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Ear to the Ground 365: Perennial Pivot
Episode 365
When Sogn Valley Farm transitioned out of intensive production of vegetable crops, it opened up opportunities to utilize a unique cousin of wheat as …
1 year, 6 months ago
Ear to the Ground 364: Savanna Symbiosis
Episode 364
Stephen Thomforde sees integrating trees, grass, and grazing animals as a way to support one of the most productive ecosystems in existence, and hist…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ear to the Ground 363: Small Grain-Big Opportunities
Episode 363
Landon Plagge’s experience growing oats has proven that this humble grain can play a big role in revitalizing soil health on corn-soybean farms. Can …
1 year, 7 months ago
Ear to the Ground 263: Small Grain-Big Opportunities
Episode 263
Landon Plagge’s experience growing oats has proven that this humble grain can play a big role in revitalizing soil health on corn-soybean farms. Can …
1 year, 7 months ago
Ear to the Ground 362: Regenerative Return
Episode 362
When Roy Pfaltzgraff returned to his family’s northeastern Colorado cropping operation in 2016, he was committed to making farming a fulltime endeavo…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ear to the Ground 334: Youth Movement
Episode 334
Farm Beginnings grad Marcos Giossi started his food-raising career as a teenager tilling soil on an old soccer field. Now he’s helping young urban fa…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ear to the Ground 361: Additive Vs. Extractive
Episode 361
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• LSL Review of Grain By Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food, by Bob Quinn & Liz Carlisle
• Quinn Ins…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ear to the Ground 341: Seeds of Local Democracy
Episode 341
LSP’s political action partner, the Land Stewardship Action Fund, is working to show that vibrant rural communities require local people participatin…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 342: Ignoring the Red Dress
Episode 342
Wholesome Family Farms is known for juggling enough enterprises to overwhelm even the most ambitious farmer. But Rachelle Meyer says a “three-legged …
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 343: Healthy Soil Vs. Plastic Worms
Episode 343
Clifford Johnson calls himself an “honest regenerative hypocrite,” which says a lot about his approach to building soil health on his family’s crop a…
1 year, 9 months ago