The Prairie Farm Podcast

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)

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)

Ep. 198 From a journalist in California to a farmer in Iowa with Beth Hoffman

Beth Hoffman, author of Bet the Farm, joins us to talk about the HUGE jump she made from her career to move to Iowa to run a farm with her husband, Jon. Navigating family dynamics, ecological factors, and agricultural markets, Beth has quite the story to tell. We thoroughly enjoyed the conversation, and we bet you will too.
 
hokseynativeseeds.com (for Native Pasture and CRP mixes)
theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Ep. 197 (Coffee Time) Mine Reclamation and Trump's view on ecology

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join us for another great Coffee Time!
 
wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and pasture mixes)
theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Ep. 196 How Aldo Leopold Changed Our Land Ethic with Buddy Huffaker

Buddy Huffaker, Executive Director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, joins us to talk about the world-changing legacy that Aldo Leopold, "father of wildlife ecology", has left for us.
 
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and native seed mixes)
theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)
 

Ep. 195 (Coffee Time) Can land prices hold out? and Field Tiling

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee (the coffee that fights for conservation) and join us for another episode of Coffee Time Wednesday!
 
hokseynativeseeds.com
theprairiefarm.com
wildriverscoffeeco.com

Bagging Pheasants in all of Iowa's 99 Counties

This is our last week of our podcast sabbatical at The Prairie Farm Podcast, but until next week, enjoy this episode from our co-host, Kent Boucher's, second podcast.
 
The guy who took on the quest to bag a rooster in all of Iowa's 99 counties. Nick Martin explains how he came up with his quest, as well as what he has noticed about the quality of hunting experiences available throughout the state of Iowa, and how many birds he still has to bag.
 
hokseynativeseeds.com (for pheasant habitat mixes and CRP mixes)
theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairies and pollinators)

Ep. 194 (Coffee Time) Hurricane Helene and Milton

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join us for Coffee Time!
 
wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that saves the earth)
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat)
theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Trapping with New England Naturals

Jake Debow of New England Naturals is an authority on trapping. He builds his life around the outdoors and spends much of his time hunting, but trapping is the thing he is known for. I had the privilege to sit down and learn from Jake about the trapper lifestyle- its history, its current popularity and where it's headed in the future. It truly was one of my favorite interviews I've recorded in a while, and I think Jake's perspectives will draw you in as well.
 
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat mixes)
theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Ep. 193 (Coffee Time) How to plant native prairie

Join us for coffee time this week. This one is fast and sweet. We walk through the best way to plant native prairie.
 
wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat mixes)
theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)