Farms for Tomorrow Podcast
1) S01Ep04P5 – Barry Lonik – Land Preservation Success Stories
Provides examples of how community engagement can change outcomes in land use, and describes various scenarios involving landowners, land buyers, and local units of government working to preserve farm...Show More
2) s04e02 – Walter Goldstein – The American Story of Corn
Corn breeder and researcher Walter Goldstein traces the long arc of corn’s evolution, from its Indigenous origins to modern breeding challenges. He explores corn’s deep history on the American contine...Show More
3) s04e01 – Bill McDorman – Why We Should All Save Seeds
Lifelong seed-saving advocate Bill McDorman discusses the centralization of the seed industry, its impact on biodiversity, and the loss of traditional seed-saving practices. He explains the historical...Show More
4) s03e04 – Jon Frank – Building Plants Cell by Cell
Calcium is a central and often overlooked crop nutrient. Using examples to illustrate how it works, soil consultant Jon Frank introduces Carey Reams’ Biological Theory of Ionization as a framework to ...Show More
5) s03e01b – Joe Scrimger – Nitrogen, Water, and the Farm
Joe Scrimger connects the dots between nitrogen use on the farm, soil health and water quality. Day two.
6) s03e03 – Sally Witkowski – Food as Medicine
Rancher Sally Witkowski describes how she and her husband Jim Witkowski got their entire family into grass-fed, grass-finished organic cattle ranching. Includes a look at regenerative practices, human...Show More
7) s03e02 – Jim Koan – Almar Orchards
Organic grower Jim Koan reflects on the mindset needed to succeed with perennial crops like apples that require longer-term investments of labor and capital.
8) s03e06 – Joe Scrimger – Soil Building for Hydration, Crops and Nutrition
Joe Scrimger describes how introducing and maintaining healthy soil life can help farmers improve hydration and strengthen crop plants, then reminds us it’s all about producing healthy feed and food.
9) s03e05 – Joe Scrimger – Balancing Soil Biology for Crop Health
Joe Scrimger on how strategic crop rotation and cover-cropping can enhance the bacterial/fungal balance in the soil and jumpstart the phosphorous system, which improves uptake of many needed minerals.
10) s03e04 – Joe Scrimger – Low-Till, Biologically-Informed Erosion Control
Soil life holds the soil together. Joe Scrimger gives examples of how well functioning soils can produce good crops, resist erosion and runoff, and withstand adverse weather events.