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Ear to the Ground 344: Flerd is the Word
Episode 344
Poor soil, short growing seasons, and little infrastructure: beginning farmer George Heller is proving that a successful grazing operation doesn’t re…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 345: Grazing's Generational Jump
Episode 345
Rick Matt was flat on his back when it became evident how he and his son, Damien, could build an intergenerational farming operation based on soil he…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 346: Pasture Pixie Dust
Episode 346
The NRCS’s Jeff Duchene has set up grazing plans in 50 Minnesota counties, and has yet to find that proverbial “magic grass.” But he’s more convinced…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 347: Bite-by-Bite
Episode 347
Mapping a rural region’s “community food assets” reveals isolated islands of opportunity in a sea of corn and soybeans. LSP’s Scott DeMuth says now i…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 348: Urban Agrarian
Episode 348
Elyssa Eull’s tiny farm is tucked between railroad tracks and an empty lot in the heart of a major metropolitan area, but its city soil is producing …
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 349: Family, Farming & Forages
Episode 349
Since taking over their family’s livestock operation, Parker and Sam Beard have added a few new twists. But one thing will never change: those hills …
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 350: Cranking Up Capacity
Episode 350
By building soil biology via managed grazing, Langdon Collom is learning that expanding a farm’s capacity doesn’t always require horizontal expansion…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 360: Food Bank Booster
Episode 360
At a time when rural residents are grappling with high food insecurity, an innovative Wisconsin program is connecting local farmers with local eaters…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ear to the Ground 359: Trash to Treasure
Episode 359
Soil conservationist Julie Reberg sees composting as a “very scientific art form” that can transform waste into biological bullion.
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Ear to the Ground 358: Low Input - High Returns
Episode 358
Alex Udermann and his family at Meadowbrook Dairy were tired of working harder and harder for less and less. So they invested in building the kind of…
1 year, 9 months ago