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Back to SearchAgave, mesquite, and a carbon drawdown game-changer
André Leu is co-founder and International Director of Regeneration International, an organization that promotes food, farming, and land use systems that regenerate and stabilize climate systems. He’…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Commerce, the destruction of nature, and the uphill path to sustainability
Environmental historian Sara Dant’s book Losing Eden traces the history of the American West from the time of elephants and camels to the near destruction of entire ecosystems—and the movement to bri…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Colorado peaches: delicious for the eaters, fair for the workers
Gwen Cameron grew up on Rancho Durazno, her family's peach farm. She was pursuing a career in journalism when her father asked her if she wanted to come back and take over the farm. She agreed and ne…
Published on 1 year ago
Black farmers regenerating land in the face of historical and current racism
P. Wade Ross's great grandfather was a runaway slave who bought land in Texas. His descendants founded Texas Small Farmers and Ranchers Community Based Organization, a non-profit that helps Black far…
Published on 1 year ago
Empowering women in agriculture
Women have been invisible in agriculture for too long: not counted in the census, not taken seriously for their work and management achievements, excluded from access to capital and credit––and even …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
The wild adventures of a New Mexico hemp farmer
Doug Fine was an international journalist before he moved to New Mexico to start a polyculture farm and embrace a rural way of life. He's the author of six books, including four on hemp and cannabis,…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Sarah Wentzel-Fisher on working lands, community, science, and more
Sarah Wentzel-Fisher is executive director of Quivira Coalition. A native of South Dakota, she came to her work in agriculture and leadership via a circuitous path that included the creative arts, wr…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Pueblo values + engineering expertise = resilient landscapes
Phoebe Suina grew up on Cochiti and San Felipe Pueblos in New Mexico, where she learned about land, water, and cultural values and practices from her extended family and community. With advanced degr…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Documentary digs deep into grazing science — and society
A decade ago, filmmaker Peter Byck assembled a group of scientists who were looking at agriculture from a whole-system perspective to study regenerative and conventional grazing side by side. The res…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Saving seeds, saving diversity, saving ecosystems
Seed Savers Exchange is a small non-profit that's making a big difference. For a half century, they've been saving seeds, getting them out into gardens, telling their stories––and cultivating biodive…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago