by Lynne Whitbeck | Aug 16, 2018 | Down to Earth, Rangeland Science, Soil, Working with Nature
Practicing regenerative agriculture Nicole Masters is an agroecologist who teaches, writes about, and consults on regenerative agriculture and soil regeneration. With projects in both the US and her home, New Zealand, she has worked on nearly a million acres of crop...
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jul 10, 2018 | Down to Earth, Farming, Soil, Working with Nature
Planting the seeds of local agriculture Bill McDorman is executive director of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance in Ketchum, Idaho, and co-founder of the Seed School. We discuss the rapidly-growing seed-saving movement, and its benefits for a more sustainable and local...
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jun 27, 2018 | Down to Earth, Grazing, Radical Center, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
Cattle grazing, community building, and ecosystem restoration Ariel Greenwood and Guido Frosini are first-generation ranchers in northern California. They recently organized the first annual Transhumance Festival (the next one is in May of 2019), which brought sheep...
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jun 12, 2018 | Down to Earth, Health and Nutrition, Working with Nature
Eating wild foods in the industrial age What’s the difference between one head of lettuce and another? A lot, journalist Jo Robinson tells us. The foods we eat that are freshest and closest to their wild ancestors are healthier and can prevent many of the chronic...
by Lynne Whitbeck | May 31, 2018 | Down to Earth, Policy, Radical Center, Rangeland Science, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
Saving the Gunnison Sage Grouse: Community Conservation in Action In Gunnison, Colorado, there is an innovative collaboration led by the National Resources Conservation Service and involving local conservation groups and state offices to conserve the Gunnison Sage...
by Lynne Whitbeck | May 15, 2018 | Down to Earth, Economics, Health and Nutrition, Poultry
Fowl play: our insane poultry system and how to fix it Why is it that poultry breeds in the US grow so fast and large that they cannot stand or walk properly, that they have poor immune systems, and they don’t provide good nutrition or even flavor? Andrew...