The Prairie Farm Podcast

Andy May joins us to discuss his journey with the conservation of his property and how it was spurred from deer hunting, plus a couple wild stories of his hunts.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for hunting mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee, and join us as we dive into this week's Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Seed) theprairiefarm.com (for prairie/pollinator seed) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)

Genevieve Guerry is a PhD candidate at East Carolina University and has been studying Microplastics and PFAs for several years. Join us as we attempt to tackle such a huge topic within too short of time. We loved what we learned, and plan to talk with Genevieve again in the future.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie seed) theprairiefarm.com (for native yard and native hunting mixes) ewg.org (to find out what's in your water) Genevieve's Insta

When it's Coffee Time you need three things-- good people, good discussion topics, and good coffee. We've got the first two, and Wild Rivers has the third.   wildriverscoffeco.com hokseynativeseeds.com thepairiefarm.com

Andy James, founder of Prairie Fire Restoration, quickly became a gentleman we greatly enjoyed. Join us as we discuss the largest mono-crop in the United States... lawns.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for larger prairie areas and CRP) theprairiefarm.com (to turn your lawn into a prairie or pollinator patch)   Here are a few of the many studies he quoted in the podcast. Pet population increase from inital Kentucky study. 19 MILLION POUNDS anually in the 2018 study Our concept of the traditional lawn comes from Medieval Europe  Counter intuitive results from lawn fertilization, much of the issue is over application. Urban envrionments see an improvement in water quality. Solution: find a way to mitigate over application  

COFFEE TIME WEDNESDAY!! It's here. Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee, and join us.   wildriverscoffeeco.com (to save the earth while caffeinated) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and hunting habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Joe Dickie, founder of Joe Dickie Photography, has been behind the camera on some huge platforms, but he's dedicated his most recent efforts to telling the story of farmers who are changing to a more conservation friendly practice.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie and wild flower seed) theprairiefarm.com (for yard mixes and hunting habitat mixes)

Don't let the middle of the week get you down. Enjoy a good coffee time!   Ancestral Farms Iowa (for higher quality pork) Wild Rivers Coffee Co (for caffeine that gives back to the environment) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairies) hokseynativeseeds.com (for more native seed fun)

Chad Graeve, a natural resource specialist, shares his life lessons working with the prairie and how we as humans can move from being human consumers to human beings.   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Join us for this weeks coffee time, and don't forget your Wild Rivers Coffee. Wild Rivers gives 2% or more of every purchase to conservation causes, and we are proud to partner with them!   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com