Succession Archives - Quivira Coalition

Episode 149 – How to have family business meetings that are productive––and short

by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 19, 2023 | Down to Earth, Rural Communities, Succession, Working with Nature

How to have family business meetings that are productive––and short Jenn Wheeling and her four siblings were raised at the James Ranch in Durango, Colorado. At 18 they were sent out into the world, but one by one four of the five came back to live on the ranch and...

Episode 124 – Big Team Farms––a new economic model?

by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 6, 2022 | Down to Earth, Farming, Rural Communities, Succession

Both big ag and small family farms have their problems…but what’s the alternative? We talk with agricultural journalist Sarah Mock about the some possible models.

Episode 114 – Making the regenerative transition

by Lynne Whitbeck | Apr 12, 2022 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Economics, Succession

Healthy-soil agriculture has the potential to solve a lot of big problems from climate to nutrition. But how do you bring it to scale within the realities of a competitive market system with narrow profit margins? Jessica Chiartas of Regen1 tells us––and it’s not easy or fast.

Episode 109 – This earth to which we belong

by Lynne Whitbeck | Jan 25, 2022 | Climate Change, Down to Earth, Farming, Grazing, Oceans, Racial Equity, Radical Center, Ranching, Rangeland Science, Rural Communities, Soil, Succession, Water, Working with Nature

The name of Pamela Tanner Boll‘s new film, To Which We Belong, comes from the great naturalist and conservationist Aldo Leopold, who understood the interconnection among all living beings, and the need to treat land with respect––and a deep sense of belonging.

Episode 107 – Cultivating the People-Planet-Profit model on an urban farm

by Lynne Whitbeck | Dec 15, 2021 | Down to Earth, Farming, Soil, Succession

Minor Morgan and Matt Draper are intergenerational farmers in Albuquerque’s North Valley. Cultivating diversity and healthy soil, their goal is to grow food that’s healthy for people and the earth.

Episode 101 – Stepping back from the abyss: James Rebanks’ return from industrial to traditional farming

by Lynne Whitbeck | Sep 21, 2021 | Down to Earth, Grazing, Rural Communities, Succession

Farmer James Rebanks comes from a thousand-year old farming tradition—which was almost destroyed in one generation. He tells the story of how he worked out how “improvement” was wreaking havoc on the soil, food, and wildife—and how he’s rebuilding his farm to be long-term sustainable.