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January 1 Welcome to the Diary!

by radiocafe | Jan 1, 2021 | New Mexico, Politics, Teresa

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First nations food–rebuilding resilience across the land

First nations food–rebuilding resilience across the land

by radiocafe | Oct 6, 2020 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, New Mexico

Part of the experience of colonization for Native people has been the denial of their long-standing practices of agriculture. Now indigenous voices are becoming part of the conversation about how to think in a healthy and holistic manner about food.

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Navigating the public health—and economic—pandemic

Navigating the public health—and economic—pandemic

by radiocafe | Sep 16, 2020 | Activism, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

Many of our “essential workers” pay into the unemployment system but get nothing back when they’re unemployed—because of their immigration status. We talk to organizer Marcela Diaz about the challenges—and opportunities—of the global pandemic. 

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The Reindeer Chronicles: Stories of restoration from around the planet

The Reindeer Chronicles: Stories of restoration from around the planet

by radiocafe | Sep 8, 2020 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, New Mexico

In her new book, Judith Schwartz takes us to five continents and tell us stories of people restoring devastated landscapes–and overcoming deep conflicts that stem from degraded ecosystems. The results are phenomenal.

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Surviving and thriving in N.M.—during crisis times and beyond

Surviving and thriving in N.M.—during crisis times and beyond

by radiocafe | Jun 11, 2020 | Activism, Books, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health

How do you improve county infrastructures and systems so that they serve 100% of the people–especially during times of crisis? We talk to authors-activists Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney and Dominic Cappello about places in New Mexico that are working out exactly this question.

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Measuring the spread

Measuring the spread

by radiocafe | Apr 24, 2020 | New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health

The way things spread–whether a virus, a rumor, or a forest fire–is pretty much the same mathematically. We talk to Dr. Stuart Kauffman about the actual amount of social distancing it takes to halt the spread.

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A small New Mexico garlic farmer takes on a Chinese ag giant

A small New Mexico garlic farmer takes on a Chinese ag giant

by radiocafe | Mar 31, 2020 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Politics

Farmer and writer Stanley Crawford got involved in a legal action that challenged a huge firm that wasn’t paying duties, and was “dumping” garlic onto the US market. What was supposed to take one year turned into a multi-year drama that is still ongoing.

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The science of water

The science of water

by radiocafe | Jan 7, 2020 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, New Mexico

Kate Zeigler is a geologist who works with farmers and ranchers in the arid Southwest to monitor their wells and the water table that keeps them flowing–and helps them to come up with water conservation strategies.

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Constructing the U.S.-Mexico border

Constructing the U.S.-Mexico border

by radiocafe | Dec 19, 2019 | Books, New Mexico, Politics, Race/class/gender, Santa Fe New Mexican

Historian C.J. Alvarez tells the history of the border through it many building projects — designed both to keep people (and cattle) out of the US and to facilitate the flow of commodities in both directions.

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How to retire with real security

How to retire with real security

by radiocafe | Dec 16, 2019 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

Most New Mexicans have little or no savings when they retire, and Social Security won’t be enough to cover even the basics. Think New Mexico’s Fred Nathan talks about some straightforward proposals that would change that.

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