by Lynne Whitbeck | Apr 20, 2021 | Apprenticeship, Decolonizing Ag, Down to Earth, Grazing, Ranching, Rural Communities, Soil, Succession
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.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Apr 6, 2021 | Bison, Decolonizing Ag, Down to Earth, Grazing, Racial Equity, Radical Center, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
Lucille Contreras calls buffalo her relatives. She’s a Lipan Apache and founder of the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project, which brings together food, culture, and language around this animal to reestablish its homeland.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jan 5, 2021 | Butchery, Down to Earth, Farming, Grazing, Health and Nutrition, Ranching
Camas Davis had what she calls an “early onset midlife crisis” when she was around 30–and it led her to study butchering in France. But when she came home she found that the market for good, local meat needed to be cultivated.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 22, 2020 | Down to Earth, Economics, Grazing, Policy, Ranching
Many food producers spend so much on interest to banks that they can’t pay for improvements to make their farms more resilient and regenerative. Zach Ducheneaux talks about an alternative that’s already having some success in Indian country.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 8, 2020 | Down to Earth, Grazing, Ranching, Rangeland Science, Working with Nature
In her new book, Judith Schwartz takes us to five continents and tell us stories of people restoring devastated landscapes–and overcoming deep conflicts that stem from degraded ecosystems. The results are phenomenal.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Aug 25, 2020 | Down to Earth, Grazing, Radical Center, Ranching, Rangeland Science, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
“What’s good for the bird is good for the herd”–that’s the basis of a win-win initiative to preserve bird habitat on ranches and grasslands. We speak with Audubon Society VP Marshall Johnson about grassland ecology and their successful conservation collaborations.