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Episode 143. Connecting Refugees to Sustainable Agriculture

In today’s episode of Voices from the Field, we learn about a program in Texas that connects refugees with sustainable agriculture. Colin Mitchell, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist at NCAT’s Southwestern Regional Office in San Antonio, Texas, visits with New Leaf Agriculture’s Director, Matt Simon, and a New Leaf Agriculture farm apprentice Doli Wikongo. New Leaf Agriculture […]

Episode 142. Soil Considerations for Orchards

Today’s episode of Voices from the Field focuses on soil considerations for fruit and nut trees. Rex Dufour, the director of NCAT’s Western Regional Office in Davis, California, talks with Guy Ames, Horticulture Specialist at NCAT’s Southeastern Regional Office in Fayetteville, Arkansas, about the differences between soils in the western United States versus the soils […]

Episode 141. The PLFA Soil Test

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Kara Kroeger, a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA sustainable-agriculture program, talks with soil specialist Lance Gunderson about the PLFA soil test. The conversation is the second of two that Kara and Lance have had on ATTRA: Voices from the Field concerning soil tests – last week’s […]

Episode 140. The Haney Soil Test

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Kara Kroeger, a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA sustainable-agriculture program, talks with soil specialist Lance Gunderson about the Haney soil test. They discuss the history of the Haney test, how it’s scored, its effectiveness on both cropland and pasture and range land; the management practices it […]

Episode 139. Community Gardens and Sustainable Agriculture

This episode of Voices from the Field explores community gardening and its relationship to sustainable agriculture. Daniel Prial, sustainable agriculture specialist from NCAT’s Northeast Regional Office in Keene, New Hampshire, has a conversation with folks from Antioch University New England’s Community Gardens Connections program. This episode looks at the importance of community gardening as part […]

Episode 138. Organic Pioneer: Tom Willey

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Martin Guerena, a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, has a conversation with Tom Willey, one of the pioneers of organic agriculture in the Central Valley of California. Martin works out of the NCAT Western Regional Office in Davis, California. Tom – “farmer emeritus” […]

Episode 135. Montana Farm’s Profound Changes

In this episode of Voices from the Field, we feature a conversation with Kurt Myllymaki, a Montana farmer and rancher who, with his family, raises crops and beef cattle on 10,000 acres of leased and deeded land in north central Montana near the town of Stanford. He talks about the profound changes the operation is […]

Episode 134. ‘Pocket Prairie’ on the Golf Course

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Nina Prater, an agriculture specialist in NCAT’s Southeast Regional Office in Fayetteville, Arkansas, talks with Jay Randolph about prairie restoration. Jay is the Ben Geren Golf Course Superintendent and Sebastian County Park Administrator in Fort Smith, Arkansas. They discuss the prairie restoration work Jay has undertaken at […]