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Curious PlanetStill in the WoodsWe find inspiration and peace on a walk where the wild things are.2025-01-2315 minCurious PlanetSparkles of JoyWe remember how fireflies have sparked joy, enchantment, and wonder in our lives, and contemplate a world where their light is forever extinguished. Mentioned in today’s episode:Sara Lewis, Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies, Princeton University Press, 2016.2025-01-0913 minCurious PlanetA Dog, a Woman, an Owl, and a StarWe consider our beginnings, and take up a second gratitude challenge, this time with the help of a backyard Barred Owl.2024-12-1909 minCurious PlanetMusic Can Change the WorldWhether you learned the alphabet to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, or memorized the contents of the periodic table with the help of Tom Lehrer and The Elements, you’ll recognize the connection between music and memory. We tune into the power of music, and hear how it is helping young Iowans learn key concepts of water science. Mentioned in today’s episode:Water Rocks!: The Musical. Iowa State University, 2022. https://www.waterrocks.org/musicalDaniel Levitin, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine, W. W. Norton & Company, 2024.David McCall, Scho...2024-12-0514 minCurious PlanetRemember Who We Were Before We Spoke EnglishMeskwaki elders inspire us to recall the stories of our past that connect us to the land we live on and the land of our ancestors.Mentioned in today’s episode:Seed-saving. Here’s another Italian family whose seeds saved for five generations became an important part of an international seed vault: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/03/03/meet-south-side-family-who-saved-its-beloved-pepper-seed-5-generations/98599460/2024-11-2120 minCurious PlanetHonest BeesWe learn the buzz on wise group decision-making by observing the habits of those whose lives depend on it—honeybees.Mentioned in today’s episode:Thomas Seeley, Honeybee Democracy, Princeton University Press, 2010.Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton: An American Musical, 2015.Water Rocks! Teacher Summit, https://www.waterrocks.org/summit2024-11-0727 minCurious PlanetWhat Our Bodies Know, Our Minds Don’t Always RememberThe stories we tell preserve our collective human memory—but we’re also part of a profound connection steadfastly held by the natural world. Host Jacqueline Comito ponders this wondrous web, as well as her relationship with some of its tinier residents, as we open Season 2 of the podcast.Mentioned in today’s episode:Alice Walker, The Color Purple, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.Elie Wiesel, “Hope, despair and memory,” 1986 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, December 11, 1986. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1986/wiesel/lecture/Maurice Halbwachs, On Collective Memory (L. A. Coser, Ed.), University of Chicago Press, 1992.Richard Powers, The Overst...2024-10-2409 minCurious PlanetMusic Extra: Native WindsJoyful Hearts, Postcards of HomeFeatured in Season 01 | Episode 012024-03-1902 minCurious PlanetMusic Extra: Straight and LeveedJoyful Hearts, Back to Our RootsFeatured in Season 01 | Episode 012024-03-1903 minCurious PlanetMusic Extra: Barn QuiltsJoyful Hearts, Back to Our RootsFeatured in Season 01 | Episode 022024-03-1902 minCurious PlanetMusic Extra: BlessingJoyful Hearts, Postcards of HomeFeatured in Season 01 | Episode 022024-03-1902 minCurious PlanetMusic Extra: GioiaJoyful Hearts, Seasons of PrayerFeatured in Season 01 | Episode 032024-03-1904 minCurious PlanetMusic Extra: Io Sono Chi SonoJoyful Hearts, Seasons of PrayerFeatured in Season 01 | Episode 032024-03-1903 minCurious PlanetMusic Extra: Thank You for Your SongSmiling Stone Soup, GreenFeatured in Season 01 | Episode 032024-03-1904 minCurious PlanetMusic Extra: Wade in the WaterSmiling Stone Soup, GreenFeatured in Season 01 | Episode 072024-03-1904 minCurious PlanetWade in the WaterWe seek conversation and find connection on a rainy slope of Ireland’s Croagh Patrick. Mentioned in today’s episode:Wallace “J.” Nichols, Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected and Better at What You Do, Little, Brown, 2014.2024-03-1914 minCurious PlanetImagine ThatThe Virgin Mary Tree of Polk City, Iowa, inspires us to imagine and improvise as we engage with the world around us. Mentioned in today’s episode:The Virgin Mary Tree of Polk City on the Roadside America website, https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/45877Lawrence Buell, The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture, Belknap Press, 1995.Stephen T. Asma, The Evolution of Imagination, University of Chicago Press, 2017.Luca Tateo, A Theory of Imagining, Knowing, and Understanding, Springer, 2020.Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Macmillan and Co...2024-03-1915 minCurious PlanetCurious CoyoteWe find wild curiosity on a series of walks with dog Charlie through a local urban trail.Mentioned in today’s episode:Meister Eckhart, The Essential Sermons, Paulist Press, 1981.2024-03-1917 minCurious PlanetGifts of GratitudeWe flunk a gratitude challenge, and decide to try again in collaboration with a backyard barred owl. Mentioned in today’s episode:Robert A. Emmons, Gratitude Works! A 21-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity, Jossey-Bass, 2013.Angeles Arrien, Living in Gratitude: A Journey That Will Change Your Life, Sounds True, 2011.Louise Hay, Gratitude: A Way of Life, Hay House Inc., 1996.Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough, “Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 377-389.Monica Bartlett and David DeSteno, “Gratitude...2024-03-1911 minCurious PlanetThank You for Your SongWe begin on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, then travel to places of lived experience and spaces of sensed experience.Mentioned in today’s episode: Joyful Hearts, Seasons of PrayerJ. E. Malpas, Place and Experience: A Philosophical Topography, Cambridge University Press, 1999, page 176.Ilia Delio, Compassion: Living in the Spirit of St. Francis, St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2011.Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods, Algonquin Books, 2008.Wallace “J.” Nichols, Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected and Better at What You Do, Little...2024-03-1910 minCurious PlanetHope is Remembering the Future How can we have hope in a world that sometimes feels like a hot mess? Watching the seasons change in the backyard with a new puppy, we consider the real question: “How can we not?”Mentioned in today’s episode: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Social Good Summit 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiZduBO2bQM Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, Thorndike Press, 2021. George Steiner, “Remembering the Future,” Remembrance Sunday 1989 address, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. First published in Cambridge Review. Reprinted in Theology, November 1990, Volume 93, Issue 756, pp. 437-444.Iowa Learning Farms, h...2024-03-1912 minCurious PlanetCuriosity, Not ConvictionHost Jacqueline Comito opens our conversation about engaging wonderment to heal and protect the environment— with a little help from some apes.Mentioned in today’s episode:Jane Goodall, October 1960, from Jane (documentary film), National Geographic, 2017. https://films.nationalgeographic.com/jane-the-moviePierre Boulle, La Planète des Singes, published in the United States as Planet of the Apes, 1963.Planet of the Apes (film), Twentieth Century Fox, 1968.“Go Ape!” television spot, 1974. http://space1970.blogspot.com/2012/07/planet-of-apes-go-ape-marathon.htmlGus Speth, It’s Already Tomorrow: Poems by Gus Speth, Shires Press, 2020.Ronald Rolheiser, The Holy Longing, 1999.2024-03-1909 minCurious PlanetCurious Planet TrailerCurious Planet is a podcast exploring wonderment to heal and protect the earth. Subscribe to Curious Planet on your favorite streaming platform. Season One drops on March 19, 2024!2024-03-1100 min
Rhymes With DecorahRWD21 Ross Evelsizer - NE IA RCDRWD #21 Ross Evelsizer – NE Iowa RCD
Ross Evelsizer is the Natural Resource Projects Director for NE Iowa RC&D (Resource Conservation & Development) - a Decorah native, avid outdoorsman, husband, Dad, and even a part time chef! But the heart of Ross’s work is in the form of projects that focus on the health of our region’s watersheds, through many channels obvious, and less obvious.
