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...
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...
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...
by Lynne Whitbeck | Aug 8, 2023 | Decolonizing Ag, Down to Earth, Farming, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
A food forest on an eighth of an acre Roxanne Swentzell was a young mother on a small piece of land at Santa Clara Pueblo when she was introduced to permaculture design principles––which dovetailed with her indigenous views and land use. She turned her yard from hard,...
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jul 25, 2023 | Down to Earth, Farming, Rural Communities
From corporation to regeneration––a family’s journey Lorenzo Dominguez was a successful marketing and corporate communications executive in New York City. But during the pandemic he and his wife made the decision to change their lives in order to find a more...