Ep 013 Bishop Mule Days
We traveled to Bishop, California for the 50th Anniversary of the Bishop Mule Days and boy what fun we had. Every Memorial Day weekend since 1969, the town of Bishop, nestled on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, comes alive with the annual presentation of Mule Days. There is no way to actually describe Mule Days. It is part mule show, part test of skills, and part Wild West show. It is an event the likes of which are held no where else in the world. Over the six days of the ev...
3 Jun 201950min
Ep 012 Memorial Day 2019 - The Seedbank Scientists Story
On this Memorial Day we'd like to post a short interview with Dr. Cary Fowler and a story of remarkable bravery. Support the show
28 Mai 201911min
Ep 011 Vilicus Farms Part Two
The continuation of our delightful conversation with Doug Crabtree and Anna Jones Crabtree of Vilicus Farms in Havre, Montana. We talk about their efforts to establish and maintain an apprenticeship program to find and train new pioneers on one of the last farming frontiers left in America. Support the show
27 Mai 201928min
Ep 010 Vilicus Farms
We visited the frontier - or as close as we've been to it so far - for our visit with some of the organic farmers of Montana. Our visit with Doug Crabtree and Anna Jones Crabtree of Vilicus Farms was a kitchen table discussion about diversity, dryland farming, organic land management, and the deeper understanding of the possibilities of how to work with natural systems in our agricultural processes, instead of waging constant war against them. These are some of the last of the pio...
20 Mai 201939min
Ep 009 Hank Will
After visiting the Mother Earth News Fair in Kansas, we were lucky enough to take a walk through the fields of Prairie Turnip Farm and with Hank Will. Hank is an experienced agriculturalist, marketing specialist, soil preservationist, tractor aficionado, and to top it all off he is Editor-In-Chief at Mother Earth News Magazine. He has been involved with conservation of land and heritage breeds for years, and we were thrilled to "land" the interview. Elara had the time of her...
13 Mai 201931min
Ep 008_Adam Danforth
We were lucky enough to catch up with Adam in Albuquerque, New Mexico as he was teaching one of his many workshops. Adam Danforth is the James Beard award-winning author of two books, published by Storey Publishing, about slaughtering and butchering livestock. Adam trained at the professional meat processing program at SUNY Cobleskill, one of the only such programs in the United States, before going to work at Marlow and Daughters and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, both in New York. He leads exper...
6 Mai 201930min
Ep 007 Dr. Cary Fowler
We had the great pleasure to interview Dr. Cary Fowler at his Over the River Farm in upstate New York. Dr. Fowler is perhaps best known as the "father" of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, described by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as an "inspirational symbol of peace and food security for the entire humanity." The Seed Vault provides ultimate security for more than 850,000 unique crop varieties, the raw material for all future plant breeding and crop improvement efforts. He proposed ...
29 Apr 201934min
Ep 006 Oogie McGuire Desert Weyr
Elara and I traveled to Paonia, Colorado, which sits fairly close to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Our interview is with Eugenia McGuire, otherwise known as "Oogie". She raises Black Welsh Mountain Sheep on her farm, which sits high above the town of Paonia. Oogie sells pretty much everything sheep, including mutton, horns, and wool in various forms like raw fleeces, roving, and yarn. She is a true steward of the land and these animals. Support the show
22 Apr 201935min
