

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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Jul 2, 2025 • 23min
Ep. 267 (Coffee Time) Texas vs. The FDA-- New Law Forces Warning Labels on Food Additives
We're unpacking the new Texas food law, SB 25, and what it means for your family. This bill requires warning labels for certain food additives that are banned in other countries but approved by the FDA. We get into the debate over consumer rights and what you'll actually see on shelves.
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator, hunting mixes, and all your native seed needs)

Jun 27, 2025 • 1h 41min
Ep. 266 Unlocking the Prairie's Secrets: A Guide to Edible & Medicinal Native Plants with Kelly Kindscher
Kelly Kindscher is an amazing man. Kent and Riley had a wonderful time picking his deep well of knowledge on all things prairie, outdoors, and utilizing prairie for sustenance.
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes and all your native seed needs)

Jun 25, 2025 • 33min
Ep. 265 (Coffee Time) How to Interseed Prairie Into Pasture and Ghana Bands Styrofoam
This one is exciting! We boiled through this one the whole time. It was so hot!
But we've got a great prairie and pasture question as well as a great topic about Styrofoam.
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for native pasture mixes and Backyard Pollinator mixes)

Jun 20, 2025 • 1h 33min
Ep. 264 Public Land, The Habitat Association, and Natural Resources with Aaron Warbritton
Aaron Warbritton, with The Hunting Public, joins us to discuss a new venture The Habitat Association. We are very excited for this nonprofit conservation organization. We also discuss what's going on in public land today and our natural resources.
hokseynativeseeds.com (For native habitat mixes)

Jun 18, 2025 • 38min
Ep. 263 (Coffee Time) Urbanization vs Conservation and the Eradication of Fireflies
Another exciting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! Grab your coffee and join good people with good topics.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for firefly habitat and Hunting Habitat mixes)

Jun 13, 2025 • 1h 20min
Ep. 262 Getting Fired by DOGE as a USDA Employee with Tabitha Panas
Tabitha Panas was one of thousands of people fired by DOGE on February 14th. It's been a rocky and uncertain road for her since then. This is her version of the story.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and native pasture mix)

Jun 12, 2025 • 39min
Ep. 261 Gubernatorial Candidate Rob Sand
This was truly an awesome interview!
(For our friends who are only here for Rob Sand, the interview starts at 15:15)
Merch for Conservation (Preorder closes at the end of the day June 12th)
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP, Hunting Mixes, and Backyard Prairies)

Jun 6, 2025 • 1h 35min
Ep. 260 Protecting Public Land and Natural Resources with Hal Herring
Hal Herring is an acclaimed writer on all things public land and outdoors. He has fought ruthlessly over the years to help preserve our Public Land and to save our natural resources. And frankly, he’s a really nice guy.
We greatly enjoyed this conversation, and we believe you will as well.
Merch for Conservation
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and native pasture mixes)

Jun 4, 2025 • 37min
Ep. 259 (Coffee Time) Eliminating Canadian Goldenrod and Super Hogs
Another great Coffee Time for you this week!
There's still a little more time to pre-order our merch line. 50% (at least) of profits will go to Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.
Merch for Conservation
hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie and wildflowers)

May 30, 2025 • 1h 10min
Ep. 258 Glyphosate, Consumption, and the Natural World with Chad Graeve
Chad Graeve joins us from Pottawattamie County and the Loess Hills to talk about how we can increase our quality of life by having less. We also discuss alternatives to glyphosate, and how to use fire and grazing.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for hunting mixes and CRP mixes)