The Prairie Farm Podcast (Nicolas Lirio & Kent Boucher)
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| 20 Jan 2023 | Ep. 21 Living Close To The Land (Chase Burns) | 01:25:41 | |
Chase Burns is a Land Broker, Land Manager, Rancher, Conservationist, and Outdoorsman. With a resume like that it's hard to imagine anyone who cares for the land more than Chase does. In this episode Nicolas and Kent talk about Chase's background in all of the aforementioned roles he serves in, as well as his take on all things related to conserving our natural spaces on the map. | |||
| 26 Jun 2024 | Ep. 164 (Coffee Time) Flooding in Iowa and undying fires in Pennsylvania | 00:31:29 | |
| 05 Jun 2024 | Ep. 158 (Coffee Time) Ticks, allergies, and working out | 00:27:55 | |
Gather 'round, grab your coffee, and get ready to learn and laugh... mostly laugh. It's Coffee Time Wednesday!
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| 25 Sep 2024 | Ep. 190 (Coffee Time) The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and 7-Year-Old Deer Hunting | 00:28:29 | |
Welcome back to the Prairie Farm Podcast, Coffee Time Wednesday. Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee (certified 2% giver to conservation) and enjoy!
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| 24 Jul 2024 | Ep. 172 (Coffee Time) Spongy moth poop and the Roaring 20's | 00:27:06 | |
Join us for this weeks coffee time, and don't forget your Wild Rivers Coffee. Wild Rivers gives 2% or more of every purchase to conservation causes, and we are proud to partner with them!
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| 14 Jun 2024 | Ep. 161 Regenerative Ag, sheep, solar power, and biochar with Joe Waters | 01:07:00 | |
Joe is young, passionate shepherd and entrepreneur. Founder of earthgrazers.com his goal is to restore the earth's ecosystems using livestock and regenerative ag.
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| 05 Jul 2024 | Ep. 167 Life as a pioneer with Margaret Spiegel | 01:41:48 | |
Margaret Spiegel is a historian at Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum. We interviewed her as a part of our Prehistoric Prairie. Here is the full interview.
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| 28 Feb 2025 | Ep. 232 Fighting for Conservation and Hunting in the Government with Skip Sligh | 01:47:41 | |
Skip has possibly fought harder than anyone at the legislative level in Iowa to help protect our natural resources, particularly our white tailed deer. We greatly enjoyed our conversation with him, and we think you will as well.
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| 12 May 2023 | Ep. 53 Herding Buffalo and Hunting Poachers (Bob Jackson Pt. 1) | 01:09:10 | |
Bob "Action" Jackson, former Yellowstone Backcountry Ranger and legendary hunter of poachers, sat down with us to tell us some of the wildest stories you will ever hear. Join us as Bob tells us of the times when all he had was a gun, a good horse, and his own solitary thoughts.
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| 10 May 2023 | Ep. 52 (Coffee Time) Dutch Farmers vs. Dutch Lawmakers | 00:21:58 | |
Sip that coffee, kick up those feet, and we'll engage your brain. It's coffee time. | |||
| 27 Oct 2023 | Ep. 102 Farming Prairie is Very Hard (Laura Walter) | 01:42:25 | |
You've heard her before on our podcast, and we've mentioned her many times, but we were really excited to sit down with Laura Walter from the Tallgrass Prairie Center and discuss her ventures into learning how to farm prairie.
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| 01 Feb 2023 | Ep. 25 (Coffee Time) Pigs, Mammoths, and Synthetic Milk | 00:15:09 | |
On this episode we discuss the de-extinction of mammoths, wild hogs in Canada and the future with synthetic food products. Enjoy! | |||
| 24 May 2024 | Ep. 155 River Cleanups Of Epic Proportions with Living Lands & Waters | 01:11:58 | |
Living Lands & Waters is one of the most powerful, boots on the ground conservation organizations of the past 25 years. In this interview we are joined by Mike Coyne-Logan who has been with the organization for most of its existence. He tells us the staggering amount of trash removed from waterways around the nation and the impacts LL&W have had on America's rivers and ecosystems.
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| 25 Dec 2024 | Ep. 213 (Coffee Time) Christmas, Cop Cars, and Mariah Carey | 00:17:52 | |
Well, it's about that time again. Join us for another Coffee Time Wednesday!
