New Audio Interview with "The Drought Fighters"
Since 2007, Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser have been at the forefront of a new, ultra-organic approach to growing food called "regenerative agriculture." This week we caught up with them for an update.
Dear Friends,
We have a special treat for you this week: a new episode of our audio interview series on a very timely topic.
Long before regenerative agriculture was hitting the mainstream, in films like “The Biggest Little Farm” and “Kiss the Ground” (featuring Woody Harrelson), Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser were pioneering the ideas that are now the foundation of this movement. They’ve done this by turning their modest 8 acres into an intensely productive — and ecologically restorative — operation. We profiled Paul in our groundbreaking 2015 story “The Drought Fighter”; ever since then, regenerative farms have shown huge potential, not only to help fix our food system and save our soil, but to slow climate chaos as well.
We recently caught up with the Kaisers at their farm in Sebastopol, California, to hear what they’ve learned in the last 8 years — both about their own little farm, and about the regenerative farming movement’s global and ecological potential. As you might imagine, they have learned quite a bit. So I hope you’ll enjoy listening to this podcast, which is our latest Artisan Interview: "Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser on Healing our Soil, and Going Beyond Organic."
As with all of our podcasts, you can listen or download it directly from our site, or find it Spotify (we are currently working to reconnect with Apple Podcasts and other streaming services; we’ll more on that soon). You can also read our original story about the Kaisers’ work, “The Drought Fighter,” or listen to the audio version here.
Our Spring Issue will continue through Memorial Day weekend. Each Friday, we add to our collection of stories and podcasts that relate to some aspect of our theme, currently “The Soil Saviors.” We're also offering a few stories on other topics, so that there's something for everyone — currently free of charge, and always free of ads. So please, stay tuned.
In the meantime, I hope you'll always find something intriguing to read — or watch, or listen to — within our pages. We welcome your thoughts via email, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Thank you for reading and sharing our stories, for donating to our cause when you can, and for being such a loyal part of the Craftsmanship community.
Sincerely,
Todd Oppenheimer
Editor & Publisher, Craftsmanship Quarterly
Spring 2022: The Soil Saviors
One of biggest influences on our daily lives arises from a fundamental paradox: As the Earth's population continues to grow, its natural resources shrink. Foremost among our dwindling resources is fresh water, and the main resource that water feeds: the world's arable lands. With each passing year, we humans need to get more efficient — and more creative — with how we grow our food. While industrial agriculturists have long tried to do just that, their methods have nearly killed the soil we all depend on.
Fortunately, a brighter path has opened up. From backyard composting and no-till farming to "carbon sequestration," our Spring issue will cover some of the innovators who have arisen to literally save our soil, feed the world, and even slow climate change.
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