

The Prairie Farm Podcast
Nicolas Lirio & Kent Boucher
All things conservation, prairie, gardening, permaculture, hunting, and agriculture. ”Conservation happens one mind at a time.”
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Sep 26, 2025 • 1h 36min
Ep. 291 Cows Eat Milkweed, and Are Brushy Prairies That Bad? with Chris Helzer (The Prairie Ecologist)
Chris Helzer is the Director of the Nature Conservancy in Nebraska and a fantastic blogger/photographer, The Prairie Ecologist.
We had a great time with him, and we believe you will as well!
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and for hunting habitat mixes)

Sep 24, 2025 • 36min
Ep. 291 (Coffee Time) Is AI Using Too Much Water?
Join us for another exciting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! This week we discuss how much water AI data centers are using, and if AI is a net positive or net negative force in our world.
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for native pasture mixes and backyard prairie mixes)

Sep 19, 2025 • 1h 5min
Ep. 290 Inheriting a 500 Acre Prairie Farm Over Night
Nicolas sits down to interview Kent to discuss the pressures of taking over the farm after Carroll passed and what Kent learned from Carroll in their time together.
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, Backyard Prairie mixes, and Hunting Habitat mixes)

Sep 17, 2025 • 54min
Ep. 289 (Coffee Time) The SNAP Cuts and Harvesting Prairie
Give us some grace on this topic. It's hard to discuss SNAP because it's a complicated topic, but with how related to agriculture it is, we thought it necessary to discuss.
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes and CRP mixes)

Sep 12, 2025 • 51min
Ep. 288 Our Soil Will Save the Earth and Humanity
Josh Tickell, a film director, explains why making these movies actually helps in the aid for conservation. Nicolas had some connection issues, but we enjoyed the podcast nonetheless and believe you will too!
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Mixes, Native Pasture Mixes, and Backyard Prairies)

Sep 10, 2025 • 34min
Ep. 287 (Coffee Time) 12 BILLION Dollar Settlement for PFAS (Forever Chemicals)
Join for another riveting episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast: Coffee Time Wednesday!
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Mixes, Backyard Prairies, and Hunting Habitat)

Sep 5, 2025 • 1h 9min
Ep. 286 The Actual Numbers of the Declining Wildlife in the Midwest
Dave Hoffman, Wildlife Research Staff of Iowa, joins us to discuss the declining numbers of faun in the Midwest and what he thinks should be done to improve the numbers.
Don't forget the Iowa Sportsman Club Raffle. Tickets are cheap, and you'll want to see what they have!
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for Habitat Mixes, CRP Mixes, and all your other native seeds)

Sep 3, 2025 • 33min
Ep. 285 (Coffee Time) Is the World Getting Better? And Endangered Pallid Sturgeon Found in the DSM River
Welcome back to another awesome episode of the Prairie Farm Podcast. This episode will make you think.
Iowa Sportsman Raffle (A Raffle for Conservation)
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Aug 29, 2025 • 1h 11min
Ep. 284 Saving Our Soil and How to Grow a Food Forests
Louis De Jaeger, author of Save Our Soil and a farmland designer, joins us to discuss all things regeneration. We dive deep into the soil health, chemicals, tillage, and what to do to avoid these things. Louis is a very practically minded conservationist that has spoken all around the world on how to protect our resources.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes, native pasture mixes, and all your other native seed needs)

Aug 27, 2025 • 36min
Ep. 283 (Coffee Time) A Day in the Life of a Settler and A Day in the Life of a Prairie Farmer
Welcome back to another riveting episode of the Prairie Farm Podcast: Coffee Time Wednesday. This week we cover some of our harvest nightmares and what it was like for settlers to survive in the 1830's.
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