Ross’s work has most recently been recognized through a 2022 “New Voices in Water Quality Award” from ISU Extension and Outreach’s Conservation Learning Group. The award celebrates the...2022-10-0431 min
Conservation ChatCC 52: Water Quality with Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture Mike NaigThis is a chat with Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig, as a part of the Iowa Learning Farms monthly webinar series. We talk about water quality, conservation and Secretary Naig fields questions from folks who attended both on-line and in-person.2020-02-2538 minConservation ChatCC 51: Wade Dooley and Nathan Anderson: Farms, Faith and Climate ChangeFarmers Wade Dooley and Nathan Anderson bring a joy and humility to their work on the land. Both men are striving to make their farms more resilient in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges. 2020-01-2138 minConservation ChatCC 50: Increasing Wildlife Habitat in the Next Decade with Dr. Adam JankeAdam Janke is an assistant professor and an Extension wildlife specialist at Iowa State University. With research and outreach, Adam hopes to increase wildlife populations in agricultural landscapes in Iowa for generations to come.2019-12-3051 minConservation ChatCC 49: Ben and Andy Johnson: Saving Time with ConservationBen and Andy Johnson farm in northeast Iowa where conservation is at the heart of their production. While they appreciate the soil and water quality benefits of the different practices, the brothers say they do conservation because it saves them time.2019-11-2219 minConservation ChatCC 48: A Passion for Prairies: David Stein of Prairie Rivers of IowaAs Prairie Rivers of Iowa’s Watershed Program Coordinator, David Stein’s job (and passion) is to help establish “corridors” of habitats throughout central Iowa with a goal of increasing pollinators, wildlife, improving water quality and soil health.2019-10-3130 minConservation ChatCC 47: ISU's Daniel Robison, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life SciencesDaniel Robison is Iowa State University’s new dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Robison comes to ISU from West Virginia University and has degrees in forestry, silviculture and forest influences and forest entomology.2019-09-3031 minConservation ChatCC 46: Soil Health, Listening and Legacy with Marty AdkinsMarty Adkins spent decades with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service working to leave Iowa’s natural resources in better shape than when he started. He did this by listening and connecting with all the major conservation stakeholder groups. 2019-08-2234 minConservation ChatCC 45: Farmers, Faith and Climate Change with Matt RussellMatt Russell is the Executive Director of Iowa Interfaith Power & Light and a fifth generation Iowa farmer. Matt is traveling around Iowa having conversations with farmers about faith and climate change.2019-07-2940 minConservation ChatCC 44: Iowa Environmental Council: Striving for Cleaner Water for All Iowans to EnjoyIngrid Gronstal Anderson is the new Water Program Director for the Iowa Environmental Council. Jennifer Terry is the Executive Director. Both Ingrid and Jenn are passionate about the state and dedicated to restoring Iowa’s waters so all can enjoy them.2019-06-2832 minConservation ChatCC 43: Conservation and Climate Change with Pat BoddyPat Boddy is a Renaissance woman: an agricultural engineer, water resources expert, accomplished harpist and respected community leader. Pat is driven by a love of science and nature, particularly water and the impact of climate change on our world.2019-05-3034 minConservation ChatCC 42: Identity, conservation and Hope for the Future with Ingrid Gronstal AndersonIngrid Gronstal Anderson, environmental lawyer, chats with Jacqueline Comito, anthropologist and director of the Iowa Learning Farms, about identity issues and hope for the future.2019-04-2435 min
Conservation ChatCC 41: Increasing Iowa's Wildlife HabitatKelsey Fleming, Pheasants Forever's Senior Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist, and Brian Hickman, IDNR's Private Lands Coordinator for the Wildlife Bureau, chat about the opportunities and challenges as they work to increase wildlife habitat on private lands.2019-03-1538 min
