Tractor Time Ep 52: Ann Armbrecht on Botanical Trade
On this our 52nd episode we welcome Ann Armbrecht. She is the author of a new book called The Business of Botanicals: Exploring the Healing Promise of Plant Medicines in a Global Industry.
Talking Chicken: Starting Your Flock
If you opt to start your heirloom flock with day-old baby chicks, you will have to allow time for them to develop and purchase them in the numbers that will allow for full and proper culling as they grow and develop.
Tractor Time Ep 51: Tom Philpott Discusses the Perils of Our Food System
The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It Tom Philpott is the food and ag correspondent for Mother Jones. Before that, he covered the food system for Grist. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek and the Guardian. He’s...Tractor Time Ep 50: Dr. Vandana Shiva on the Toxic Cartels
THE RETURN OF DR. VANDANA SHIVA On this our 50th episode we welcome Dr. Vandana Shiva. A fearless advocate for peasant farmers throughout the world, Dr. Shiva is one of the most outspoken critics of industrial agriculture and its dire environmental and spiritual...
Tractor Time Ep 49: Chris Smaje on Our Peasant Farmer Future
A new book from farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje On this episode we travel to the future — A Small Farm Future. That’s the title of a new book from farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje. Let’s be honest — the future doesn’t look great. Our climate is changing...