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Systems thinking: Coordinating after, during, and before disasters

Systems thinking: Coordinating after, during, and before disasters

by radiocafe | Mar 28, 2023 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Science & health

Many entities, public and private, are working to help agrarians whose livelihoods are disrupted. But what do they do, how do they coordinate…and what are the sticky points?

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Technology-assisted regeneration—a new vision for ecological agriculture

Technology-assisted regeneration—a new vision for ecological agriculture

by radiocafe | Mar 14, 2023 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Industrial agriculture imposes a simplified model onto complex ecosystems––with dire consequences. A new book shows how technology is now able to capture nature’s intricacies––and help to grow food more ecologically and more profitably.

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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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Innovative approaches to regeneration on a California ranch

Innovative approaches to regeneration on a California ranch

by radiocafe | Jan 17, 2023 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Science & health

TomKat Ranch manager Mark Biaggi talks about dealing with winter floods, summer droughts, and degraded landscapes––and the process of continual experimentation that leads to dramatic regeneration of damaged land.

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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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Bringing dead land back to life: a filmmaker’s perspective

Bringing dead land back to life: a filmmaker’s perspective

by radiocafe | Nov 15, 2022 | Activism, Arts & films, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Science & health

In 1995 John Liu began documenting the Loess Plateau in China, a landscape ruined by poor agriculture practices. Over decades he documented its return to vibrant life, and filmed many other restoration projects worldwide.

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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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A vibrant pecan oasis in the desert

A vibrant pecan oasis in the desert

by radiocafe | Oct 18, 2022 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Science & health

Coley Burgess didn’t intend to do regenerative agriculture, but a series of happy accidents led him down a path toward healthier trees, a herd of animals, virtually no chemical or tractor use––and a more enjoyable life for himself and his family.

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Leveling the growing field: promoting a fair farm system

Leveling the growing field: promoting a fair farm system

by radiocafe | Sep 20, 2022 | Activism, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Politics

Farm Action’s Sarah Carden is a small farmer who knows the difficulties of competing against giant food conglomerates. But better policy could help smaller farms provide healthy food and keep more profits for food producers––rather than executives and stockholders.

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Big Team Farms––a new economic model?

Big Team Farms––a new economic model?

by radiocafe | Sep 6, 2022 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture

Both big ag and small family farms have their problems…but what’s the alternative? We talk with agricultural journalist Sarah Mock about the some possible models.

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