Conservation ChatCC 40: Improving Iowa's Water QualityMatt Helmers, director of the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Jamie Benning, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Water Quality Program Manager, discuss the research, opportunities and challenges facing the state as they work to improve Iowa's water quality.2019-02-1936 minConservation ChatCC 39: Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture Mike NaigNewly elected Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig discusses his vision for scaling up Iowa’s Nutrient Strategy during his first full term in office.2019-01-2257 minConservation ChatCC 38: Earthworms and Cover Crops with Ann Staudt and Dr. Tom KasparResearchers Ann Staudt and Dr. Tom Kaspar chat about earthworms and cover crops and their connection to soil health and water quality.2018-01-2540 minConservation ChatCC 37: Farmer Ben Johnson: Voluntarily Doing ConservationBen Johnson purchased his first farm in northeast Iowa with his brother Andy when he was a sophomore at Iowa State University and has been farming his own land for 20 years. Conservation saves him one of his most valued resources on the farm: time.2017-11-2929 minConservation ChatCC 36: Sean McMahon and Creating Win-Win Situations for Water Quality ImprovementSean McMahon is the Executive Director for the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance. With 20+ years of experience in conservation and agriculture, Sean works with key partners to champion farmer engagement and adoption of practices that improve water quality. 2017-10-3133 minConservation ChatCC35: Clare Lindahl: "Preaching" ConservationClare Lindahl was recently selected as the chief executive officer for the Soil and Water Conservation Society—the first woman ever to lead this national organization. Prior to this, Clare was the Executive Director for Conservation Districts of Iowa.2017-09-3029 minConservation ChatCC 34: A Whole Farm Approach to Conservation: Farmers Chris Foss and Kristi HeffelmeierChris Foss and his daughter Kristi Heffelmeier farm together in Northeast Iowa. The family is dedicated to improving the soil health of their land and putting in practices that will improve the local creek.2017-09-0136 minConservation ChatCC 33: Creative Watershed Improvement Projects with Shane Wulf and Joshua BalkShane Wulf and Joshua Balk chat about their creative approaches to watershed improvement projects in their jobs as watershed coordinators for Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District in northeast Iowa.2017-07-3138 minConservation ChatCC 32: Dr. Eileen Kladivko, Midwest Cover Crops CouncilEileen Kladivko is a professor of agronomy at Purdue University in Indiana and a founding member of the Midwest Cover Crops Council. Her specific research areas have included tile drainage, cover crops and earthworms. 2017-06-2937 minConservation ChatCC 31: Dr. Bob Hartzler Chats Weeds and ConservationDr. Bob Hartzler is an ISU agronomy professor and an extension weed specialist. After years of removing milkweed from agricultural fields, he is encouraging its re-establishment in strategic locations to help stop monarch butterfly decline as a part of the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium.2017-05-3029 minConservation ChatCC 30: Sharon Krause, Owner and Operator of Dalla Terra RanchSharon Krause is the owner and operator of Dalla Terra Ranch, a grass fed organic lamb operation in Madison County, Iowa. A native Iowan, Sharon is passionate about lambs, healthy lands and her local community.2017-04-2437 minConservation ChatCC 29: Adam Janke: ISU Extension Wildlife SpecialistIn this episode, I chat with Dr. Adam Janke, Assistant Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist at Iowa State University. His focus is on strengthening wildlife conservation in working landscapes in Iowa.2017-03-3129 minConservation ChatCC28: Nathan Anderson: Taking the Whole Farm Conservation ApproachThis episode features a chat with Nathan Anderson, a young Iowa farmer who is passionate about minimizing the off-farm ecological impact of his farming practices so that future generations of his family can continue to farm.2017-02-2436 minConservation ChatCC 27: Dr. Amy Kaleita: A Dreamer of FieldsThis episode features a chat with Dr. Amy Kaleita of Iowa State University about the relationship between big data, precision technology, soil, water quality and conservation in