Tangled Taproot

About Tangled Taproot

Unique stories of small-scale, midwest farmers. The Tangled Taproot Podcast grows inspiration for home chefs, restauranters, and Midwesterners to utilize flavorful local ingredients while understanding the unique, personal backstories of how these ingredients came to be. We love how intimate and personal the stories are of modern agrarian working.

Publisher

John Cowan

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2023

Latest episode

18 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

1 of 20 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Dec 2024

   Joe Kaufman: Beekeeping, Honey, and Community Buzz

   Beekeeping expert Joe Coffman of Birch Creek Apiary shares the unique challenges and rewards of urban beekeeping, dispelling myths and highlighting environmental benefits for urban communities.

2. 

   4 Dec 2024

   Cultivating Change: Regenerative Agriculture with Dr. Rob Myers

   Dr. Rob Myers, Director of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture, shares insights on harnessing soil microbial life and cover crops to revolutionize sustainable farming practices and boost yields.

3. 

   27 Nov 2024TRANSCRIPT

   A Conversation with Thomas Smith, Kansas City Food Hub

   Thomas Smith, Director of Operations at the Kansas City Food Hub, shares how the co-op's innovative harvest-to-order model minimizes food waste and strengthens community bonds through sustainable agriculture.

Inside a recent episode

A Conversation with Thomas Smith, Kansas City Food Hub

Published 27 Nov 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Are we talking about strictly produce? Yeah, we have all sorts of farms. We have, I was just talking to a hydroponic farmer who has a wonderful hydroponic. Let us set up doing wonderful heads. We have another, I don't know if they're aquaponics or hydroponics. I think they're just hydroponics in shipping containers. So we have two interesting newer technology farmers, but then we also have some traditional conventional farmers who are doing produce, doing some cattle, doing some chickens, doing you go there and you're like, wow, that's what I picture a farm. And we also have some wonderful organic farms doing really wonderful work, making sure that it's keeping within the certification, keeping within naturally grown certifications, stuff like that. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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