Lynne Whitbeck, Author at Quivira Coalition

Episode 149 – How to have family business meetings that are productive––and short

by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 19, 2023 | Down to Earth, Rural Communities, Succession, Working with Nature

How to have family business meetings that are productive––and short Jenn Wheeling and her four siblings were raised at the James Ranch in Durango, Colorado. At 18 they were sent out into the world, but one by one four of the five came back to live on the ranch and...

Episode 27 – Stacy Lishka and Evanne Caviness on Cooperative Land Leasing

by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 18, 2023 | Regeneration Rising

Stacy Lishka and Evanne Caviness on Cooperative Land Leasing In this episode, host Taylor Muglia dives into the details of a creative land access model with Poudre Valley Community Farms Executive Director Stacy Lishka and one of the program’s lessees Evanne...

Episode 148 – Weathering global change on an Oregon sheep ranch

by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 5, 2023 | Down to Earth, Erosion Control, Radical Center, Rangeland Science, Soil, Water, Working with Nature

Weathering global change on an Oregon sheep ranch Jeanne Carver and her husband were doing regenerative practices, including no-till and rotational grazing, at the Imperial Stock Ranch in Maupin, Oregon. But when the company that had been buying their wool for over a...

Episode 147 – From mountaintops to farm fields: Landscape scale restoration

by Lynne Whitbeck | Aug 22, 2023 | Down to Earth, Erosion Control, Radical Center, Rangeland Science, Soil, Water, Working with Nature

From mountaintops to farm fields: Landscape scale restoration Jan-Willem Jansens has been restoring landscapes in New Mexico for three decades. Owner of Ecotone Landscape Planning, he is part of a network that works to restore land that has been damaged by generations...

Episode 26 – Emily Brown on the Joys and Challenges of Returning to a Family Farm

by Lynne Whitbeck | Aug 18, 2023 | Regeneration Rising

Emily Brown on the Joys and Challenges of Returning to a Family Farm Emily certainly didn’t see herself coming back to her family potato and barley farm in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, but a husband, child, and global pandemic later, she finds herself...