by Lynne Whitbeck | Mar 18, 2020 | Down to Earth, Farming, Health and Nutrition, Policy, Radical Center, Rural Communities, Soil
Ronnie Cummins analyzes what’s not working about our food system and lays out a blueprint for change — while reminding us that regenerative agriculture is ultimately a necessity.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Mar 3, 2020 | Apprenticeship, Bison, Down to Earth, Grazing, Racial Equity, Ranching, Rural Communities
Kelsey Ducheneaux is a fourth generation regenerative beef cattle rancher, and she works with the Intertribal Agriculture Council helping producers to work within the current system–and reinvigorate native foods and practices.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Feb 18, 2020 | Down to Earth, Farming, Policy, Racial Equity
Brennan Washington is an agriculture Renaissance man. He farms, promotes farmers markets, provides resources to limited-resource producers, and produces the Sustainable Ag Rider podcast.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Feb 4, 2020 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Farming, Racial Equity, Soil, Wildfire, Working with Nature
Farmers in Australia work as fire fighters–but they don’t always do effective fire prevention. We talk to farm planner Darren Doherty talks about the devastation, causes, and opportunities arising from the bush fires.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jan 21, 2020 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Economics, Ranching, Rangeland Science
We talk to Kevin Watt from TomKat Ranch about the practice and benefits of regenerative agriculture, how to incentivize it, and the dire long-term consequences of the degenerative practices of industrial agriculture.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jan 7, 2020 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Rangeland Science, Water
Kate Zeigler is a geologist who works with farmers and ranchers in the arid Southwest to monitor their wells and the water table that keeps them flowing–and helps them to come up with water conservation strategies.