Can you understand something like food without considering politics, economics and social conditions? Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern doesn’t think so. Catch her insights on this week’s episode of Rootstock Radio.

Starting seeds indoors is a great way to grow long-season crops in cool climates. It also creates an opportunity to harvest earlier in any climate, warm or cool. And did we mention it’s fun?

Listen in! Liz Carlisle, author and lecturer at Stanford University, talks conservation, land stewardship, farming community in Montana, and legumes on this episode of Rootstock Radio.

Terry Oxford of UrbanBeeSF keeps bees on San Francisco rooftops, and today on Rootstock Radio, she discusses why current beekeeping practices simply are not cutting it: for bees, for humans, and for our planet.

Dr. Fred Provenza, professor at Utah State University, animal behaviorist and author, talks about how the discipline of ecology is evolving and what we can learn from the natural world.

Alex Eaton of Sistema.bio shares the innovative manure digester system that turns animal manure into both fertilizer and fuel. He's addressing climate change, food insecurity and poverty around the world in a single package. Listen in to learn more!