Beth Robinette grew up on a ranch but didn’t expect to stay there. But then she got so interested in food system and regenerative practices that now she’s ranching, developing new business models, and teaching the ropes to the next generation of ranchers.
Vintner Mimi Casteel grows wine grapes in a complex, wild, and regenerative landscape—which imparts flavor to the wine and robust health to the ecosystem.
Andrew Flachs‘s new book explores the food system through the lens of values like soil health, human health, biodiversity, and rural communities—not just profits and yields.
Bees live at the foundation of our food system—but they are imperiled by industrial agriculture. Sarah Red-Laird is helping to revive farm and ranch lands by cultivating healthy and diverse bee habitats.
Livestock grazer Nate Chisholm explores the ways that the savanna ecosystem has made humans who we are — from the food we eat to our deepest psychological needs and instincts.
Trevor Warmedahl‘s new book Cheese Trekking documents natural cheesemaking practices in traditional communities — and their depth of ecological knowledge.
Dr. Caitlin Youngquist uses her science training and agricultural experience to solve problems—everything from animal health to food insecurity to family dynamics in small businesses.
Xochitl Torres Small served as New Mexico congresswoman and as deputy director of the USDA. Now she’s leading Quivira Coaltion—and in this podcast talks about her visions and hopes.
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps gives young adults training in landscape conservation, and in the process they also learn how to be part of a greater community.
Farmer, educator, artist, and non-profit leader Michele Thorne explores the values associated with “good meat”––from transparency to ecosystem health to nutrition––and what that means for ranchers, butchers, chefs, eaters, and for the planet.