Episode 6 – The Water Win-Win: Food and ecosystems in balance

by Lynne Whitbeck | Nov 1, 2017 | Down to Earth, Water

The Water Win-Win: Food and ecosystems in balanceSandra Postel‘s new book is Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity. It’s about the world water cycle, and about real solutions to the problem of providing water for people and food, and at the same time...

Episode 5 – The deck is stacked against family farmers. Here’s one rancher’s powerful response.

by Lynne Whitbeck | Oct 17, 2017 | Down to Earth, Grazing, Ranching, Rural Communities

The deck is stacked against family farmers. Here’s one rancher’s powerful response.Mike Callicrate is a rancher who started out in industrial feedlot cattle production, but converted to principles of animal husbandry and regenerative agriculture when he saw how...

Episode 4 – The Butchers meet the Buddha: Conscious meat production today

by Lynne Whitbeck | Oct 5, 2017 | Butchery, Down to Earth, Health and Nutrition, Radical Center, Ranching, Working with Nature

The Butchers meet the Buddha: Conscious meat production todayAdam Danforth left behind a career in advertising and marketing in order to do something more grounded and meaningful with his life. He became a butcher, one of a new breed of artisanal butchers who are...

Episode 3 – Slowing climate change, one farm at a time

by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 19, 2017 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Policy, Soil

Slowing Climate Change, One Farm at a Time…Calla Rose Ostrander is an expert on climate change policy and regenerative agriculture — and the place where those worlds meet. She offers a hopeful vision of how agriculture could transform from climate problem to...

Episode 2 – Fighting climate change with cattle…a scientist-rancher’s view of a new landscape.

by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 6, 2017 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Grazing, Ranching, Rangeland Science

Fighting climate change with cattle…A scientist-rancher’s view of a new landscape.Allen Williams is a sixth-generation farmer and rancher from South Carolina, where he grew up around a multitude of farm animals and fresh, homegrown fruits and vegetables. His...

Episode 1 – Growing vegetables for fun and massive profit … really?

by Sarah Wentzel-Fisher | Aug 19, 2017 | Down to Earth, Economics, Farming, Soil

Growing vegetables for fun and massive profit … really? Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser went into farming because it seemed like an earth-friendly way to make a living–and they brought a lot of knowledge and innovation to the process. The result: Singing Frogs Farm is a...