Iowa.2017-01-2649 minConservation ChatCC 26: Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore: An "All of the Above" Approach to ConservationThis episode features a chat with Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore of Iowa State University about the relationship between birds, prairies, trees, fire, water quality and conservation in Iowa.2016-11-2246 minConservation ChatCC 25: Iowa’s 2016 Conservation Woman of the Year: Sue Kuennen MassmanEnjoy a chat with Iowa's 2016 Conservation Woman of the Year, farmer Sue Kuennen Massman, on her 160 acre farm in NE Iowa. Passionate about conservation, Sue lends her voice and experience to other women landowners.2016-10-2740 minConservation ChatCC 24: University of Iowa’s Biomass Fuel ProjectDr. Emily Heaton of Iowa State University and Ingrid Gronstal Anderson of the University of Iowa discuss the U of I's goal of using giant miscanthus as a bioenergy crop.2016-09-3043 minConservation ChatCC 23: Iowa Rivers Revival with Molly HansonMolly Hanson is the new Executive Director for the non-profit river advocacy group, Iowa Rivers Revival. A native Iowan, Molly is passionate about conservation and clean, free-flowing rivers. 2016-08-3039 minConservation ChatCC22: Water Ecology with ISU's Dr. Tom IsenhartDr. Tom Isenhart, Iowa State University professor, chats water ecology and practices that can be implemented to improve stream health and water quality.2016-07-2838 minConservation ChatCC 21: Conservation Pays: Farmer Rick Juchems with his daughter LizA conservation advocate, Rick Juchems farms in northeast Iowa and has implemented numerous conservation practices including cover crops. His daughter Liz is following in his footsteps -- not in farming, but in conservation education and outreach.2016-06-2945 minConservation ChatCC 20: Farmer Seth Watkins: Curiosity, Creativity and Happy CowsSeth Watkins farms his family heritage farm in southwest Iowa. He has a 600-head cow-calf enterprise and a whole farm approach to conservation: rotational grazing, wetlands, late season calving, and row crops integrated with prairie strips and cover crops.2016-05-2638 minConservation ChatCC 19: Matt Helmers: Implementing Iowa's Nutrient Reduction StrategyDr. Matt Helmers is a professor in the Agricultural and
Biosystems Engineering Department at Iowa State University. As one
of the writers of Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy, Helmers
discusses what it will take to implement this strategy in the
state.2016-04-2742 minConservation ChatCC 18: Farmer Laura Krouse talks #1NewThingForWaterLaura Krouse operates Abbe Hills Farm, a 72 acre farming operation near Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where she raises a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, alfalfa, oats, and other small grains. Join host Jacqueline Comito as she chats with Laura about 1 New Thing for Water campaign, thoughts on motivating others to do their part as we collectively strive towards cleaner water and the reduced soil + nutrient export, the ever-growing need to work with women landowners on conservation issues.2016-03-1520 minConservation ChatCC 17: Farmers Paul & Nancy Ackley Talk Cover CropsPaul and Nancy Ackley have been farming together for 40 years and are adopting multiple conservation practices and restoring the health of their farm. I caught up with Paul and Nancy at the Practical Farmers of Iowa’s annual conference in January 2016. There is a little bit of background noise to the recording.2016-02-2235 minConservation ChatCC 16: John Lawrence talks Iowa's Nutrient Reduction StrategyIn this latest episode of the Conservation Chat, Jacqueline Comito visits with Dr. John Lawrence, Associate Dean of Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Director for Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension. Lawrence discusses his upbringing on a farm in southwest Iowa, his journey to working in Extension, and the role Iowa State University Extension and Outreach plays in developing and implementing the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.2016-01-2844 minConservation ChatCC 15: Sally Hollis of Lanehaven Farms talks Cover CropsSally Hollis of Lanehaven Farms is passionate about helping their eastern Iowa farm improve and grow. Join us as we chat about cover crops, conservation, stewardship and coopertition in their farming