Best Peter Byck Podcasts (2025)

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Knowledge, Community, Scaling: Catch up with Peter Byck 32:10

19d ago32:10

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At the start of April I managed to catch back up with Peter Byck for this chat which feels well timed not just because it was a rare pause in his ongoing schedule of travels, but because there's a lot being rolled out right now by the whole 'Roots So Deep' team to scale up the impact that the docu-series has already seeded. We talk about: Touring w…

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AoR 158: Frank Stick, Splendid Painter of the Out-of-Doors, by biographer Mike Mordell 44:02

5d ago44:02

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Visual arts that draw attention to wild, open spaces have been culturally important in the United States. The outdoors painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were instrumental in making Americans aware of spectacularly beautiful places most people would not know about otherwise. And they catalyzed efforts to conserve these landscapes fo…

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Plants, Poetry, Community - In Conversation with Jamie Nix [Plants & Poetry] 35:58

12d ago35:58

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If you're a poet, artist, photographer, writer or budding creative of any kind then you might like to listen extra closely to this one! Jamie Nix is the co-founder of Plants & Poetry whose work shares and nurtures connection to the natural world through a collaborative approach to curating published works. Alongside her poetry Jamie's career is foc…

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AoR 157: Grazing for Fine Fuels Management and Wildfire Mitigation, with Sergio Arispe 57:11

19d ago57:11

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Can we effectively limit wildfire risk or change the fire risk profile using deliberate grazing? Or is this just wishful, simplistic thinking: "Cows eat fine fuel so that stops fire, right?" These are questions that demand scientific answers, not just anecdotes or coffee shop opinions. Sergio Arispe has worked with other researchers in the Western …

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Time to Look at it Differently. Because Carbon Builds Life {Special Compilation} 14:22

21d ago14:22

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I hope you enjoy this weave of inspirational voices. Each clip is brought in from our longer interviews. I've created this episode as an example piece that starts to compile the huge range of wisdom and knowledge that our guests have generously shared over the past few years. There's so much potential packed into our library and I wish to keep expl…

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Shifting Gears, Building the Vision, Acting Together - Season Four Intro 6:26

22d ago6:26

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I'm excited to be kicking off Season Four! I hope you enjoy listening through this little intro where I share about what's to come, why we're shifting gears and how I'm eager to step forward in building the vision together. Learn more over at the website: Explore the new art print range and matching greetings cards - the foundation for our experime…

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Can beef be a health food? w/ Dr. Allen Williams I The Peter Byck Show - Series teaser 17:34

1M ago17:34

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We've been traveling the world for the past two years sharing our 4-part docuseries Roots So Deep - and filming a new podcast called The Peter Byck Show with incredible guests like Greg Judy, James Rebanks, Bill Weir, Gabe Brown, Dr. Allen Williams, and many more talking about all the ways soil health impacts our lives - and what we can do to heal …

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Cows can help save the world w/ Dr. Allen Williams I The Peter Byck Show Episode 1 43:27

1M ago43:27

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After over a decade of working together, regenerative icon Dr. Allen Williams of Understanding Ag and Soil Health Academy and filmmaker Peter Byck sit down to dig into the incredible possibilities AMP grazing and regenerative agriculture offer our planet. Watch Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there) and read our peer reviewed research tod…

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AoR 156: 15 Years of Life on the Range with Steve Stuebner & Gretchen Hyde 1:11:34

1M ago1:11:34

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Over 15 years ago, the veteran journalist Steve Stuebner and Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission executive Gretchen Hyde set out to use the new media landscape to tell good news stories about rangeland landscapes and the unique people who care for them. This has been a wildly successful venture that has reached far beyond the borders of Idaho. Lis…

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AoR 154: National Grazing Lands Coalition & Summer Tour in the Pacific Northwest 58:28

2M ago58:28

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The National Grazing Lands Coalition (NatGLC) promotes and supports ecologically and economically sound management of grazing lands for multiple benefits to the environment and society through science-based technical assistance, research, and education. Bill Fox has been with NatGLC since the beginning. In this interview, Dr. Fox offers a condensed…

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AoR 155: Roots So Deep You Can See the Devil Down There, with filmmaker Peter Byck 1:09:50