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| 19 Apr 2023 | Ep. 46 (Coffee Time) Trash Island, Bison, and Paywall | 00:20:50 | |
Happy Coffee Time! Kick back and sip those work time blues away as you hear the news you didn't know you needed to know. | |||
| 05 Apr 2023 | Ep. 42 (Coffee Time) Saber-toothed Cat in Iowa, Seaweed part 2, Plastic Recycling Isn’t What You Think | 00:20:46 | |
In the words of Bruce Buffer: "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttt's tIIIIIIIIIIImmmme!" It's coffee time! | |||
| 31 Jul 2024 | Ep. 174 (Coffee Time) Vaccines, Corn Syrup, and Forever Chemicals | 00:35:01 | |
Don't let the middle of the week get you down. Enjoy a good coffee time!
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| 17 Mar 2023 | Ep. 36 Taking An Active Stand As A Conservationist with Ryan Callaghan of MeatEater | 01:14:25 | |
Ryan Callaghan (more commonly known as Cal) is one of the most inspiring and important voices in the natural conservation community. We got to talk about how Cal has interacted with prairies, why hunting is a critical component of conserving wildlife, what's going on with the North American Grasslands Conservation Act, and a lot of other great talking points. This was one of our all time favorite interviews and we're confident it will be the same for you.
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| 17 Nov 2023 | Ep. 108 The Authority of the Authority on Prairie (Laura Jackson) | 00:59:30 | |
The Director of the Tallgrass Prairie Center, Laura Jackson, joins us as we dive into our favorite topic, prairie.
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| 19 Feb 2025 | Ep. 229 (Coffee Time) DOGE Layoffs, Public Land Extraction Leases, Conservation Program Freezes | 00:51:58 | |
It's been a volatile and unsettling week in the conservation world over the past week as our country takes its first actions on our $36T debt, and begins eyeing public land fossil fuel and mineral resources. We don't have all the answers, but we do have some opinions. Buckle up and do your best to determine what makes sense!
Ittttt's Coffee Time!
We want to hear your conservation, habitat, and prairie questions! Send them our way at social@theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and native habitat mixes) | |||
| 21 Jul 2023 | Ep. 75 What you can do for conservation (Prairie Appreciation Days) | 00:03:13 | |
Just a quick update on our upcoming docuseries podcasts and an exciting announcement! | |||
| 18 Apr 2025 | Ep. 246 Land Prices and Protecting Our Resources | 01:21:43 | |
The infamous, Steve Hanson, joins us to discuss land prices, tariffs, our outdoor resources, and a lot more!
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| 10 Mar 2023 | Ep. 34 What’s the best habitat for White-Tailed Deer | 00:45:52 | |
This past weekend we hung out at the Iowa Deer Classic Convention. Not only did we have a lot of fun, we asked a lot of Deer hunters what the best method of deer hunting was and what was the best habitat for these deer. We also wanted an expert opinion, so we interviewed Jace Elliott, Iowa's State Deer Biologist of the Iowa DNR. You won't want to miss his knowledge on deer habitat. | |||
| 06 Dec 2023 | Ep. 112 (Coffee Time) Mule Deer and Beef on The Western Nebraska Prairies | 00:31:35 | |
Grab yo mug and treat yo'self to that coffee time break you deserve! | |||
| 15 Jun 2022 | Ep 3 (Paul Attema) bears, beets, and blood fertilizer | 00:31:10 | |
Former DNR employee, Paul Attema, has chosen a more wholesome route to his lifestyle after his time in the DNR. Check out why and how | |||
| 28 Feb 2024 | Ep. 130 (Coffee Time) The Prairie State has no more prairie | 00:20:41 | |
It's coffee time! Except this week we're joined by a live audience.
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| 06 Nov 2024 | Ep. 199 (Coffee Time) Rocky Mountains and Touching Grass | 00:33:08 | |
Welcome back to Coffee Time! Great coffee, great people, great topics.
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| 01 May 2024 | Ep. 148 (Coffee Time) Why are dandelions everywhere and why is chocolate so expensive | 00:25:34 | |
Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee Co and join us for a good ol' fashion coffee time!
