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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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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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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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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by radiocafe | Nov 30, 2021 | Activism, Down to Earth, Education, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico
Tejinder and Juliana Ciano founded Reunity Resources on land in Santa Fe where a veteran had grown food for the hungry. Now they have a thriving compost, farming, educational, and community organizing operation—all founded on regenerative principles.
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by radiocafe | Nov 16, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Science & health
Soil microbiologist David Johnson has been collaborating with pecan farmer Josh Bowman to cultivate healthy soil that retains water and produces a more abundant—and more profitable—harvest.
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by radiocafe | Aug 9, 2021 | Activism, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico
Reese Baker has a vision for greening urban landscapes—and he wants to make Santa Fe an example of how to do it, by catching rainwater from roofs, streets, and parking lots, and channeling it into gardens, trees, and soil.
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by radiocafe | Jul 28, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico
Orchardist Gordon Tooley knows apple trees–and has been cultivating rare and heirloom varieties for three decades. But for him it’s as much about the landscape and lifestyle as about the product. We talk about living slowly, observing closely, and promoting healthy land, water, wildlife, and human communities.
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by radiocafe | Apr 13, 2021 | New Mexico, Politics, Teresa
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by radiocafe | Apr 12, 2021 | New Mexico, Politics, Teresa
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