The Prairie Farm Podcast

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Ep. 91 Prehistoric Prairie Audio Files: The Wildlife Refuge Ranger Sep 15, 2023

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Karen Viste-Sparkman is as knowledgeable as they come. She has spent years getting her hands dirty at the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge. Join us as we sit down and pick her brain on prairie and what it was.

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Ep. 90 (Coffee Time) Mercury Pills, Quinine, and Endangered Animals Sep 13, 2023

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Ready to learn some outdoor conservation facts?? Grab your coffee. It's time.

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Ep. 89 The Horticulture Professor (Randall Vos) Sep 08, 2023

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Once a horticulture professor, now working with fruit growers in Iowa, Randall Vos is a part time row crop farmer and side job sheep farmer. He's done a lot, and we got to sit down and pick his brain.

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Ep. 88 (Coffee Time) Milkweed used for WW2 and Dolly the Sheep Sep 06, 2023

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... this one is weird and fascinating. Buckle in!

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Ep. 87 What in the world is a ”POOR FARM”? Sep 01, 2023

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Geoff Mouming, Project Manager for Restoration for Impact 7G, joined us to talk about all things conservation, but we started with a very odd socialist experiment from over a hundred years ago... the poor farm.

We found Geoff fascinating! And we're sure you will too!

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Ep. 86 (Coffee Time) Corn Sweat and Is a Tomato a Fruit? Aug 30, 2023

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Back to the classic. Sit back and enjoy your coffee!

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Ep. 85 Where does your food really come from (Tom Philpott) Aug 25, 2023

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Just the title, Senior Research Associate at the Center for a Livable Future, is epic. Let alone the man who holds the title and our conversation with him.

Tom Philpott is a forward thinker and understands exactly what makes the world's agriculture and food world go round. You won't want to miss this one.

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Ep. 84 (Coffee Time) Letting Strangers on Your Land Aug 23, 2023

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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.

Ep. 83 Prehistoric Prairie Audio Files: The Wildlife Biologist Aug 18, 2023

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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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Ep. 82 (Coffee Time) Iowa Water Quality... Aug 16, 2023

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Buckle your seat belts, and join us on our road trip as we bring Coffee Time on the road.

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