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| 15 Feb 2023 | Ep.27 (Coffee Time) YouTube Farming, Ethanol & Carbon Credits | 00:19:08 | |
Join us for this week's installment of Coffee Time. The best coffee time of your week.
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| 22 Jan 2025 | Ep. 221 (Coffee Time) The $25 Million Rio Grand Water Quality Improvement Project | 00:27:55 | |
It's time for another Coffee Time argument with Kent Boucher, Nicolas Lirio, and Riley Rozendaal.
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| 30 Nov 2023 | Ep. 110 (Coffee Time) Electric Can Openers, Vertical Farming, Soil Erosion Tonnage | 00:27:39 | |
Better late than never! Iiiiiiiiit's Coffee Time! | |||
| 03 May 2023 | Ep. 50 (Coffee Time) Dust Storm Tragedy, Flooding, When Ag and Government Collide- Netherlands Style | 00:21:33 | |
C, c, c, c, c, c, C COFEE TIME IS HERE! | |||
| 26 Jul 2024 | Ep. 173 Five percent of the world's population uses 30% of its resources | 01:35:03 | |
Chad Graeve, a natural resource specialist, shares his life lessons working with the prairie and how we as humans can move from being human consumers to human beings.
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| 12 Apr 2023 | Ep. 44 (Coffee Time) Mammoth Meatballs, Locally Sourced School Lunches, and Oil Drilling | 00:20:15 | |
Shuffle down to the break room, grab that crusty work mug of yours, fill up with some less than fresh coffee off the warmer, and get ready to go on an auditory and intellectual journey. It's coffee time people. | |||
| 04 Apr 2025 | Ep. 242 How to Graze Your Cattle On Native Plants | 01:20:43 | |
Hunter Lehman, with Grazing Labs, joins us to dive into how to graze cattle in a regenerative way.
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| 02 Aug 2023 | Ep. 78 (Coffee Time) Recycling Solar Panels and Highway Bison | 00:22:58 | |
Welp! It's that time again... Grab your Folger's and pull up a chair. It's Coffee Time! | |||
| 27 Sep 2023 | Ep. 94 (Coffee Time) The Farm Bill, Government Dependents, and Black Bears | 00:20:23 | |
Welp... It's that time of week again. Don't worry. Kent kept it short this time.
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| 12 Feb 2025 | Ep. 227 (Coffee Time) Fall Prairie Burns and Government Bins | 00:37:16 | |
It's time to jump into another Coffee Time Wednesday!
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| 19 Mar 2025 | Ep. 237 (Coffee Time) Planting Natives in Ditches, Tornadoes, and Dust Storms | 00:20:59 | |
Grab your coffee and join for another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday, but this time we've got Judd McCullum joining us!
hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie grass and wildflower seed) | |||
| 07 Mar 2025 | Ep. 234 How to Keep Our Conservation Programs with Pete Berthelson | 01:35:58 | |
Pete Berthelson of Conservation Blueprint joins us once again to talk about Doge, managing prairies, Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund, solar projects, and a lot more.
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| 11 May 2024 | Ep. 151 How the National Farmers Organization ATTEMPTED to save small farms | 01:01:32 | |
Larry Terpstra was our founder's, Carroll's, first boss. He remember farming before it is what it is today. Hear first hand how farming has changed over the years.
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| 19 Jun 2024 | Ep. 162 (Coffee Time) Sink holes, coal miners, and the Civil War | 00:17:31 | |
It's time to learn, laugh, and caffeinate ourselves. Coffee Time is here!
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| 20 Dec 2024 | Ep. 212 The cutting edge science of prairie grass and wildflowers | 01:13:37 | |
Justin Meissen, our friend from The Tallgrass Prairie Center, joins us to give an update on the latest research in the prairie world. We deeply enjoyed our conversation with him and we believe you will as well.
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| 18 Dec 2024 | Ep. 211 (Coffee Time) Three and a half rules for managing your prairie | 00:36:04 | |
Another Wednesday, another Coffee Time! Join us as we discuss the best practices for managing your prairie fields.
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| 09 Aug 2024 | Ep. 177 Why do we still have lawns and what to do about them? | 01:05:50 | |
Andy James, founder of Prairie Fire Restoration, quickly became a gentleman we greatly enjoyed. Join us as we discuss the largest mono-crop in the United States... lawns.
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Here are a few of the many studies he quoted in the podcast.
