Your Field Day is Buffering: Sustainable Ag Navigates a Pandemic

Field Work

Documentary, Society & Culture

5 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The world has changed in some massive ways since Field Work hosts Zach Johnson and Mitchell Hora sat down to record the first episodes of the season back in December. We’re now living amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. At the beginning of 2020, farm incomes were expected to rise. Now they’re projected to dip as commodity prices slump. So that raises the question: what is the outlook for sustainable ag in this environment? What becomes harder-- and what becomes easier-- for farmers wanting to swap ideas about conservation practices? What are the roadblocks or advantages to trying something new right now? In our season finale, Zach and Mitchell discuss these questions with Lauren Lurkins, the Director of Environmental Policy at the Illinois Farm Bureau.

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0:00.0	This podcast is supported by Manitou Fund.
0:03.1	We want to thank them for coming on board and helping to support this podcast really means a lot to us.
0:16.1	I guess it's go time. Let's do it.
0:18.2	Hey, everybody.
0:19.2	My name is Mitchell Hora.
0:20.5	I'm a farmer from Iowa.
0:22.5	And I'm Zach Johnson.
0:23.6	I farm in Minnesota, and this is field work.
0:26.1	Podcast by farmers for farmers.
0:28.1	This is the show where we talk about what's working and what is not in sustainable agriculture.
0:32.2	And, Zach, I'm crying over here.
0:35.1	You're crying inside?
0:36.3	Yeah, it's the last show of the season.
0:39.2	It is the last show of the season.
0:41.0	And the she's...
0:41.9	And it's been fun.
0:43.5	It's been fun.
0:44.3	I figured maybe you were crying because you're getting so much rain again.
0:47.6	No, no, this is beautiful rain.
0:50.3	Like we are...
0:50.7	Oh, you needed this one.
0:51.4	Oh, yeah, we needed this one.
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