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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...