by Lynne Whitbeck | Feb 19, 2019 | Down to Earth, Grazing, Health and Nutrition, Ranching, Soil, Working with Nature
If we were left to our own devices with a large selection of healthy food choices, how would we choose? Would we make healthy choices? What about livestock, and wildlife?
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jan 3, 2019 | Down to Earth, Working with Nature
Gavin Van Horn‘s new book, The Way of Coyote: Shared Journeys of the Urban Wild, reflects on the relationship between the city and the land surrounding it — and how we can each play a role in rewilding and cultivating our corner of land, no matter how small.
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...
