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Ear to the Ground 405: High Voltage
Episode 405
Chad and Melissa Crowley are using managed rotational grazing, soil health, and solar arrays to create a good energy flow on the dairy farm they’re t…
18 hours ago
Ear to the Ground 404: Closing the Loop
Episode 404
Paul and Delores Moechnig are working to prove to the next generation that the road to farming’s future doesn’t have to pass through corn and soybean…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 403: Values on the Table
Episode 403
Emily and Ryan Kjesbo-Johnson vowed their lifelong commitment to community would not stop when they moved out of their urban neighborhood and onto a …
2 months, 1 week ago
Ear to the Ground 402: Enemy of Good
Episode 402
Jane Marynik’s pursuit of perfection ran into a brick wall called vegetable farming. LSP’s Farm Beginnings has helped her strike a more sustainable b…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 401: The Belly of Belief
Episode 401
Livestock producer Frances Kelliher admits to being a bit cynical and burnt-out on her first day in LSP’s Farm Beginnings course. But the program hel…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 400: Small Farms, Big Markets
Episode 400
Josh Bryceson sees The Good Acre food hub as a way to not only build markets for local vegetable producers, but to germinate the next generation of f…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 399: Asking Why
Episode 399
A decade ago, veggie and livestock farmers Josh Bryceson and Rama Hoffpauir realized sweat equity would only take them so far in their ag journey, so…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 398: Land Grant Guarantee
Episode 398
Over the past three decades, the rotating Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems has provided farmers and others a chance to build a more sustainable …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 397: Black Energy
Episode 397
In 1986, Joe Paddock co-authored a book called Soil and Survival. Its message: the relationship between farming and the land is in serious need of re…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 396: Accountable Ag
Episode 396
These three crop producers see no reason why productive farming and clean water can’t co-exist. But first, we need to stop the greenwashing and get o…
6 months, 3 weeks ago