The Prairie Farm Podcast

Jack Bensink, owner of the one and only Bensink Farms Hunting preserve, sat down with us to discuss conventional farming, hunting on a preserve, and raising pheasants... We really enjoyed him, and we think you will too. Hoksey Insta The Prairie Farm Insta theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com

It's harvest season, and we took a nice long coffee time... Hoksey Insta The Prairie Farm Insta theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com

Bob Wubben, founder of Blooming Prairie Nursery, joined us to discuss how he started his journey on a new way of growing prairie plants. hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com The Prairie Farm Insta Hoksey Insta

Welp... It's that time of week again. Don't worry. Kent kept it short this time. Hoksey Insta The Prairie Farm Insta hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

John O'Keefe is a theologian turned movie maker. He went out to the last large scale prairie in North America to film the land and connect with it. Quite the interesting guy. Want to purchase some backyard prairie? Check it out here! Want to purchase some CRP seed? This is the place! The Prairie Farm Insta: Hoksey Native Seeds Insta: hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

We've been getting really into animals recently... Enjoy! Hoksey Native Seeds Insta The Prairie Farm Insta theprairiefarm.com (blogs, seeds sales, and more) hokseynativeseeds.com

Karen Viste-Sparkman is as knowledgeable as they come. She has spent years getting her hands dirty at the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge. Join us as we sit down and pick her brain on prairie and what it was. Hoksey Insta: The Prairie Farm Insta: Hokseynativeseeds.com Theprairiefarm.com

Ready to learn some outdoor conservation facts?? Grab your coffee. It's time. The Prairie Farm Insta Hoksey Insta hokseynativeseeds.com Theprairiefarm.com

Once a horticulture professor, now working with fruit growers in Iowa, Randall Vos is a part time row crop farmer and side job sheep farmer. He's done a lot, and we got to sit down and pick his brain. Randy's Instagram hokseynativeseeds.com Theprairiefarm.com

... this one is weird and fascinating. Buckle in! theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com Hoksey Native Seeds Instagram

Geoff Mouming, Project Manager for Restoration for Impact 7G, joined us to talk about all things conservation, but we started with a very odd socialist experiment from over a hundred years ago... the poor farm. We found Geoff fascinating! And we're sure you will too! Wanting some Backyard Pollinator/Prairie? Look no further! theprairiefarm.com Looking for CRP this year? hokseynativeseeds.com Want to know more about Geoff and Impact 7G? https://www.impact7g.com/

Back to the classic. Sit back and enjoy your coffee! Our Instagram theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com

Just the title, Senior Research Associate at the Center for a Livable Future, is epic. Let alone the man who holds the title and our conversation with him. Tom Philpott is a forward thinker and understands exactly what makes the world's agriculture and food world go round. You won't want to miss this one. tomphilpott.net/ Hokseynativeseeds.com Theprairiefarm.com

There's a lot more to this coffee time. More time and more voices. Join us as we discuss what we believe is conservation's next big step: Sharing The Land.

Todd Bogenschutz, Iowa's Upland Wildlife Research Biologist, knows animals. And we sat down to dive deeper into what the fauna portfolio would have been hundreds of years ago and how those have changed. theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com

Buckle your seat belts, and join us on our road trip as we bring Coffee Time on the road. theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com

Today, to most people "getting into farming" means taking out a $10 million loan and farming corn and beans. But our guest today proved that just isn't the case. Fellow prairie-lover, dermestid beetle owner, bison rancher, and entrepreneur Riley Rozendaal walks us through how with some hard work, out-of-the-box thinking, and humility anyone can become a farmer. No more excuses. Hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com https://www.facebook.com/iowaprairiebison

This coffee time is more of a lunch listen... We hung out with our friend Lance Brisbois from Iowa Prairie Network, the loess hills, and Golden Hills Resource Conservation. We had a good time. You will too when you listen.

This past winter, we sat down with a leading studier of prairie, Russel Benedict of Central College. He is quite the enthusiasts and helped us understand where prairie came from. You probably heard him in our Prehistoric Prairie Series, but here's the full episode. hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Welp! It's that time again... Grab your Folger's and pull up a chair. It's Coffee Time!

It's finally here! The second episode of The Prehistoric Prairie Series is complete. We are moving forward in time from the last ice age to the establishment of prairie across the midwest and plains states. In this episode we will hear from Dr. Russ Benedict of Central College, Taylor Keen of Creighton University and Sacred Seed, Karen Viste-Sparkman of Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, and Todd Bogenschutz of the Iowa DNR. This team of experts shares information on prairie plants, soils, wildlife, and the people who inhabited the prairies. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds Satanta Quote: Satanta - Kiowa chief. First Peoples of America and Canada. (n.d.). https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Wisdom/Satanta.html

We're joined by 4 boomers (including Carroll himself) and asked each, "What's the biggest change you've seen in agriculture?" A classic coffee time discussion.

Just a quick update on our upcoming docuseries podcasts and an exciting announcement!

Grab your Splenda, then throw it away because it's nasty, because it's coffee time!