2M ago1:09:50

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Does grazing management make a difference? Can we raise livestock and wildlife and take carbon out of the atmosphere and put it in soil on the same piece of land? Meet Peter Byck, self-described scientist wrangler and producer of Roots So Deep, a four-part documentary series that explores the world of adaptive cattle farmers and their conventional …

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AoR 152: Nathan Sayre on the Genesis and Limits of Carrying Capacity 1:05:49

3M ago1:05:49

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The concept of carrying capacity has figured prominently in rangeland ecology and wildlife biology for a century and more. Where did this term come from? Nathan Sayre, a cultural geographer at UC-Berkeley and the author of the book "Politics of Scale - a History of Rangeland Science," answers this question. According to Sayre, "It is a truism that …

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AoR 153: Back to the Future with American Fibers - Cate Havstad, Daniel Mouw, & Ed Roberson at SXSW 1:12:48

3M ago1:12:48

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Can Farmer-Founded Fibers Save American Fashion? Cate Havstad-Casad, founder of RangeRevolution leather goods, and Daniel Mouw, president of Duckworth wool clothing answered this question in a pre-panel interview at SXSW with Ed Roberson joining in. If Duckworth and Range Revolution are not on your radar screen, and if Mountain & Prairie Podcast is…

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AoR 151: Targeted Grazing for Wetland Health - Maria Pacioretty & Chase Carter 1:04:15

3M ago1:04:15

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The Sterling Wildlife Management Area in southeast Idaho suffered from accumulated dead cattails, bulrushes, and grasses. Wildlife the area is intended habitat for were avoiding it, especially migratory waterfowl. This Life on the Range story with rancher Chase Carter and biologist Maria Pacioretty describes their successful efforts to use targeted…

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AoR 150: Bildo Saravia & Lauren Svejcar - Artisanal Mezcal & Ranching in Mexico 1:08:30

3M ago1:08:30

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Bildo Saravia is the owner and manager of Rancho el Ojo and Origien Raiz Mezcal. His story showcases the ways global marketing and communication can benefit local people oriented around rangeland economies. By "grazing the wild" he is growing agave in sustainable polyculture with a diversity of other native plants for livestock and wildlife in Dura…

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AoR 149: Wildfire Depletes Ecosystem Carbon Storage by >50% (Part 2) -- Germino, Maxwell, & Quicke 56:57

4M ago56:57

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Dr. Germino’s latest research, published in the Communications Earth & Environment journal in November 2024, reveals a startling and significant finding: invasive grasses are turning western U.S. rangelands from valuable carbon sinks into potential carbon sources. This research, a two-year collaboration between the US Geological Survey and Envu, pr…

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AoR 148: Targeted Cheatgrass Grazing Research with Sheep -- Kelly Hopping & Riley Kowitz 53:37

4M ago53:37

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A research study in the mountains of Idaho tracked cheatgrass consumption by sheep in the spring and fall. Listen to Kelly Hopping (Boise State University) and sheep rancher Riley Kowitz describe their experiences with implementing this approach to controlling invasive annual grass and changing the wildfire risk profile on the Sawtooth National For…

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AoR 147: Wildfire Depletes Ecosystem Carbon Storage by >50% (Part 1) -- Germino, Maxwell, & Quicke 1:07:50

5M ago1:07:50

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How does wildfire affect soil carbon, the ecological currency of the 21st century? Careful collaborative research involving US Geological Survey scientists, Envu, and Boise State University has begun to answer some of the many questions surrounding soil carbon and fire. This is the first of a two-part interview on soil carbon storage, sequestration…

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AoR 146: Angus Whyte - Sheep Grazing in New South Wales, Australia 53:53

5M ago53:53

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Angus's family has managed the Wyndham Station near the Anabranch and Darling Rivers in southern Australia for 4 generations. That and the promise of a great Australian accent should be enough to make you listen to this episode. But we also discuss managing the earth's Living Skin, Angus's efforts to get others to think broadly about caring for lan…

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AoR 145: Dr. John Buckhouse, Part 2, Reflections on a Half Century of Thinking in Wholes 31:31

