Ear to the Ground 196: Turning Back the Clock
A farmer and a soil health expert talk about how livestock, cover crops and pastures are the “rock stars” of building soil health.
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Ear to the Ground 195: Grappling with a Monster
Farmer Tom Frantzen describes how he is using diversity to make his farm more resilient in the face of extreme weather.
Ear to the Ground 194: An Urban Garden’s Ripple Effects
Gardening space in the heart of the city brings people together over food, farming and fellowship.
Ear to the Ground 193: 50 Acres of Opportunity
A farmer’s wish to not have his land become just one more cornfield provides an opportunity for beginning farmers.
Ear to the Ground 192: Healthy Soil, Healthy Profits
A dairy farmer finds more microbes in the soil means more money in the bank.
Ear to the Ground 191: Healthy Soil & Climate Change
LSP’s George Boody describes what he learned at an international conference on how agriculture can sequester greenhouse gases
Ear to the Ground 190: Rebuilding Soil’s Self-Reliance
Dr. Kristine Nichols describes how we can build agronomic, economic and environmental resiliency in our agricultural soils.
Ear to the Ground 189: A Farm Flourishes When the Soil Flourishes
Rick Bieber describes how building soil health saved his farm from financial ruin.
Ear to the Ground 188: Telling a New Story About Race
Autumn Brown talks about how we can counter the myths that lead to racial injustice in rural America and elsewhere.
Ear to the Ground 187: Soil & Survival
Allen Williams on soil health, livestock and “compounding, cascading effects.”