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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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
Ear to the Ground 357: Against the Grain
Episode 357
As farmers from across the region haul corn past Allen and Kathleen Deutz’s farm to the local ethanol plant, they can’t help but notice fences, lives…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ear to the Ground 356: First Things First
Episode 356
Thinking of applying for NRCS funds? First, advises vegetable and livestock farmer Klaus Zimmermann-Mayo, figure out what kind of farming you want to…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ear to the Ground 356: First Things First
Thinking of applying for NRCS funds? First, advises vegetable and livestock farmer Klaus Zimmermann Mayo, figure out what kind of farming you want to…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ear to the Ground 355: Silver Buckshot
Episode 355
Father-son team Joe and Matthew Fitzgerald are quite willing to share their insights with other farmers on how to get started in organic crop product…
1 year, 7 months ago