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The Ruminant, which aims to share good ideas for farmers and gardeners, was farmer Jordan Marr’s first podcast. He now produces food- and farm-focused audio journalism for various podcasts and a radio column for CBC’s Daybreak South. You can find much of this audio work below, plus the odd blog post.
Playing with sound to assess the 2023 production season for farmers around BC. Plus Vanessa sings!
Professor Bruce Lanphear explains why he thinks Canada’s pesticide regulatory framework is outdated.
Some common phrases vendors use to promote their products at the farmers market and why I have a problem with a few of them.
A segment challenging the accuracy of a frequently cited statistic about food waste in Canada.
A segment about our unseasonably warm fall weather and the impact it was having on the lifecycles of some agricultural pests.
The Canadian Government’s intentions to reduce fertilizer emissions to help combat climate change, and the mixed reaction in the farming community.
A conversation about the pitfalls of raising chickens for vertically-integrated customers in the US.
We review Netflix's big, farmy 2018 hit The Biggest Little Farm and an update produced for Disney Plus called The Return of the Biggest Little Farm
In which farmers reflect about being on the receiving end of threats, hate and aggression because they slaughter animals.
Rebecca Kneen on the evolution of organic standards and oversight over time, some aspects of which she has misgivings about.
How farmers and academics work together to improve seed genetics on the farm
Among other things, you will learn how to score your manure.
It's possible to make so many changes to your farm business that you have no sense of how things are going whether for better or for worse.
