Fresh Growth
Fresh Growth: Approaches to a More Sustainable Future from Western Ag Practitioners introduces you to farmers and ranchers from around the western United States who are finding innovative sustainable practices that enrich the natural resources we all care about. These successful multi-generational operations experiment with new ideas and are making it pay. Listen in as they tell their story and provide advice for young or beginning farmers.Western SARE, funded by USDA NIFA, provides grants and education to advance innovations in sustainable agriculture. Intro music credit: Organic Energy by Kensington Studios used under license from Shutterstock. Learn more about Western SARE at western.sare.org
Podcasting since 2020 • 31 episodes
Fresh Growth
Latest Episodes
Lobato Farms & Mesa Conservation District: Innovations and Inventions to Improve Farmland
Join us as we talk with Michael Lobato, Lobato Farms, and Holly Stanley, Mesa Conservation District on Colorado’s Western slope about their innovations with applyi...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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27:33
Las Vegas Livestock: Community-based Solution to Organic Waste
Sarah Stallard is a 7th generation farmer who came to work with her uncles on a new farm near Las Vegas Nevada raising hogs. The farm is in partnership with the local waste and recycling company Republic Services. They lease the land from Repub...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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27:30
Eckhart Farms: Increasing Soil Biology and How it Pays
Join us in this dynamic and wide-ranging conversation with Chris Eckhart about diversifying his farming operation, increasing organic matter, monitoring soil biology, and creating a work-family-life balance, all while remaining profitable.
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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32:30
Westwind Farms and UC Davis: Using Almond Hulls and Shells to Build Organic Matter
In this episode, we talk with Kirk Pumphrey, owner of Westwind Farms in Woodland CA, and Sat Darshan Khalsa, Assistant Professional Researcher at the University of CA Davis about their work integrating almond shells and hulls as organic matter ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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43:54