6M ago31:31

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Riparian management, water quality, and livestock grazing used in the same sentence can warm up a room with heated discussion. John Buckhouse has spent a lifetime contending for the Radical Middle, where people recognize that land conditions that are good for fish are also good for cattle. He has effectively advocated for and led collaborative reso…

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AoR 144: Jay Wilde, Idaho Rancher, Builds Beaver Habitat to Restore Stockwater 46:27

6M ago46:27

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"We have to think of beavers as our friend instead of our foe; for these watersheds to be healthy, you need beaver.” Rancher Jay Wilde experienced a paradigm shift some years ago that convinced him beavers were necessary to hold more water higher in the watershed for longer and that this hydrologic change would benefit a cattle operation in numerou…

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AoR 143: Dr. John Buckhouse, Reflections on a Half Century of Thinking in Wholes, Part 1 48:44

7M ago48:44

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Riparian management, water quality, and livestock grazing used in the same sentence can warm up a room with heated discussion. John Buckhouse has spent a lifetime contending for the Radical Middle, where people recognize that land conditions that are good for fish are also good for cattle. He has effectively advocated for and led collaborative reso…

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AoR 142: Understanding Grazing Effects on Soil Carbon, the sequel with Dr. Paige Stanley 1:15:17

8M ago1:15:17

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How do undergrazing and overgrazing affect soil carbon change? What does "optimal grazing" look like? This sequel episode with Paige Stanley goes deeper into the ways grazing factors affect the ecophysiology elements that are responsible for generating or release the various kinds of soil carbon. These changes remain difficult to quantify, but we c…

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AoR 141: New Rangeland Wildlife Ecology & Conservation reference manual -- Lance McNew & Jeff Beck 51:34

8M ago51:34

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"The fields of rangeland and wildlife management are brothers in the same fight for the conservation, protection, and management of wildlife and one cannot be completely understood without knowledge of the other." --Paul Krausman. This quote from the foreword of a new edited volume on wildlife ecology highlights the integrated nature of rangeland s…

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AoR 140: Unsung Caretakers of Unseen Land -- Mark & Wendy Pratt, Idaho Ranchers 1:08:28

9M ago1:08:28

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Meet Mark and Wendy Pratt, ordinary people doing unglamorous work with extraordinary care. C.S. Lewis said "we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment. It is frustrating . . . to come suddenly, at the turn of the road, upon some mountain valley of unexpected grandeur and then to have to ke…

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Nature Based Solutions - In Conversation with Diana Denke [Co-Founder Fair Carbon] 1:00:03

9M ago1:00:03

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I'm delighted to be joined by Diana Denke who has generously offered to bring us an overview of what can be done to bring more financing towards nature. For generations wealth and financial markets have benefited from the extraction and depletion of the natural world to the extent that we're globally facing a crisis of biodiversity loss and ecosyst…

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AoR 139: StockSmart - Sustainable Grazing Starts with Good Forage Production Data 55:03

9M ago55:03

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Forage on semi-arid rangelands is finite but variable across space and over time. And grazing decisions start with balancing animal forage demand with forage supply, a significant challenge in vast and varied landscapes. In this episode, Matt Reeves, Sonia Hall, and Tip discuss StockSmart, the new free, online decision support tool just launched th…

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Nature Connection for Well-Being & Earth Healing - Wayapa Wuurrk Group Chat 59:53

9M ago59:53

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Join me for a group chat with four practitioners of Wayapa Wuurrk exploring the relevance of Indigenous wisdom & nature connection in our modern world. There are many reasons that our lives today have caused disconnection between us and the people and environments around us. And it's too easy to over look the importance of this. I'm joined by three…

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AoR 138: BOSH Project Restores Sagebrush Sea at Grand Scale - Maestas, White, & Stuebner 1:08:15

10M ago1:08:15

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The Bruneau Owyhee Sage Grouse Habitat (BOSH) project is a collaborative partnership of state and federal agencies, wildlife advocacy groups, and private landowners to restore native upland landscapes in Southwest Idaho to a more natural condition benefitting sage grouse, songbirds, antelope, spotted frogs and other wildlife. Conifer encroachment i…

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The Weather Proof Farm - In Conversation with Niels Corfield [Soil Health & Regen Ag Trainer] 55:53

