Down to Earth, The Planet to Plate Podcast

30/01/2025

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22/10/2024

New podcast: Artist and science educator Robert Dash creates art from micro- and macroscopic photographs of food crops. His new book explores both the science of our food system and the role of art in finding a more healthy and loving way forward.

Artist and science educator Robert Dash creates art from micro- and macroscopic photographs of food crops. His new book explores both the science of our food system and the role of art in finding a more healthy and loving way forward. Learn more ...

04/10/2024

New Podcast Episode: Painterland Sisters Yogurt

In the latest episode of Down to Earth, I talk to Hayley Painter from Painterland Sisters Yogurt about their incredible journey of regeneration at every step—from farmer to consumer. Hayley and her sister Stephanie grew up on a fourth-generation dairy farm in northern Pennsylvania, where the instability of milk prices threatened their family’s livelihood. Determined to save the farm, the sisters created Painterland Sisters Yogurt, and in just two years, they’ve gotten their product into stores in all 50 states, supporting not only their own farm but also neighboring producers.

Hayley shares how regenerative agriculture is about so much more than just soil health. It’s also about animal and farmer health, nutrient-rich food processing, healthy transportation, and responsible retail. The key? Diversity—of farms, brands, and retail outlets.

Tune in to learn how they’re making a difference!
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🎙️ Down to Earth is produced in collaboration with the Quivira Coalition.
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Hayley and Stephanie Painter saved their farm by creating a national yogurt brand—and they're committed to fostering not only nutrient dense, regenerative food, but also health at every level of the supply chain. Learn more ...

19/09/2024

New podcast: André Leu knows what it takes to pull massive amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere and put it into the soil–permanently. We talk about his new book, The Regenerative Agriculture Solution.

André Leu knows what it takes to pull massive amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere and put it into the soil–permanently. We talk about his new book, The Regenerative Agriculture Solution. Learn more ...

21/08/2024

New podcast for peach season! Gwen Cameron took over her father’s peach farm and has been balancing regenerative methods, fair work practices, and diversification of markets to run a successful business.

Gwen Cameron took over her father's peach farm, and has been balancing regenerative methods, fair work practices, and diversification of markets to run a successful business. Learn more ...

12/07/2024

Doug Fine, international journalist turned New Mexico h**p farmer, joins us on this week's episode of Down to Earth to discuss how he transitioned to a rural way of life in h**p farming, six books that he wrote, and his film American H**p Farmer that won Best New Mexico Documentary Feature at the 2024 Santa Fe Film Festival.
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31/05/2024

New podcast: Ten years ago, filmmaker Peter Byck assembled a group of maverick scientists to study regenerative and conventional grazing side by side. The result is an extraordinary new four-part documentary, Roots So Deep You Can See the Devil Down There. I've watched the whole thing, some of it twice, it's so good! Link in comments.

04/05/2024

New podcast: there are people some financially savvy and ecologically committed people investing in regenerative agriculture...we talk to a couple of folks from Dirt Capital Partners about their ten years working with farmers to get them into stable and regenerative land ownership.
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Dirt Capital Partners takes a "slow money" perspective on investing, helping farmers get land access and regenerate not only the soil but also their communities. Learn more ...

17/04/2024

New podcast: From suburban Illinois to rural Montana: the journey of a bison rancher. First generation agrarian Matt Skoglund is doing amazing work conserving wildlife, cultivating biodiversity, and producing healthy and nutritious meat.
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02/04/2024

In his new book fourth generation cattle rancher Will Harris describes the moment when he saw that his industrial ranch was cruel to animals and bad for the land. And before he’d ever heard the phrase “regenerative grazing” he started doing it. The rest is history. Link to podcast in the comments.

21/03/2024

New podcast: todays new robber barons are the people selling us food. Austin Frerick's new book, Barons, is all about the ways they've come to monopolize our food system. He brings up a really interesting point about how we frame economics...in our media, corporate capitalism and competitive free markets are basically the same thing. In reality they are diametrically opposed, i.e. monopolies make it impossible for free markets to operate, for local and regional food systems to thrive, for economic biodiversity, so to speak. Anyway, Frerick is young, brilliant, and fascinating. Please listen and let me know what you think. Link in comments.