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| 07 Feb 2024 | Ep. 124 (Coffee Time) The Looming Land Transfer | 00:25:37 | |
Grab that steaming hot cup of Wild Rivers Colombia Roast (the one with the sweet bull elk bag) and settle in for this week's edition of coffee time... cheers! | |||
| 11 Sep 2024 | Ep. 186 (Coffee Time) Pulling out dams and replacing corn-raised beef with pasture raised-beef | 00:37:33 | |
We had a lot to share this coffee time. Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join us as we dive into the world of conservation and agriculture and laughter.
theprairiefarm.com (for backyard pollinator mixes) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes) wildriverscoffeeco.com (to save the earth while drinking coffee) | |||
| 26 Jul 2023 | Ep. 76 (Coffee Time) Back in my day | 00:20:16 | |
We're joined by 4 boomers (including Carroll himself) and asked each, "What's the biggest change you've seen in agriculture?" A classic coffee time discussion. | |||
| 01 Mar 2023 | Ep. 31 (Coffee Time) Feral Cows, Chemical Spills, and Global Markets | 00:19:41 | |
You look like you need a break... join us for coffee time! | |||
| 15 Jan 2025 | Ep. 219 (Coffee Time) The LA Fires, Home Insurance, and Smoke Toxicity | 00:49:23 | |
Grab your coffee, and fill it extra full, because this Coffee Time is a little longer!
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| 06 Oct 2023 | Ep. 97 Why raise chickens when you can raise pheasants? | 01:17:11 | |
Jack Bensink, owner of the one and only Bensink Farms Hunting preserve, sat down with us to discuss conventional farming, hunting on a preserve, and raising pheasants... We really enjoyed him, and we think you will too.
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| 28 Jun 2023 | Ep. 68 (Coffee Time) Prairie Remnants and Pet Peeves about Pet Peeves | 00:28:37 | |
| 20 Jul 2022 | Ep. 9 EMERGENCY: Saving The Lesser Prairie-Chicken | 01:07:27 | |
Here at The Prairie Farm we specialize in prairie flora. But on this episode Nicolas and Kent were joined by a man focused on the prairie fauna: Mr. Ted Koch of the North American Grouse Partnership. Ted recently published an article on the rapidly disappearing lesser prairie-chicken in hopes of rallying conservationists to participate in the advocacy needed to preserve the remaining population of these original members of the prairie. Other topics discussed include water, and air quality, as well as creative solutions for the way forward.
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| 19 Apr 2024 | Ep. 145 The Cool and Concerning World of Wild Turkeys with Kacie Bauman | 01:34:04 | |
A conversation that has been ongoing in the wildlife conservation world for the past 5 years or so, is the decline of the wild turkey population in North America. We reached out to Kacie Bauman, a Biologist with the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) to learn more about what's happening with turkeys, as well as some interesting general information about these iconic birds.
Turkey Conservation Project: Waterways for Wildlife
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| 05 Feb 2025 | Ep. 225 (Coffee Time) The Greatest Snow Drought in 138 Years?! | 00:41:06 | |
We want to hear your conservation, habitat, and prairie questions! Send them our way at social@theprairiefarm.com Each week a question will be selected, and we'll read and answer the question on Coffee Time. Oh, AND we will give free seed to the asker of the question!
For now, enjoy this week's Coffee Time Wednesday!
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| 03 Jul 2024 | Ep. 166 (Coffee Time) Beavers, Flood Plains, and David Attenborough | 00:29:48 | |
Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee this morning as we jump into this week's coffee time.
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| 31 May 2024 | Ep. 157 The missing author of your history books with Taylor Keen | 01:49:07 | |
Taylor Keen's, founder of Sacred Seed and professor at Creighton University, discusses the importance of the Native American culture and perspective on American history. His new book Rediscovering Turtle Island comes out June 11. Order it today!
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| 28 Sep 2022 | Ep. 16 The Secret Sauce of Hoksey Native Seeds | 00:46:05 | |
At Hoksey Native Seeds, we enjoy work, laughing, and lunch. Join us for all three on this episode. | |||
| 26 Jan 2024 | Ep. 121 Iowa's Water: It's not that bad, right?? | 00:50:18 | |
It's finally here! Iowa's Water series... From Des Moines Water Works CEO to South Skunk Watershed Project Manager, we took a deep dive into the water quality of Iowa, what it used to look like and the water quality issues we face today.
