Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEstablishing an earth-friendly meat business
Corporate meat producers tout their "efficiency" but actually wreak havoc on the environment, local communities, and the animals themselves. Cole Man…
2 years, 10 months ago
Taking it to the street––healthy food entrepreneurship
Tina Garcia-Shams is executive director of the Street Food Institute in Albuquerque, NM. The program teaches entrepreneurship, food preparation, acco…
2 years, 11 months ago
Herding animals for land––and human––health
Traditional pastoral cultures have been living in harmony with animals and land for millennia––and they persist to this day, though with serious ch…
2 years, 11 months ago
Hydroponics, aquaponics, and sovereignty
Hydroponic agriculture systems use water––not soil––to grow crops, and yet they use water with exceptional efficiency and can produce abundantly all …
3 years ago
Systems thinking: Coordinating after, during, and before disasters
Many federal, state, and local agencies, as well as non-profits and community groups, carry the responsibility of helping people and fixing infrastru…
3 years ago
Technology-assisted regeneration—a new vision for ecological agriculture
Industrial agriculture imposes a simplified production model onto complex ecosystems––with dire consequences. In the new book, The Great Regeneration…
3 years, 1 month ago
Wolves in the West: Finding common ground
After being driven almost to extinction, wolves are back in some of their natural habitat. A new podcast, Working Wild University, explores how ranch…
3 years, 1 month ago
De-commodifying land: Challenging your inner capitalist
The price of land keeps going up across the country as wealthy investors buy farmland and people move out of cities. This puts untenable pressure on …
3 years, 2 months ago
Healing Grounds: The enduring cultures of regenerative agriculture
Liz Carlisle's new book, Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, is a fascinating exploration of food, agricul…
3 years, 2 months ago
Innovative approaches to regeneration on a California ranch
TomKat Ranch manager Mark Biaggi talks about dealing with winter floods, summer droughts, and degraded landscapes––and the process of continual exper…
3 years, 2 months ago