From batch and build to cover crops, a certain Woody Harrelson movie, and conservation farming around the world, this episode covers it all. Jamie sits down with one of our favorite guests– Ruth McCabe from Heartland Co-Op in Iowa. Learn what gets our guest up every morning and what boils her blood when it comes to conservation and water quality practices.
Chapters & Episode Topics:
00:00 Today on the Water Table Podcast
00:20 Welcome to Ruth McCabe
01:40 Dead cats and great guests
02:45 What is Heartland Co-op
04:25 Partnering with everyone
05:20 It’s a growing field (pun intended)
05:50 Batch and Build, cover crops and wetlands
07:20 Who pays the bills?
08:00 Jamie didn’t read the manuscript
08:15 Cover crops, yes or no?
12:12 Saturated buffers and bioreactors – of course!
13:30 What about Minnesota?
14:50 Winter camelina – what the heck is it?
16:40 Kiss the Ground – Have you seen it?
18:30 The problem with movies…
19:30 She was an urban girl
20:30 Talk to farmers
21:30 Be on both sides of the aisle
22:20 No till – should it be revisited?
24:24 60% tenant-farmed
26:00 Saturated buffers and bioreactors explained
27:45 Batch and build explained
31:24 You need the customer service
32:55 Angry bloggers & divisive rhetoric
34:30 Boil down the passion
35:00 Conservation farming around the world
36:00 The scaffolding is built, now let us paint the house
37:34 The naysayers are ramping up
39:30 A mix of countries and one really big surprise
42:20 A financial no-brainer
43:30 Ruth’s harvest– meat and veggies
44:15 Saturated buffers and pheasant hunting
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