul Nabhan, know as the “father of the local food movement,” knows how to grow food that’s healthy and profitable––even during times of drought and climate disruption.

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