Stay on the lookout for part two and the full interviews with each interviewee.
Links of the interviewees below.
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| 18 Oct 2023 | Ep. 100 (Coffee Time) Ugly before it’s broken | 00:23:29 | |
It's time to relax and hear about recent conservation and hunting news. Coffee Time! | |||
| 14 Jun 2023 | Ep. 63 (Coffee Time) Climate Predictions and FOOD | 00:18:26 | |
| 13 Sep 2023 | Ep. 90 (Coffee Time) Mercury Pills, Quinine, and Endangered Animals | 00:31:02 | |
Ready to learn some outdoor conservation facts?? Grab your coffee. It's time.
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| 29 Jun 2022 | Ep. 6 Young people actually care about sustainable farming (Nancy Brannaman and Abby Barten) | 00:48:49 | |
The Lavender Farm at Sutliff has the lofty ambition of starting and stewarding a sustainable farm with u-pick and many other exciting ventures. Join us, as we pick the the brains and brawn of the operation with Nancy Brannaman and Abby Barten. | |||
| 18 Aug 2023 | Ep. 83 Prehistoric Prairie Audio Files: The Wildlife Biologist | 01:19:12 | |
Todd Bogenschutz, Iowa's Upland Wildlife Research Biologist, knows animals. And we sat down to dive deeper into what the fauna portfolio would have been hundreds of years ago and how those have changed.
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| 17 May 2023 | Ep. 55 (Coffee Time) Ending Deforestation in Brazil, Autonomous Farm Equipment, Pork Bans | 00:29:02 | |
It's time to rest your back and exercise your mind. It's coffee time! | |||
| 05 Apr 2023 | Ep. 41*BONUS Episode* (Coffee Time) Urban Pollinator, Farm Flooding In Cali, A Big Climate Win For A Tiny Country | 00:28:15 | |
We are joined by Tyler Perry of Perry's Turf and Seed to keep you up on what's been going on in global conservation news... it's COFFEE TIME! | |||
| 15 Jun 2022 | Ep. 1 The Hoksey Story (Carroll Hoksbergen) | 01:29:28 | |
Hear how Hoksey Native Seeds, one of Iowa's oldest prairie farms, was founded by a man inspired by a pheasant.
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| 07 Aug 2024 | Ep. 176 (Coffee Time) Alzheimer's, Driftless Iowa, and Kent's Birthday | 00:35:01 | |
COFFEE TIME WEDNESDAY!! It's here. Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee, and join us.
wildriverscoffeeco.com (to save the earth while caffeinated) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and hunting habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes) | |||
| 12 Jun 2024 | Ep. 160 (Coffee Time) Coldplay and Microplastics in our reproductive organs | 00:27:16 | |
Coffee time is here! Don't forget to save the planet by getting your coffee from Wild Rivers Coffee.
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| 07 Jun 2023 | Ep. 61(Coffee Time) A.I. Lasers and 10,000 Rats | 00:20:38 | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Ep. 144 (Coffee Time) A New Hoksey Mechanic and Farm Killing Estate Tax | 00:28:27 | |
| 06 Sep 2023 | Ep. 88 (Coffee Time) Milkweed used for WW2 and Dolly the Sheep | 00:21:00 | |
... this one is weird and fascinating. Buckle in!
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| 27 Sep 2024 | Ep. 191 Protecting landscape with prairie | 01:21:56 | |
Join us for a laid back conversation with our friend Myriam, a local watershed coordinator.
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| 08 Jan 2025 | Ep. 217 (Coffee Time) Why the Bird Flu Jumping to Pigs is a Big Deal | 00:19:40 | |
Welcome back for another great episode of Coffee Time Wednesday!
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| 12 May 2023 | Ep. 54 Bison Have Families Too (Bob Jackson Pt. 2) | 01:13:48 | |
Did you know Bison have emotionally healthy, functioning family groups, including grandmas and angsty teenage bulls? Or at least... they're supposed to. Most bison farmers (possibly all except Bob himself) don't structure their herds in a manner that allows that to happen. Join us for the second part of our interview with Bob "Action" Jackson, as Bob tells us what he learned about bison while on the range of Yellowstone.
