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The Prairie Farm Podcast
Author: Nicolas Lirio & Kent Boucher
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All things conservation, prairie, gardening, hunting, and farming.
From the fore-most voices of conservation and prairie to your casual backyard garden lovers, we’ve picked some of the most interesting brains around. Don’t miss it.
From the fore-most voices of conservation and prairie to your casual backyard garden lovers, we’ve picked some of the most interesting brains around. Don’t miss it.
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Julie Stauch generously sat down with us at Smokey Row in Des Moines to discuss Iowa's water quality, our public schools, vouchers, rural poverty, and a lot more. It was a great conversation. Whether you agree with her or not, we hope you will enjoy our conversation. And let the record show, we really enjoyed our time with her. She was lovely.
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Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday. Kent is gone this week, so Riley and Nicolas take on topics much too big for them without Kent to make sure they don't get canceled. They discuss how government spending affect conservation, and what it will take to longevity to our conservation practices in the US.
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Our good friend, Judd McCullum, joins us to discuss his new hairy sheep and a philosophical discussion on consumerism. We are deep into harvest, so we don't have our normal guest lineup right now, but we deeply enjoyed this podcast and believe you will as well.
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Another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday. We dive DEEP into the soybean price market, and what is causing China to turn away our soybeans. Are soybeans something we should even be growing? What is the current administration doing about it? We jump into all of these topics and more...
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Chris Helzer is the Director of the Nature Conservancy in Nebraska and a fantastic blogger/photographer, The Prairie Ecologist.
We had a great time with him, and we believe you will as well!
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Join us for another exciting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! This week we discuss how much water AI data centers are using, and if AI is a net positive or net negative force in our world.
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Nicolas sits down to interview Kent to discuss the pressures of taking over the farm after Carroll passed and what Kent learned from Carroll in their time together.
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Give us some grace on this topic. It's hard to discuss SNAP because it's a complicated topic, but with how related to agriculture it is, we thought it necessary to discuss.
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Josh Tickell, a film director, explains why making these movies actually helps in the aid for conservation. Nicolas had some connection issues, but we enjoyed the podcast nonetheless and believe you will too!
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Join for another riveting episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast: Coffee Time Wednesday!
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Dave Hoffman, Wildlife Research Staff of Iowa, joins us to discuss the declining numbers of faun in the Midwest and what he thinks should be done to improve the numbers.
Don't forget the Iowa Sportsman Club Raffle. Tickets are cheap, and you'll want to see what they have!
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Welcome back to another awesome episode of the Prairie Farm Podcast. This episode will make you think.
Iowa Sportsman Raffle (A Raffle for Conservation)
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Louis De Jaeger, author of Save Our Soil and a farmland designer, joins us to discuss all things regeneration. We dive deep into the soil health, chemicals, tillage, and what to do to avoid these things. Louis is a very practically minded conservationist that has spoken all around the world on how to protect our resources.
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Welcome back to another riveting episode of the Prairie Farm Podcast: Coffee Time Wednesday. This week we cover some of our harvest nightmares and what it was like for settlers to survive in the 1830's.
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Tayler Riggen is the founder of the Iowa Sportsman Club, a lobbying group that works on behalf of hunters and conservation concerns in the State Capitol. This episode explains how and why the ISC came to be and what it is doing on behalf of Iowans.
Join ISC
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Join us for another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! Kent brings us a recent event that you'll want to hear about!
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Welcome back to another incredible episode. We are joined by three different guests and we put them into one episode. You'll enjoy it as much as we did!
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Welcome back to the Prairie Farm Podcast Coffee Time Wednesday! This week we discuss Kent's frustration on planes, an innovation in plastic that biodegrades within hours, and the exciting news that WE'RE HIRING! If you want to work with the Hoksey Team, reach out at social@theprairiefarm.com or info@hokseynativeseeds.com
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We at The Prairie Farm Podcast are very excited to host Doug's new show. He will be joining us quarterly to have deep, and thought provoking conversations about our land ethic and how we can make a difference for the future. Because... "It's not ours. It's just our turn."
In this first episode, we discuss CWD, land fragmentation, Sharing The Land, our founder Carroll, and a lot more. We deeply enjoyed this conversation, and we believe you will as well!
hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native prairie and wildflower seed needs)
DougDuren.com (to learn more about Doug and how you can help in the conservation effort)
What does it really take to create a deer paradise? We’re joined by Jared Van Hees of The Habitat Podcast to get the dirt on what truly matters. We cover everything from smart timber stand improvement and working with loggers to building effective perennial food plots for year-round wildlife health.
HokseyNativeSeeds.com (for deer habitat and perennial food plot mixes)