What causes food price spikes? And why is there hunger when 1.5x the amount of needed food is produced every year? Join Nicolas as he takes a deep dive into what makes the world's food cycle go round as he discusses the Ukrainian War, Covid, inflation, sustainable agriculture, and local food sourcing.

Sit down, take a break, and listen in. It's coffee time!

We gathered some of the most knowledgeable and passionate prairie people we know. We put them all in a room and hit record. We were visited by - Taylor Keen of Sacred Seed http://www.sacredseed.org/new-page-1 - Tabitha Panas and Lance Brisbois of Iowa Prairie Network https://www.iowaprairienetwork.org/ - Dustin Clayton of Hitchcock Nature Center https://www.pottconservation.com/parks/hitchcock_nature_center/

Pour that extra strong brew following the holiday weekend, breathe deeply, put on the headphones and relax.... it's Coffee Time!

Skip Sligh is one of the most recognizable names in the whitetail deer property world. Skip is driven by the mystery and awe that this iconic animal inspires, so much so that he moved to Iowa, The Whitetail State, from his home state of Michigan. Skip explains what makes Iowa a great place for whitetail deer and how hunters and conservationists need to rally politically to keep it that way. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

It's coffee time crazy busy week edition! Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

This is the full length interview with Dr. Julie Meachen of Des Moines University. Dr. Meachen is a professor of anatomy and paleontology and spends much of her time studying pleistocene megafauna fossils. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

Grab a cup of Canadian coffee and kick up your feet, it's coffee time! Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

Here's the full length interview with Mahaska County Naturalist, Laura DeCook explaining the discovery and excavation of mammoths from Mahaska county Iowa. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

Here's the full length episode with the fossil hunters Judd McCullum (Working Class Bowhunter), Mitch Gleason, and John Waller. Enjoy! Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

Finalllllly a late coffee time. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

Where did prairie come from? Who lived here, and what were they doing? What was the landscape like? How does it compare to today? Those questions are what we will answer in this first episode in our three part docuseries--Prehistoric Prairie. This first episode features the time period of the most recent glaciation of Iowa. We discuss topics including soil, vegetation, and what happened to all of those pleistocene megafauna? Our guests include fossil hunters (Judd McCullum, Mitch Gleason, John Waller), a medical school professor and paleontologist (Dr. Julie Meachen), a collegiate biology professor (Dr. Russ Benedict), and county naturalist (Laura DeCook). You won't want to miss this one! Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

The longest coffee time in the world just keeps on ticking. Get ready to treat yo'self to a steaming hot episode of COFFEE TIME. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

We had a great time visiting with land manager, and broker Steve Hanson joined us to talk about his experiences on the land in Alaska and now in Iowa. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

Feet up volume up! It's Coffee Time!

To people who truly understand its value, nothing is more free in America than the public lands we have, and access we have to them. Sam Soholt of Public Land Tees joins me and Nic to discuss the importance of public land, and his experiences enjoying that freedom. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

You know what time it is. Pour the coffee, hold the cream and sugar and sip that hot caffeine... it's coffee time! Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

What the heck are carbon credits? And who's buying them? And who's selling them? We had the same questions. Thankfully, we had an awesome interview with Lisa Kubik, who happens to work in the thick of carbon credit programs. Get all these answered and much more on this episode of the prairie farm podcast. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

It's time to rest your back and exercise your mind. It's coffee time!

Did you know Bison have emotionally healthy, functioning family groups, including grandmas and angsty teenage bulls? Or at least... they're supposed to. Most bison farmers (possibly all except Bob himself) don't structure their herds in a manner that allows that to happen. Join us for the second part of our interview with Bob "Action" Jackson, as Bob tells us what he learned about bison while on the range of Yellowstone. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

Bob "Action" Jackson, former Yellowstone Backcountry Ranger and legendary hunter of poachers, sat down with us to tell us some of the wildest stories you will ever hear. Join us as Bob tells us of the times when all he had was a gun, a good horse, and his own solitary thoughts. Visit the Hoksey Native Seeds Website Visit the Prairie Farm Website Follow Hoksey Native Seeds on Instagram: @hokseynativeseeds

Sip that coffee, kick up those feet, and we'll engage your brain. It's coffee time.

Professional homesteader, gardener, and author, Angelo Ferraro-Fanning is a forerunner in the art of homesteading in the 21 century. Join us as we dive into what it's like to take a step out of the bustle and into connecting with your land.

C, c, c, c, c, c, C COFEE TIME IS HERE!

The city of Pella, found in central Iowa celebrates their Dutch heritage every year with a festival called Tulip Time. But what are they celebrating? What are the origins of Pella? And how did it blossom into the thriving city it is today? Join us, as we interview Executive Director of Pella Historical, Val Van Kooten, on the prairie flooded history of Pella.

Grasslands CRP sign up opened last week. What does this mean for ag, conservation, and landowners? Find out by tuning in as Nicolas dives in to explain this cattle focused conservation reserve program. It's C-C-CCCoffee Time (dramatic echo).