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| 09 Feb 2024 | Ep. 125 How to Farm Pigs in a Pasture with Ancestral Farms of Iowa | 01:43:24 | |
Ancestral Farms of Iowa decided "food quality" was worth pursuing with their whole lives... their time, energy, and money. Join us as we sit down with co-founder, Matt, and learn about the price we all pay for cheap food.
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| 07 Apr 2023 | Ep. 43 Gardening and Television with Mary and Tom Holm of Prairie Yard and Garden | 00:52:38 | |
On this episode Mary and Tom Holm join the show to talk about their experience hosting the PBS show "Prairie Yard and Garden," as well as their own gardening experiences at their home. It's a great conversation with plenty of stories and inspiration that will make you want to transform your own yard. | |||
| 21 Apr 2023 | Ep. 47 Savannas From Africa to Wisconsin with Clay Frazer | 00:49:42 | |
Clay Frazer is a passionate conservationist with one of the most experienced resume's we have ever heard. From being a prescribed burn specialist, beaver researcher, prairie reconstruction expert, to humanitarian work in Africa, Clay has been there and done that. This conversation touches on all of those topics and more. | |||
| 14 Aug 2024 | Ep. 178 (Coffee Time) How many farms are left and flood zones | 00:29:46 | |
When it's Coffee Time you need three things-- good people, good discussion topics, and good coffee. We've got the first two, and Wild Rivers has the third.
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| 15 May 2024 | Ep. 152 (Coffee Time) Where to mushroom hunt and dead chickens in your water | 00:31:41 | |
Grab your Wild Rivers coffee and have a listen! P.S. soon you'll be able to watch our podcasts online, if you want to see our beautiful faces.
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| 03 Aug 2022 | Ep. 11The Sanctity of Indigenous Agriculture (Taylor Keen) | 01:37:23 | |
Taylor Keen, founder of Sacred Seed, joins us as we dive into indigenous tradition of agriculture and how today's agriculture is affecting it. | |||
| 06 Sep 2024 | Ep. 185 "Land Rich, Cash Poor" a story of the American Farmer with Brian Reisinger | 01:31:57 | |
Brian Reisinger, author of Land Rich, Cash Poor, is a journalist raised as a dairy farmer. Join us as we discuss the history of the American farmer and how farming and our food system have drastically changed over the last century. You're going to love this one.
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| 17 Jul 2023 | Ep. 73 Food Shortages in the Global Food Chain (War in Ukraine, Covid, etc.) | 00:39:56 | |
What causes food price spikes? And why is there hunger when 1.5x the amount of needed food is produced every year? Join Nicolas as he takes a deep dive into what makes the world's food cycle go round as he discusses the Ukrainian War, Covid, inflation, sustainable agriculture, and local food sourcing. | |||
| 02 Nov 2022 | Ep. 18 Picture perfect conservation (Chris Helzer) | 01:11:33 | |
Chris Helzer, the Prairie Ecologist, is one of the most experts in native midwest flora and fauna (specifically insects) that we have had the privilege to speak with. He also, coincidentally, happens to be the most talented photographer we has spoken with. | |||
| 21 Jun 2024 | Ep. 163 Chief Black Hawk, Cemeteries, and Pioneer's Land with Val Van Kooten | 01:13:57 | |
The new administrator of the State Historical Society of Iowa and previous guest, Val Van Kooten, joined us to talk all things Iowa's history. | |||
| 11 Oct 2024 | Trapping with New England Naturals | 01:17:01 | |
Jake Debow of New England Naturals is an authority on trapping. He builds his life around the outdoors and spends much of his time hunting, but trapping is the thing he is known for. I had the privilege to sit down and learn from Jake about the trapper lifestyle- its history, its current popularity and where it's headed in the future. It truly was one of my favorite interviews I've recorded in a while, and I think Jake's perspectives will draw you in as well.
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| 05 Mar 2025 | Ep. 233 (Coffee Time) Snow fleas, fly storms, and locust | 00:19:02 | |
It's time for your favorite Coffee Time of the week!
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| 19 Jul 2024 | Ep. 171 How to create QUALITY deer habitat | 02:20:34 | |
Thomas Mlsna, founder of Untamed Ambition, sits down with us to talk through why shortcuts in habitat management never get the results we want.