operation that includes corn, soybean, seed corn, cover crop, and hogs.2015-12-1636 minConservation ChatCC 14: Dr. Angie Carter and Women Farm Landowners in IowaThis episode features a chat with Dr. Angie Carter, sociology fellow at Augustana College, on her research with women farm landowners in Iowa.2015-11-3044 minConservation ChatCC 13: Dr. Rick Cruse, Agronomist and Soil ScientistI Chat with Dr. Rick Cruse, Professor of Agronomy at Iowa State University and Director of the Iowa Water Center, on his work to more accurately estimate soil erosion in Iowa. According to Dr. Cruse, our present methods of estimating soil erosion are badly flawed and may be missing between 20-90% of the erosion in the state. 2015-10-2842 minConservation ChatCC 12: Farmer Wendy Johnson from Northeast IowaIn this podcast, I chat with beginning farmer Wendy Johnson who moved back to Iowa from L.A. to farm with her parents in Northeast Iowa raising corn, soybeans, hay and sheep. She and her husband have started their own enterprise, Joia Food Farm.2015-09-2549 minConservation ChatCC 11: Mark Licht, ISUEO Cropping Systems AgronomistIn this podcast, I speak to Mark Licht about integrating conservation practices in profitable and sustainable ways.2015-08-3144 minConservation ChatCC 10: Donna Buell: Agricultural Landowner and Environmental ActivistIn this podcast, I chat with Donna Buell, who is an environmental activist, attorney and owner of a 300-acre farm near Holstein in northwest Iowa. With her young tenants, she is transitioning the farm to organic.2015-07-0933 minConservation ChatCC 09: PFI's Sarah Carlson, Midwest Cover Crop Research CoordinatorIn this podcast, I chat with Sarah Carlson, Midwest Cover Crop Research Coordinator and Practical Farmers of Iowa agronomist, about cover crops and the generational transitions happening on Iowa's farmland.2015-06-2639 minConservation ChatCC 08: ELI: 2015 National Wetland Award Winner: Dr. Jacqueline ComitoIn this podcast, ILF Assistant Manager, Ann Staudt, chats with Dr. Jacqueline Comito, a 2015 recipient of the Environmental Law Institute's National Wetlands Award in Outreach and Education, about her work in Iowa.2015-05-2039 minConservation ChatCC 07: Jamie Benning: ISUEO Water Quality Program ManagerIn this podcast, I chat with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach program manager Jamie Benning about Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy and the approach ISUEO is taking to improving water quality in Iowa.2015-05-1230 minConservation ChatCC 06: Cover Crops in Iowa with Dr. Tom KasparIn this podcast, I chat with plant physiologist and cover crop expert, Dr. Tom Kaspar who has been researching cover crops in Iowa for over 25 years at the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment in Ames, Iowa.2015-04-2336 minConservation ChatCC 05: Rob Stout: Iowa Farm Environmental Leader AwardeeIn this podcast, I chat with environmental leader and innovator Rob Stout, a farmer from southeast Iowa. For 30 years, Stout's farm has been an early adopter of emerging conservation management.2015-03-3127 minConservation ChatCC 04: Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Dr. Mark RasmussenIn this podcast, I chat with Dr. Mark Rasmussen, Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture about foraging, Aldo Leopold's unique childhood and the importance of the Leopold Center to agriculture.2015-03-1133 minConservation ChatCC 03: Tim Smith: A Whole Farm Approach to Soil Health and Water QualityIn this podcast, I chat with farmer Tim Smith about using whole farm approach to soil health and water quality improvements, from cover crops to bioreactors. Smith gives provocative insight into farmer decision making and the future of Iowa agriculture.2015-02-1629 minConservation ChatCC 02: Southern Iowa Farmer Steve McGrew Discusses Cover CropsIn this podcast, I chat with farmer Steve McGrew about using cover crops to help meet the goals in Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy. McGrew gives thoughtful insight into farmer decision making in regards to conservation and crop production.2015-02-0417 minConservation ChatCC 01: Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture Bill NortheyIn this podcast, I chat with Secretary Northey about water quality in Iowa and Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy.2015-02-0338 min