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The risks and rewards facing young farmers

The risks and rewards facing young farmers

by radiocafe | Aug 11, 2020 | Activism, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Politics, Race/class/gender

Vanessa García Polanco is from a farming family that emigrated to the US when she was a teenager. She explores the challenges that young and beginning farmers, and farmers of color, are dealing with–especially during the global pandemic.

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American Zion: Religion and rebellion on Western public lands

American Zion: Religion and rebellion on Western public lands

by radiocafe | Jun 9, 2020 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Politics

Cliven Bundy is a rancher who’s refused for decades to pay his grazing fees for using public lands. But where did his ideas about public lands come from? We talk to author Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book.

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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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Grassroots Rising: A holistic vision for a healthy food system and climate

Grassroots Rising: A holistic vision for a healthy food system and climate

by radiocafe | Mar 17, 2020 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Politics

Ronnie Cummins analyzes what’s not working about our food system and lays out a blueprint for change — while reminding us that regenerative agriculture is ultimately a necessity.

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Erosion: A conversation with Terry Tempest Williams

Erosion: A conversation with Terry Tempest Williams

by radiocafe | Dec 30, 2019 | Activism, Books, Environment, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

Is our society evolving, or eroding, or both? We talk with deep thinker, activist, and prolific author Terry Tempest Williams‘ about her new book of essays, Erosion: Essays of Undoing.

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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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The fall and rise of the Mexican gray wolf

The fall and rise of the Mexican gray wolf

by radiocafe | Dec 13, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

This wolf was almost extinct due to a decades-long anti-predator program, but since the passage of the Endagered Species Act, the species has come back–but with opposition, politics, and poaching. US Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Dave Parsons tells the story.

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Whistleblowers: Don’t shoot the messenger

Whistleblowers: Don’t shoot the messenger

by radiocafe | Dec 3, 2019 | Activism, Books, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

What do you do if you see illegal, unethical, or wasteful activities in your government job? If you speak out what will happen–to those at fault, and to you? Political scientist Allison Stanger‘s new book recounts a history of whistleblowers and what’s at stake today.

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The assassination of Fred Hampton

The assassination of Fred Hampton

by radiocafe | Nov 23, 2019 | Activism, Books, Politics, Race/class/gender, Santa Fe New Mexican

Fred Hampton was a young, charismatic, and brilliant leader in Chicago’s black community when he was gunned down by the police. We talk to Hampton’s attorney and biographer Jeffrey Haas, on the 50th anniversary of Hampton’s death.

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