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| 23 Apr 2025 | Ep. 247 (Coffee Time) Biosolids, Facial Scrub, and Shop Cat | 00:34:00 | |
Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday!
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| 09 Jun 2023 | Ep. 62 Prehistoric Prairie (Part 1: The Ice Age) | 01:17:44 | |
Where did prairie come from? Who lived here, and what were they doing? What was the landscape like? How does it compare to today? Those questions are what we will answer in this first episode in our three part docuseries--Prehistoric Prairie. This first episode features the time period of the most recent glaciation of Iowa. We discuss topics including soil, vegetation, and what happened to all of those pleistocene megafauna? Our guests include fossil hunters (Judd McCullum, Mitch Gleason, John Waller), a medical school professor and paleontologist (Dr. Julie Meachen), a collegiate biology professor (Dr. Russ Benedict), and county naturalist (Laura DeCook). You won't want to miss this one!
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| 14 Feb 2025 | Ep. 228 Using Prairie to Protect Our Water with Dr. Matt Helmers | 01:34:25 | |
Dr. Matt Helmers joins us to discuss his research in nutrient reduction in Iowa.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Native Seeders) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly mixes) | |||
| 23 Aug 2023 | Ep. 84 (Coffee Time) Letting Strangers on Your Land | 00:55:59 | |
There's a lot more to this coffee time. More time and more voices. Join us as we discuss what we believe is conservation's next big step: Sharing The Land. | |||
| 24 Feb 2024 | Ep. 129 Rebuilding America's Serengeti with Sean Gerrity of American Prairie | 01:28:55 | |
The American Prairie Reserve (now just American Prairie) is a prairie conservation organization that is dedicated to reconstructing a massive contiguous portion of prairie habitat in Montana. Sean Gerrity is one of the founders and the retired CEO of AP, and nobody knows the story of this incredible project better than he does.
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| 06 Dec 2024 | Ep. 208 The Corporate Takeover of America's Food System with Austin Frerick | 01:45:56 | |
We're joined by Austin Frerick, author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry, joins us to discuss what happened to our food system as a country and what we can do about it.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes) | |||
| 23 Aug 2024 | Ep. 181 Conservation, hunting, and being outdoors with Andy May | 01:39:39 | |
Andy May joins us to discuss his journey with the conservation of his property and how it was spurred from deer hunting, plus a couple wild stories of his hunts.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for hunting mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes) | |||
| 07 Feb 2025 | Ep. 226 How to Start An Organic Vegetable Farm | 01:26:55 | |
We should probably clarify. Jill Beebout, founder of Blue Gate Farms, is not an organic farmer. She is Certified Naturally Grown farmer, which has more restrictions than organic. She is the real deal. We greatly enjoyed the conversation, and we believe you will as well.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for Native Seed) theprairiefarm.com (for Pollinator Garden Mixes) | |||
| 07 Jul 2023 | Ep. 71 Prairie Super Friends (Loess Hills, Sacred Seed, Iowa Prairie Network) | 01:12:58 | |
We gathered some of the most knowledgeable and passionate prairie people we know. We put them all in a room and hit record. We were visited by - Taylor Keen of Sacred Seed http://www.sacredseed.org/new-page-1 - Tabitha Panas and Lance Brisbois of Iowa Prairie Network https://www.iowaprairienetwork.org/ - Dustin Clayton of Hitchcock Nature Center https://www.pottconservation.com/parks/hitchcock_nature_center/ | |||
| 02 Mar 2024 | Ep. 131 Is it a good time to buy land?? with Jake Hofer | 01:23:14 | |
Jake Hofer is one of the foremost authorities on buying land as a deer hunter. He has a strong entrepreneurial gene and has become a multi farm owner before the age of 30. If you have hopes of owning your own slice of dirt this interview is for you!
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| 20 Mar 2024 | Ep. 136 (Coffee Time) Hot Dogs, Kent's Lunch, and Portable Solar Panels | 00:27:15 | |
Ever wonder what hot dogs are made of? Join us to find out.
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| 10 Jul 2024 | Ep. 168 ( Coffee Time) Iowa Carbon Pipeline | 00:32:34 | |
It's controversial. It's complicated. It's heated. It's Coffee Time Wednesday.
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