The Prairie Farm Podcast

Nicolas Lirio & Kent Boucher
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Dec 6, 2024 • 1h 46min

Ep. 208 The Corporate Takeover of America's Food System with Austin Frerick

We're joined by Austin Frerick, author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry, joins us to discuss what happened to our food system as a country and what we can do about it.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)
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Dec 4, 2024 • 26min

Ep. 207 (Coffee Time) Almost 40% of all trees are at risk of extinction

Join us for another great Coffee Time Wednesday. We've got great people and great topics. All you need is good coffee from Wild Rivers Coffee.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie and wildflower mixes) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)
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Nov 29, 2024 • 1h 24min

Ep. 206 The Great Forgotten Prairies of the Southeast

Jeremy French, from the Southeastern Grasslands Institute, joins us to discuss what vast prairies that used to reside in large portions of the Southeastern United States.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and native prairie mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard pollinator and wildflower mixes)
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Nov 27, 2024 • 26min

Ep. 205 (Coffee Time) Thankfulness, Turkeys, and the Worst Day of the Year

Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for each of you! Enjoy another information and laughter filled episode of Coffee Time Wednesday.    
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Nov 22, 2024 • 1h 9min

Ep. 204 Where does my trash and recycling go?

Bryan Vander Meiden, President of Midwest Sanitation and Recycling, joined us to teach us exactly where our trash and recycling goes here in the midwest. We felt like little kids learning about dump trucks. It was awesome!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and native prairie) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)
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Nov 20, 2024 • 34min

Ep. 203 (Coffee Time) More than half of Iowa's water sources are "Impaired"

Good people, good topics, good coffee. We've got two of those; Wild Rivers Coffee has the other.   wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes)
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Nov 15, 2024 • 1h 18min

Ep. 202 John Lacey changed the world more than you know

We sat down with Joe Crookham, founder of Musco Lighting and researcher of the late John F. Lacey, to hear about how Lacey changed the world as we know it for the better and for conservation.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)
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Nov 13, 2024 • 24min

Ep. 201 (Coffee Time) Felines fixing CWD? and Kent's shorty shorts

It's time for your coffee time! Join us for good people and good topics, and grab your Wild Rivers Coffee for good coffee.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard and butterfly mixes)
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Nov 8, 2024 • 60min

Ep. 200!! How to start a prairie farm

This was a special one. Thank you to everyone who has joined us on this journey this far. We enjoyed a great conversation with our founder, and Nicolas' dad, Carroll Hoksbergen. I am sure you will enjoy it as much as we did.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)
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Nov 6, 2024 • 33min

Ep. 199 (Coffee Time) Rocky Mountains and Touching Grass

Welcome back to Coffee Time! Great coffee, great people, great topics.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP or wildlife habitat) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)

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