• Kansas Rural Center Presents
    Dec 20 2023

    Episode Timeline:

    01:22 Carey has worked in ag reporting since 1998, starting with Reuters

    4:00 How did Carey fall into her work of bringing to light underreported information in the ag sector?

    08:00 Carey hails from Chanute. KS

    11:30 There’s progress being made, slowly

    13:00 What would Carey tell farmers who have neighbors that have treated crops?

    16:30 What’s Carey currently working on?

    20:00 What does Carey see in the Future?

    Links:

    Carey Gillam’s Website

    Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science

    The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice

    A Big Idea

    The Idea Farm

    The New Lede

    The Environmental Working Group

    Carey Gillam Guardian Articles

    Into the Weeds Film

    Common Ground Film

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    31 mins
  • Kansas Rural Center Presents
    Nov 30 2023

    Episode Timeline:

    4:30 Is this follow-up to Kiss the Ground?

    06:00 What set Josh and Rebecca on the path to create Common Ground?

    09:00 Kansas State is a Sponsor of the Common Ground Film Showings

    11:00 How will we get this film in front of farmers?

    14:40 What is the first step towards transition?

    21:00 Is there a correlation between mental well-being and regenerative practices?

    Links:

    Ray Archuleta - Soil Health Academy

    Gabe Brown - Understanding Ag Videos

    Rick Clark - Farm Green

    Carey Gillam - Books and Articles

    Daniel Imhoff Book The Farm Bill

    Dr. Jonathon Lundgren - Blue Dasher Farm

    Leah Penniman -  Soul Fire Farm

    Leah Penniman Book Farming While Black

    Iowa Tribe Holistic Land Management Video

    Regenified

    Common Ground Film

    Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Soil Health and Agriculture Ep. 4
    Nov 22 2023

    Episode Timeline:

    09:45 Amy introduction

    11:00 Seedkeeping

    13:45 What Made Amy Transition her Farming Methods

    16:30 Sharing Space with Other Farmers

    20:30 What ways and practices had been used?

    24:00 Biodegradable Mulch Review

    29:00 Has location changed the way Amy June farms?

    33:00 What programs has Amy June taken advantage of?

    38:00 Barriers for Regenerative Practices

    45:00 Seed Savers

    48:00 How would Amy like to see ag and food systems change in the future?

    51:40 Advice for those transitioning offer help in exchange for knowledge

    56:00 Involving Youth on the Farm

    Links:

    Goodway Farm

    Instagram @goodway_farm

    Book Recomendation: Emergent Strategy

    Common Ground Food Incubator

    True Love Seeds, “Seeds and Their People”

    Native Lands Restoration Collaborative (seed team)

    Haskell Greenhouse

    Kaw Valley Seed Fair

    Food as a Human Right

    Wahaub Prairie, Land Institute

    Joseph Williams Tallgrass Prairie, Pawhuska Oklahoma

    Appel Farm Arts and Music Camp, South Jersey

    The Land Institute

    American Farmland Trust - Brighter Future Fund

    Common Ground Film

    Kansas Farmers Union Convention

    Prairie Ramblings Podcast

    Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts

    Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Soil Health and Agriculture Ep. 3
    Oct 28 2023

    Episode Timeline:

    02:00 How did Lacy get into agriculture?

    06:00 Buying Compost

    08:30 What brought Lacy to Farming?

    12:00 Barriers to farming success

    16:00 What setbacks has Lacy Faced?

    18:00 How does Wild Hollow market themselves?

    23:00 Raising Chickens and Kids on the Farm

    26:00 Considerations when looking for land and property

    35:00 Soil Health and Nutrition

    42:00 Fruition Seeds, Beet Seeds

    44 Advice for other beginning farmers

    Links:

    Rolling Prairie CSA

    Wild Hollow Farm

    Lawrence Farmers Market

    The Market Gardener

    The Winter Market Gardener - Use Market25 to receive a 25% discount

    Soil Health and Nutrient Density: Preliminary Comparison of Regenerative and Conventional Farming

    Fruition Seeds

    Prairie Ramblings Podcast

    Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts

    Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference

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    50 mins
  • Soil Health and Agriculture Ep. 2
    Oct 20 2023

    Episode Timeline:

    00:00 - What is Mercedes relationship with farming?

