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Healthy Cows, Healthy Milk, Healthy People
A native of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Silvia Abel-Caines graduated from UNPHU University with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1988. Two years later, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to continue her research in ruminant nutrition.
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Wanted: Regenerative, Renewing, Resilient Agriculture
Fred Kirschenmann is a Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center, and the president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York. He is a man of many talents, accustomed to wearing many hats: Iowa State University..
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What Makes Organic Agriculture (& Life on a Farm) Beautiful
Regina Beidler calls herself an “accidental farmer,” but her commitment to organic agriculture, sustainability, rural communities, and caring for her animals is deeply intentional (and about as far from accidental as it gets.) Regina and her..
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Urban Farming that Transforms Lives
This week on Rootstock Radio, we speak with Harry Rhodes, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Growing Home. Growing Home is a Chicago-based organization whose primary mission, in Harry’s own words, is to “transform lives—both individual lives and..
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Changing the Narrative in Food and Farming
Karen Washington is an urban farmer and activist, as well as the founder of Rise and Root Farm, a cooperatively run farm in Orange County, NY. Karen co-founded Black Urban Growers and was a 2014 James Beard Leadership Award recipient, in addition..
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Antibiotics & Livestock: What You Need To Know
Lena Brook is a Food Policy Advocate with the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) Food and Agriculture Program. Lena uses her background in advocacy and communications to influence decision makers of all kinds, from elected officials to..