Christa Barfield built her businesses around food justice, regenerative agriculture and a passion for community healthcare.

This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Rachel Stroer, President of The Land Institute, a non-profit research organization and leader in the global movement to create perennial, intrinsically regenerative, scalable agriculture. They discuss how perennial crops help us address climate change and contribute to sustainable farming practices...

Carlos Yescas interviews Nina White, founder of Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse, about their approach to regenerative agriculture and sustainable dairy farming. Their cattle are 100% grass-fed, and all of their cheeses are made with their own milk. Find out more about them at www.cowsoutside.com and follow them online at @bobolinkdairyandbakehouse...

The Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue described being born in the Burren, with its surreal, limestone landscape as a “huge, wild invitation to extend your imagination.” Located in County Clare, on Ireland’s west coast, not only is the Burren is one of the country’s most biodiverse regions—seventy percent of...

Developers have purchased millions of acres of U.S. farmland, but some young farmers are helping to protect its future.

This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, Todd Schulkin talks to Jesse Smith, the Director of Land Stewardship for the White Buffalo Land Trust, which develops and promotes regenerative agriculture systems designed to have a local, regional, and global impact. They discuss how White Buffalo Land Trust is putting regenerative agriculture...

In some ways, Illinois farmers have it good. Much of the state boasts rich, dark soil that helps rank its production of corn and soybeans among the highest in the nation. Because the Prairie State is receiving frequent and more intense rainfall, it is increasingly important that farmers adopt conservation...

Jamie Ager, the owner of North Carolina’s Hickory Nut Gap Meats, and Asher Wright, the company’s Farm Director join HRN’s Caity Moseman Wadler and Dylan Heuer for a conversation that spans from the flavor of their meat to the microbes in their soil. Jamie and Asher share their perspective on...

What does “progress” in developing new kinds of environmentally friendly meats look like? What are the hidden costs of cell-based and plant-based meats? Following up on their interviews with Garrett Broad (Fordham University) and Meera Zassenhaus (New Harvest) regarding cellular agriculture, Melissa and Wythe talk with Allie about some new...

When the U.S. outlawed alcohol during Prohibition, Kentucky farmers stopped growing rye, a key ingredient in one of Kentucky’s most iconic products—bourbon. As agricultural research compelled farmers to explore the benefits of cover crops, American Farmland Trust (AFT) detected an opportunity to revive rye. AFT launched the Kentucky Commercial Rye...