    02:20 Land Institute and work with Perennial Grains

    03:30 What Regenerative Practices have you implemented on your farm?

    08:30 Framing regenerative practices with climate solutions

    10:00 What makes Mercedes want to be involved in agriculture

    16:00 Kernza Poster, look at these roots.

    18:00 Annual Monocrops and Insurance

    19:00 Farm Bill

    22:40 What made you want to farm in this particular way?

    24:00 Intellectual Hootenanny

    27:00 What has been the biggest barrier to regenerative and perennial agriculture.

    29:00 Funding and Supply Chains

    33:00 Plant Domestication

    35:30 What setbacks has Mercedes experienced in regenerative and perennial agriculture

    38:00 How should agriculture and food systems change in the next decade?

    42:30 What advice does Mercedes have for farmers and ranchers interested in these practices.

    46:00 Community Resilience Hub - Kansas Wesleyan

    49:00 Soil is the Cradle of Life, the Highest Thing

    Links:

    Common Ground Producers and Growers

    Next Gen Farming

    Kansas Black Farmers Association

    Kansas Farmer’s Union

    Kansas Appleseed Article

    The Land Institute

    K-State Horticulture

    NSAC - Farm Bill Platform

    Prairie Ramblings Podcast

    Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts

    Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference

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    52 mins
  • Soil Health and Agriculture Ep. 1
    Sep 25 2023

    Episode Timeline:

    00 - Introduction

    3:30 - Regenerative Practices

    7:30 - Mobile Market

    11:00 - Farming Runs in the Family

    14:30 - Creating a Space for Urban Farmers

    16:00 - Kansas Black Farmers Association

    19:00 - Working with FSA

    21:00 - Finding a Seat at the Table

    23:00 - Overcoming Barriers

    27:00 - The Future of Food

    32:00 - Farming with Community

    35:00 - Nobody’s Hungry All Are Fed

    37:30 - Where to Start Farming

    44:30 - Just Keep Moving

    Links:

    Common Ground Producers and Growers

    Next Gen Farming

    Kansas Black Farmers Association

    Kansas Farmer’s Union

    Kansas Appleseed Article

    The Land Institute

    K-State Horticulture

    NSAC - Farm Bill Platform

    Prairie Ramblings Podcast

    Kansas Rural Center Presents Podcasts

    Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference

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    52 mins
  • Sunflower Stories -Arkenberg Farms Ep. 01
    Feb 28 2023

    Episode Timeline:

    00 - Introduction

    02 - Central Topeka Grocery Oasis

    06 - Getting to the Farm

    16 - Expanding the Garden to Business

    24 - Finding Farm Help

    27 - Homegrown Nutrition and Shelf Stability

    29 - Soil Health

    33 - Working in the Community

    37 - Education and Agritourism

    44 - Where to find the Arkenbergs

    Links:

    Arkenberg Farm Website - https://bit.ly/krcssarkfarms

    Keith’s Youtube - https://bit.ly/krcssarkyoututbe

    Central Topeka Grocery Oasis - https://bit.ly/KRC-CTGO

    Integrated Voter Engagement - https://bit.ly/krc-ive

    Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

    Subscribe - https://bit.ly/3KsmJ3B

    What would you like to hear from us? email media@kansasruralcenter.org

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    55 mins
  • Soil Health Series Ep. 06
    Oct 24 2022

    Episode Timeline:

    Episode Timeline:

    00 - Introduction

    09 - What is an Experiential Learning Specialist?

    12 - Farm-to-school, Title 4 in the Farm Bill

    16 - What values underpin the practice of “no fossil fuels”?

    21 - Soil health on practices Maseualkualli Farms.

    26 - What USDA programs does Pantaleon use or wish to see?

    35 - Rethinking tools and infrastructure in agriculture.

    39 - The issue of land access.

    Links:

    The Chichimeca Nation - https://bit.ly/3VZUfn5

    Common Ground Incubator Farm - https://bit.ly/3vSF4l6

    Seed Savers Exchange - https://bit.ly/3z8tIKy

    Annual Conference - https://bit.ly/3wwFf50

    Subscribe - https://bit.ly/3KsmJ3B

    What would you like to hear from us? email media@kansasruralcenter.org

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    55 mins