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The Soil Health Podcast from Menoken Farm

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The Menoken farm is a conservation demonstration farm located in central North Dakota, owned and operated by the Burleigh County Soil Conservation District. Established in 2009, the farm's primary focus is advancing soil health through innovation and education. The Menoken Farm has become a destination for soil health enthusiasts and is visited by groups from around the world.
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Jimmy Emmons, a farmer and rancher in Leedey, OK talks about his perspective on his family's operation, cover crops and his passion for educating others.
Author Mark Schatzker talks about nutrition, the best steak he's ever had and food systems.
David R. Montgomery is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. David discusses our food and agriculture systems in the past and today and how those systems will need to evolve in the future.
Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia discusses using unconventional methods with the goal of emotionally, economically and environmentally enhancing agriculture.
Jerry Hatfield of Iowa State University talks about our food system, productivity and profitability.
Author Dan Kittredge of the Bionutrient food association discusses creating soil ecosystems that create healthier plant and ultimately healthier people.
Cody Kologi of Prairie Hills ranch discusses direct to consumer marketing, grass and soil health and changing mindsets regarding management techniques.
Chris Teachout a 5th generation farmer from Iowa talks with us about his operation, cover crops and soil health.
Retired USDA laboratory director Dr. Jerry Hatfield discusses future directions and challenges for agriculture.
Our Guest Dr. Fred Provenza talks food as medicine and mending broken linkages between soil, plants, herbivores and humans.
Jimmy Emmons discusses the evolution of Emmons Farm, becoming a proactive land steward, and a new adventure within USDA.
Lana Shaw is the research manager at the South East Research Farm near Redvers, Saskatchewan.  Lana discusses their intercropping experiences and the progression of intercropping.
Dan Kittredge is the founder and director of the Bionutrient Food Association and talks about using technology to measure nutrient density in food and plants.  Dan and his organization are working to increase the quality of our food supply.
Dr. David Johnson and his wife Hui-Chun Su Johnson visit the Menoken Farm to share their knowledge of how-to bring soil back to life using static compost. David is a molecular biologist and research scientist at the University of New Mexico. They are also the developers of the Johnson-Su Compost Bioreactor.
Greg Judy discusses grazing multi-species animals. Greg ranches in central Missouri and is the author of No Risk Ranching and Comeback Farms.
Steve Groff visits the Menoken Farm to discuss integrating cover crops into cropping systems. Steve is a cover crop pioneer and cover crop coach from Pennsylvania.
Ken Miller stops by the Menoken Farm to discuss grazing cover crops. Ken is the 2017 ND Leopold Conservation Award winner. He is a local rancher from Fort Rice, ND using multi paddock adaptive grazing.