Tune in to the most recent episode of "Diary of a Congresswoman" where Teresa Leger Fernandez shares how she assembled her office staff, the team's challenges, and the benefits of working remotely. Interested in working in politics? Visit fernandez.house.gov for more details!

Transforming the American Prairie, one strip at a time- today's Down to Earth episode features Omar de Kok-Mercado, a scientist at Iowa State working on a project that integrates prairie strips into row-crop agriculture. quiviracoalition.org/omar-de-kok-me…

New DTE episode- Busting myths about beef with Nicolette Hahn Niman She’s author of the book, Defending Beef: The Ecological and Nutritional Case for Meat, which is being re-released. Get 35% off the book at chelseagreen.com with code POD35. quiviracoalition.org/niman/

New DTE episode! Jesse Smith of the White Buffalo Land Trust talks to us about designing systems that improve as they age. As Director of Stewardship at the White Buffalo Land Trust, he is working to bring back a degraded landscape... quiviracoalition.org/jesse-smith/

New DTE episode! What is the function of seaweed in ecosystems, and what would sustainable harvesting—as opposed to extractive mining- look like? We talk to ecologist Dr. Robin Hadlock Seeley and farmer Severine Von Tscharner Fleming on the topic. quiviracoalition.org/rockweed/

New DTE episode! Gordon Tooley and Margaret Yancey started Tooley’s Trees in Truchas, New Mexico, in the early 1990s. They grow and sell rare and heirloom trees and live a way of life that cultivates a deep relationship with the wildlife, soil, and water. quiviracoalition.org/gordon-tooley/

New DTE episode! Reese Baker has been designing permaculture landscapes for many years, and with his family has turned his home on a 1/4-acre lot in Santa Fe into a teeming oasis of life, complete with wetlands, a pond, trees, and food and flower gardens quiviracoalition.org/reese-baker/

New episode! Dr. Emeran Mayer connects the human and soil microbiomes—both stretched to their limits by today’s diet, lifestyle, and industrial practices. And he tells us how we can eat and grow food in a way that heals the body, the economy, and planet. quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-97/

For this very special 100th episode of Down to Earth, we talk to Sandra Postel. She has devoted her life to studying the world’s freshwater systems and was recently awarded the 2021 Stockholm Water Prize for groundbreaking work. Don't miss this one! quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-10…

New DTE episode! We talk to James Rebanks, the author of the newly-released book Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey, which recently won the 2021 Wainwright prize for UK Nature writing. Don't miss this one! quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-10…

We've got such a treat for our new Down to Earth episode today. Joining us is William deBuys. In his new book, The Trail to Kanjiroba, he reflects on what people are doing to land, water, and climate from high in the Himalayas. quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-10…

New DTE episode! Renard Turner and his wife are agrarian entrepreneurs who produce local, sustainable, regenerative food at their Virginia goat farm–and they provide a model for future farmers and homesteaders. quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-10…

Soil microbiologist David Johnson has been collaborating with Southern New Mexico pecan farmer Josh Bowman to cultivate healthy soil that retains water and produces a more abundant harvest. Check it out in the new Down to Earth episode today! quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-105

New DTE episode! We talk to our friends over at Reunity Resources, Tejinder & Juliana Ciano. Their work includes vegetable farming and food truck; compost enterprises; the founding of a biodiesel program; educational outreach; food donations, and more! quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-10…

New DTE episode today! Cultivating the People-Planet-Profit Model on an Urban Farm with Matt Draper and Minor Morgan of North Valley Organics in Albuquerque. quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-10…

New DTE episode! The name of Pamela Tanner Boll‘s new film, To Which We Belong, comes from the great naturalist and conservationist Aldo Leopold, who understood the interconnection among all living beings, and the need to treat land with respect. quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-10…

New DTE episode! Zach Weiss has seen land so degraded that even weeds couldn’t grow…and helped transform it into healthy, living landscapes by changing the flow of water and letting nature do the work. The implications are huge. quiviracoalition.org/dte-episode-11…

Radio Cafe · 2m Tim Ferriss How to fix our broken health ins system? WaPo reporter T.R. Reid's brilliant book, The Healing of America, which was made into a Frontline special, shows how other countries have successfully done it. youtube.com/watch?v=h4rg-D… #healthcare