10M ago55:53

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It's a pleasure to be joined by Niels Corfield who shares insights from his concept of 'The Weatherproof Farm'. It's hard to not have noticed the increase in standing water across farmlands in recent years; fields appearing to contain vast lakes during our wetter seasons. Whilst we might consider ourselves to be at the mercy of changing weather thi…

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AoR 137: Art of Range mid-2024 Update 3:13

10M ago3:13

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Thank you for your patience as we shift funding sources and work into a slightly different approach to content. This brief piece describes these changes and previews upcoming episodes.By Tip Hudson

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A Quick Invite - Join Our Food Forest Learning Group [Climate Action From Our Gardens] 3:18

10M ago3:18

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From Our Food Forests Discovering Climate Action in Our Gardens & Communities Join us as we embark on a learning journey of regeneration from our growing spaces across the globe. From Our Food Forests is a new light touch network hosted by Helen Fisher for connection and co-learning Read the newsletter on LinkedIn Subscribe to the newsletter on Lin…

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AoR 136: "Politics of Scale - a History of Rangeland Science", with Nathan Sayre (re-release) 1:20:14

10M ago1:20:14

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Dr. Nathan Sayre has written a delightful book on the origins and history of rangelands science, public ownership, agency management, and grazing philosophy in the United States. Join Tip and Nathan as they discuss his background building fence on ranches on the Southwest, his pathway to the sociology of rangelands, and then surprising findings in …

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A New Farm Begins - Exploring Profit and Regeneration for Smallholder Farmers. Jackson Buzingo 44:58

11M ago44:58

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Jackson Buzingo is a multi-generational small holder farmer who grew up facing the challenges of a changing landscape in Tanzania, East Africa. As he witnessed rivers running dry and crops failing he set out to find a solution. In Season 1 of the podcast Jackson shared his journey of learning about regenerative practices in agriculture. He brought …

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AoR 135: Are Cows "Tools"? The Effects of Language with Anna Clare Monlezun 51:05

11M ago51:05

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Our language both reveals and shapes our internal philosophy about all of the beings and things in the world. And it guides our behaviors and interactions with those things -- humans, animals, plants, and non-living things. Yet these below-the-hood inclinations are formed very informally, usually without conscious thought. This interview with Anna …

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In Conversation with Peter Byck - Director & Wrangler of Scientists [Roots So Deep - You Can See The Devil Down There] 1:10:25

11M ago1:10:25

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Join me for a conversation with Peter Byck exploring the incredible opportunity that land offers to us as a tool for re-balancing the climate. Peter is the director of the four part documentary series Roots So Deep (You Can See The Devil Down There) There's a huge contrast that we often talk about on this show; how regenerative farming can tip all …

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AoR 134: Contextual Grazing Management & Patterns, with Jim Howell 1:12:17

12M ago1:12:17

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Maybe there is no silver bullet, no holy grail of grazing. But there are patterns of grazing impacts that work well for particular plant communities, and good grazing managers give attention to these effects and modify them over time to achieve landscape goals. Jim Howell is the founder of Grasslands, LLC, a ranch management company that directs gr…

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The Power of Food - Four Guests Working in Collaboration [Nick Weir, Kay Johnson, Flora Gathorne-Hardy, Miche Fabre Lewin] 1:05:14

12M ago1:05:14

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Join us in this special episode that brings together a range of voices to explore their developing collaborative project; The Power of Food. Together these four guests bring a diverse range experiences and knowledge to unite around the common goal of building social cohesion by harnessing the connective power of food. Connecting with where our food…

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AoR 133: Ruminating on Soil Carbon with Paige Stanley, Jim Howell, Ariel Greenwood, & Chris Wilson 1:26:28

1y ago1:26:28

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"Decades of scientific research on grazing and soil organic carbon (SOC) has failed to form a cohesive understanding of how grazing management affects SOC stocks -- characterized by different formation and stabilization pathways—across different climatic contexts." This quote from the introduction to the review paper "Ruminating on soil carbon: App…

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Welcome to the Food Forest! - My Own Small Project of Regeneration 11:34

