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Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast

Down to Earth is a podcast about regenerative agriculture, and it's for everyone who eats. We invite you to meet the people shaping a healthier food system—farmers, ranchers, scientists, land managers, writers, and many others.

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Indexed episodes, last 90 days
6
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Sep 16, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 16, 2026

    The Sequestration Solution: Soil (opens the original)

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    Karl Thidemann is co-founder of Soil4Climate , a non-profit that advocates for regenerative agriculture, with a focus on grazing and the restoration of grasslands. In this podcast he makes the case, supported by extensive scientific research, that the restoration of grasslands can provide a multi win-win––for the climate, biodiversity, soil health, good nutrition, farmer profitability, the water cycle, rural communities, anti-desertification, and maintaining traditional agrarian practices worldw

  2. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    Water in the Desert: Gary Paul Nabhan's Life in Wild Places (opens the original)

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    Gary Paul Nabhan is an agricultural ecologist, ethnobotanist, Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, and author of thirty-four books who has devoted his life to understanding the relationships among species in ecosystems and between human beings and their environments. His work spans regenerative agriculture, habitat conservation, indigenous communities, and so much more. In addition to his work in science, for which he has won many awards, including a MacArthur "Genius" grant, he is a poet, artist, and

  3. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

    A food forest on an eighth of an acre (opens the original)

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    Roxanne Swentzell was a young mother on a small piece of land at Santa Clara Pueblo when she was introduced to permaculture design principles––which dovetailed with indigenous patters of thinking and land use. She turned her yard from hard, sun-scorched earth into an agroforest that provides food, wood, fiber and habitat. She founded the Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute, which focuses on teaching principles and practices of desert gardening, composting, seed saving, animal husbandry, beekee

  4. Episode · Aug 4, 2026

    Weathering climate emotion: Stories of loss and resilience (opens the original)

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    At last year's Regenerate conference, I attended a session about climate emotion, led by Addie Candib of American Farmland Trust , in which participants were asked two questions: What is one thing you have lost to climate change? and What helps you build resilience in yourself/your land/your world? The answers were profound and fascinating. So I decided to ask some of the participants in that session to speak with us on the podcast. Addie Candib introduces the podcast, and then we talk to: Jonat

  5. Episode · Jul 22, 2026

    From the "Landed" podcast: We Need a Plan (opens the original)

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    In today's podcast we bring you an episode of the podcast Landed , from our friends at American Farmland Trust . It's called "We Need A Plan," and it's all about the issue of succession—addressing the question of what happens to our food-producing lands when the people who've been working them retire or pass on.

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