Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFarm Aid: Food, festivity, and fighting for farmers
In 1985 Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young organized a concert to benefit farmers and spread awareness of the crisis U.S. farmers were fa…
2 years, 1 month ago
Healthy fish snacks––what cod be better?
Nick Mendoza grew up in a cattle ranching family in New Mexico, but when he moved to San Diego he fell in love with the ocean and got hooked on fish …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Carbon Credit Conundrum
Carbon credits were designed as a market mechanism to incentivize projects that sequester carbon and reduce carbon emissions. The idea is to pay peop…
2 years, 2 months ago
At The Table: Chefs advocating for a better food system
Katherine Miller, author of At The Table: The Chef's Guide To Advocacy, began her work toward a healthier food system with a deep background in polit…
2 years, 2 months ago
The six-legged livestock: Bees
Beehives take up little space on the land, but, like other livestock, bees need space to roam, and they need a varied diet. Beekeeper Melanie Kirby i…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bonus episode: Ask Me Anything!
Anica Wong is Quivira Coalition's communications director and she had the idea for an "ask me anything" episode with Down to Earth host Mary-Charlott…
2 years, 3 months ago
Photographing grasslands: beauty, community, life
Photographer Sally Thomson's gorgeous new book of photographs and texts, Homeground, is a deep exploration of rangelands in the Southwest––landscapes…
2 years, 4 months ago
Land, sheep, and the inefficiency of being too efficient
Elena Miller Ter-Kuile is a sixth-generation farmer living in southern Colorado. At Cactus Hill Farm she and her father raise sheep for wool, grass-f…
2 years, 4 months ago
Transforming 40 million acres of lawns into thriving ecosystems
Erik Ohlsen author of The Regenerative Landscaper, is helping people, municipalities, companies, and farms create thriving landscapes at every scale–…
2 years, 5 months ago
Sheep and goats for healthy land, thriving businesses, and fire reduction
Cole Bush is a shepherdess, entrepreneur, and educator. Founder of Shepherdess Land & Livestock and Grazing School of the West, she uses a "flerd" (f…
2 years, 5 months ago