dec 2025

photo – Frank Geiger – https://frankgeigerphotography.com

I couldn’t help feeling the “X” on the barn was marking the “spot”

Such beauty in that worn hub of work and love and purpose and now, like nature, seemingly at rest – here’s to a peace echoing that rest that can drive us through all the days ahead….

Cultivated audio will continue in 2026 with monthly interviews highlighting regenerative farmers and ranchers, researchers and consumers; all working together to improve soil health, water and biodiversity. Lives ARE changing for the better as the community grows…

Join us, won’t you?

Until January 31st,

robin

 

 

november 2025

photo: courtesy of Roaring Fork Mill

 

 

Guests: Dr. Stephan Van Vliet and Jacob Trumbull

STEPHAN VAN VLIET – Working at the nexus of agriculture and human nutrition

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JACOB TRUMBULL – milling for performance and flavor, locally grown grains ground on a traditional stone grist mill – recipient of Colorado Grain Chain grant

https://www.roaringforkmill.com/

https://www.coloradograinchain.com/

october 2025

photo: courtesy of Kent Donica – Donica Livestock Oklahoma

 

 

Guest: Kent Donica

KENT DONICA – a fourth generation rancher who KNOWS the shovel never lies

september 2025

photo: courtesy of Stillwater Ranch Montana

 

 

Guests: Crissy and Tim Thomas and Eileen Napier

CRISSY AND TIM THOMAS – regeneratively grazing  grass finished Murray Greys

https://www.stillwatermurraygreys.com/

EILEEN NAPIER – co-founder/rancher at Ramstead Ranch and educator – BEEF BROTH!

https://ramsteadranch.com/

 

august 2025

photo: courtesy of Jared Hoggan Flying H Ranch

 

Guest: Jared Hoggan

**With a clip from a talk by  Sutish Kumar given in 2021 at the Medicine Festival

JARED HOGGAN – generational family knowledge AND passion for angus beef cattle ranching on Flying H Ranch in Utah

https://flyinghranchbeef.com/

 

july 2025

photo: courtesy of Horstmann Cattle Co.

 

 

Guest: August Horstmann

AUGUST HORSTMANN – healthy soil ➡️ healthy plants ➡️ healthy animals ➡️ healthier/more nutrient-dense animal proteins ➡️ healthier life

https://horstmanncattleco.com/

june 2025

photo: courtesy of Broadview Agriculture

Guests: Brent Crossland, LaRhea Pepper and Jeremy Brown

BRENT CROSSLAND – founder of 5LOC, Brent’s focus is on cotton crop protection, product development and launch, seed production and the global textile supply chain

https://www.5loccotton.com/

LARHEA PEPPER – 5th generation organic cotton farmer and co-founder of Textile Exchange     https://larheapepper.com/

JEREMY BROWN – with Broadview Agriculture in West Texas https://broadviewagriculture.com/

may 2025

photo: courtesy of Black Leg Ranch

Guests: Jerry Doan and  Amy Milliron

 

 

JERRY DOAN – fourth generation on Black Leg Ranch; holistic management supporting livestock, grasslands and the next generation

https://www.blacklegranch.com/

AMY MILLIRON – cultivating eco-literate citizens

https://www.fearlessfarmers.org/

april 2025

Guest: Dr. Allen Williams

 

 

DR. ALLEN WILLIAMS – regenerative practices for nutrient density and health for all; the earth, the animals and us

https://understandingag.com

 

march 2025

photo: courtesy of Roam Ranch

Guests: Taylor Collins and  DR. Carla Portugal

 

 

TAYLOR COLLINS – first generation on Roam Ranch, bringing the bison back to Texas with regen practices and the community in mind

https://www.roamranch.com/

DR. CARLA PORTUGAL – the soil food web –soilfoodweb.com

carla@soilfoodweb.com