

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 19, 2023 • 20min
Ep. 74 (Coffee Time) How to live past 100 and deadly floods
Grab your Splenda, then throw it away because it's nasty, because it's coffee time!

Jul 17, 2023 • 40min
Ep. 73 Food Shortages in the Global Food Chain (War in Ukraine, Covid, etc.)
What causes food price spikes? And why is there hunger when 1.5x the amount of needed food is produced every year?
Join Nicolas as he takes a deep dive into what makes the world's food cycle go round as he discusses the Ukrainian War, Covid, inflation, sustainable agriculture, and local food sourcing.

Jul 12, 2023 • 18min
Ep 72 (Coffee Time) Aging Land Owners and Reintroduced Dinosaurs
Sit down, take a break, and listen in. It's coffee time!

Jul 7, 2023 • 1h 13min
Ep. 71 Prairie Super Friends (Loess Hills, Sacred Seed, Iowa Prairie Network)
We gathered some of the most knowledgeable and passionate prairie people we know. We put them all in a room and hit record.
We were visited by
- Taylor Keen of Sacred Seed http://www.sacredseed.org/new-page-1
- Tabitha Panas and Lance Brisbois of Iowa Prairie Network https://www.iowaprairienetwork.org/
- Dustin Clayton of Hitchcock Nature Center https://www.pottconservation.com/parks/hitchcock_nature_center/

Jul 5, 2023 • 27min
Ep. 70 (Coffee Time) Prairie Grizzlies, Recycling, Australia, El Niño
Pour that extra strong brew following the holiday weekend, breathe deeply, put on the headphones and relax.... it's Coffee Time!

Jun 30, 2023 • 1h 37min
Ep.69 Buying & Managing Land in The Whitetail State with Skip Sligh
Skip Sligh is one of the most recognizable names in the whitetail deer property world. Skip is driven by the mystery and awe that this iconic animal inspires, so much so that he moved to Iowa, The Whitetail State, from his home state of Michigan. Skip explains what makes Iowa a great place for whitetail deer and how hunters and conservationists need to rally politically to keep it that way.
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Jun 28, 2023 • 29min
Ep. 68 (Coffee Time) Prairie Remnants and Pet Peeves about Pet Peeves
It's coffee time crazy busy week edition!
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Jun 23, 2023 • 1h 8min
Ep. 67 Prehistoric Prairie Audio Files: Pleistocene Paleontology
This is the full length interview with Dr. Julie Meachen of Des Moines University. Dr. Meachen is a professor of anatomy and paleontology and spends much of her time studying pleistocene megafauna fossils.
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Jun 20, 2023 • 23min
Ep. 66 (Coffee Time) O Canada
Grab a cup of Canadian coffee and kick up your feet, it's coffee time!
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Jun 16, 2023 • 1h 11min
Ep. 64 Prehistoric Prairie Audio Files: Fossil Hunters
Here's the full length episode with the fossil hunters Judd McCullum (Working Class Bowhunter), Mitch Gleason, and John Waller. Enjoy!
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