1y ago11:34

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Watch a short video from the food forest here: https://www.wearecarbon.earth/food-forest-small-project-of-regeneration In a change from our usual conversations this episode introduces my own small project of regeneration at my food forest in Lincolnshire, UK. Winglewood is both my home and place for imagination & I started the food forest before re…

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AoR 132: Are Agrivoltaics a Viable New Frontier in Green Energy? with Anna Clare Monlezun 47:51

1y ago47:51

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Solar "farms" have met with resistance in Middle America because they often displace food farms, taking arable land out of production. But what if solar energy could be harvested at a utility scale on top of food or forage? This is the face of solar energy research today, and AnnaClare Monlezun is leading some of this research on White Oak Pastures…

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Connecting with Textiles - In Conversation with Sharon Kallis [EartHand Gleaners] 1:07:55

1y ago1:07:55

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Join me for a conversation with Sharon Kallis who brings us thought provoking insights from her work exploring the place of textiles within our lives. Inspiring us to reconnect with ourselves, community and heal the world around us through rediscovering the materials which we wrap around ourselves and our homes. Sharon is the founding director of E…

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AoR 131: Society for Range Mgmt Plenary 2 "Change on the Range", with Experienced Professionals 1:05:36

1y ago1:05:36

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It's been said there is wisdom in a multitude of counselors. But in the same way that not all practice makes perfect, only good practice, it's important to listen to people with a proven record of range management success. This panel of experienced range professionals discusses principles that have helped them adapt well personally and professional…

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Carbon Sink Homes - In Conversation with David Nicholson [Director Natural Building Systems] 1:08:16

1y ago1:08:16

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It was a great pleasure to spend some time discussing a new paradigm for our built environment with David Nicholson; considering how the construction of our buildings can actually support the drawing down of carbon. David is the director of Natural Building Systems His work not only explores how we can transform the impact of our buildings upon the…

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AoR 130: Society for Range Management Plenary "Change on the Range" with Young Professionals 1:09:02

1y ago1:09:02

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It's been said that the only thing that is certain is change. These young rangeland professionals engage in interview discussion around what "Change on the Range" means to them. The 2023 annual meeting plenaries addressed the synthetic nature of rangeland science and the necessity of working across disciplinary and geographic and social boundaries …

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In Conversation with Serenity Hill - Co-Founder: The Open Food Network 47:36

1y ago47:36

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I had the wonderful opportunity to chat with Serenity Hill about building an alternative, fairer and more resilient path within our food systems. Serenity is the co-founder of The Open Food Network. She comes from a long line of farmers on both sides of her family and has grown up with a keen awareness of the challenges and contradictions of balanc…

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AoR 129: Rangeland Fire Protection Associations with Basque rancher, Mike Guerry 48:09

1y ago48:09

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Neighbors helping neighbors fight fire--this is the goal of Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) according to the Idaho Dept of Lands: "RFPAs empower local landowners to protect their own property and their neighbors’ where fire protection services are limited or not available. RFPAs can also respond to fires nearby that would otherwise t…

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AoR 128: International Rangelands Congress 2025, with Nicole Spiegel & Andrew Ash 51:43

1y ago51:43

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Australia is hosting the IRC2025 in Adelaide, and this is the biggest rangelands event leading up to the 2026 UN International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists. Australia boasts more rangeland than the United States, with wild, open spaces everywhere. Andrew and Nicole discuss uniquenesses of Australia, challenges common to other parts of the worl…

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AoR 127: Ranch Financial Success is Bigger than Per-Cow Profits, Clay Worden & James Rogers 1:13:52

1y ago1:13:52

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"Layer something on your dirt that increases revenue opportunities and reduces risk." Clay Worden and James Rogers offer capstone comments on The Art of Range ranch financial resiliency series, from the importance of leveraging land assets (the big value in a ranch property) to tracking and managing production unit costs and revenues.Transcript and…

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In Conversation with Daniel Deniaud-Powell - Co-owner: Des Heures Dehors 1:07:01

1y ago1:07:01

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I was delighted to be joined by Daniel Deniaud-Powell for a conversation about the wonderful potential of our gardens for supporting both biodiversity and food production, and exploring the practical steps we might take to bring such enrichment into our own green spaces and lives. Daniel co-owns and runs 'Des Heures Dehors' with his wife Hélène. Hi…

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