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ATTRA - Voices from the FieldA Look at the Texas Soil Wealth Alliance, Part 2This episode of Voices from the Field is the second of a two-part series about a new project called the Texas Soil Wealth Alliance. NCAT’s team on the project – Climate Smart Agriculture Coordinator Elise Haschke and Sustainable Agriculture Specialists Robert Maggiani and Darron Gaus – talk with others involved in the project. They discuss the Texas Soil Wealth Alliance’s starting goals, the problems it is addressing, and how TSWA works jointly with other organizations and producers to resolve the major issues brought to the forefront by agriculture and climate. Related ATTRA Resources: A Lo...
2022-11-0239 minATTRA - Voices from the FieldA Look at the Texas Soil Wealth AllianceThis episode of Voices from the Field is the first of a two-part series on a new project called the Texas Soil Wealth Alliance. NCAT’s team on the project – Climate Smart Agriculture Coordinator Elise Haschke and Sustainable Agriculture Specialists Robert Maggiani and Darron Gaus – join with other organizations and producers involved in the project to spread the word.Related ATTRA Resources:· Soil· Health Soil for a Wealthy Tomorrow · Managing Soils for Water: How Five Principles of Soil Health Support Water Infiltration and Storage· Watch: NCAT Releases Soil Health 101 Series
2022-10-2638 minATTRA - Voices from the FieldMeet NCAT. Luz Ballesteros Gonzalez Connects Food, Agriculture, Community, and HealthIn this episode of Voices from the Field, we meet up with one of NCAT’s newest sustainable agriculture specialists, Luz Ballesteros Gonzalez. In her conversation with colleague Robert Maggiani in the NCAT Southwest Regional Office in San Antonio, Texas, Luz explains how she decided on a career in sustainable agriculture. After initially setting out to study medicine, her interests in chemistry and environmental sciences led her to see the connections between health and food, agriculture, and community. Environmental scientists, Luz says, are the “doctors of the Earth.” ATTRA Resources: Luz Ballesteros Gonzalez...
2022-05-1818 min