Down to Earth is a podcast about hope. As climate change collides with our industrial food system, we focus not on doom but instead on people who are developing practical, innovative solutions. We invite you to meet farmers, ranchers, scientists, land managers, writers, and many others on a mission to create a world in which the food we eat is healthy—for us, for the land and water from which it springs, for the lives and livelihoods of the producers, and for the planet.
Quivira has co-produced this podcast with Mary Charlotte Domandi and Radio Cafe.
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Episode 13 – Cows Save the Planet
Cows Save the PlanetJudith Schwartz is the author of Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of ...
Episode 12 – Opening the conversation about living soils
Opening the conversation about living soilsChris Jagger is a vegetable farmer in Oregon, and he’s founder of ...
Episode 11 – From conflict to conciliation on Western landscapes
From conflict to conciliation on Western landscapesLesli Allison, executive director of the Western Landowners ...
Episode 10 – What on earth is earth? A soil scientist tell us…and why we shouldn’t treat it like dirt.
What on earth is earth? A soil scientist tell us…and why we shouldn’t treat it like dirt.Christine Jones is a ...
Episode 9 – Eat Mesquite? Yes. Really.
Eat Mesquite? Yes. Really.Brad Lancaster is co-founder of Desert Harvesters, in Tucson, Arizona. He’s author of
Episode 8 – Patron saints of regenerative agriculture: Gabe and Paul Brown
Patron saints of regenerative agriculture: Gabe and Paul BrownGabe Brown and his family endured hail, drought, ...
Episode 7 – Wes Jackson on the problem of agriculture and the perennial solution
Wes Jackson on the problem of agriculture and the perennial solutionWes Jackson is a visionary. Plant ...
Episode 6 – The Water Win-Win: Food and ecosystems in balance
The Water Win-Win: Food and ecosystems in balanceSandra Postel‘s new book is Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of ...
Episode 5 – The deck is stacked against family farmers. Here’s one rancher’s powerful response.
The deck is stacked against family farmers. Here’s one rancher’s powerful response.Mike ...
Episode 4 – The Butchers meet the Buddha: Conscious meat production today
The Butchers meet the Buddha: Conscious meat production todayAdam Danforth left behind a career in advertising ...
Episode 3 – Slowing climate change, one farm at a time
Slowing Climate Change, One Farm at a Time...Calla Rose Ostrander is an expert on climate change policy and ...
Episode 2 – Fighting climate change with cattle…a scientist-rancher’s view of a new landscape.
Fighting climate change with cattle...A scientist-rancher’s view of a new landscape.Allen Williams is a ...
Episode 1 – Growing vegetables for fun and massive profit … really?
Growing vegetables for fun and massive profit … really?
Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser went into farming because it
