Michael Pollan
“The Omnivore’s Dilemma”
Michael Pollan is one of America’s best known food writers, including his books The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore’s Dilemma. He is also a professor of journalism at the University of California Berkeley.
Michael Phillips
“The Holistic Orchard” 1
Michael Phillips is an author, herbalist and organic orchardist whose books include The Apple Grower and The Holistic Orchard, both by Chelsea Green.
Gene Logsdon
“The Last of the Husbandmen”
Gene Logsdon is an Ohio-based farmer and one of America’s most prolific, intelligent and humorous chroniclers of agriculture and rural issues. We talk about his book, “The Last of the Husbandmen.”
Gary Nabhan
“Why Some Like it Hot”
Gary Nabhan is a MacArthur Award recipient and author of dozens of books about ecology, agriculture and food with a particular expertise in the American southwest where he lives.
Joel Salatin
“Pasture Farming”
Joel Salatin is the author of numerous books on pasture-based farming. We talked with him about his innovative techniques in “stacking” cows, chickens, and sheep in a rotational pasture operation and earning a livelihood by supplying high quality animal products to local markets.
Gene Logsdon
“Pond Lovers”
Gene Logsdon is an Ohio-based farmer and one of America’s most prolific, intelligent and humorous chroniclers of agriculture and rural issues.
Robert Kennedy Jr.
“Animal Factories”
Robert Kennedy Jr. is an attorney and a leading advocate for the protection of clean water across America. The activist networks that he helped to found, Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper, have for many years been instrumental in the struggle to regulate factory farms.
Michael Pollan
“The Botany of Desire”
This interview with Michael Pollan on December 17, 2001 around the release of The Botany of Desire was conducted by Dan Imhoff and Tim Bates for the KZYX Farm and Garden Show.
John Scharffenberger
“In Conversation”
John Scharffenberger is an agricultural anthropologist, farmer and entrepreneur who has started various food businesses ranging from sparkling wine to chocolate and kimchi.
Eliot Coleman
“History of Organic Agriculture”
Eliot Coleman farms year-round in unheated greenhouses on the northern coast of Maine. For more than 50 years, he has been one of the most inventive horticultural minds in America.