Category: Podcast

In this episode, Amy walks through a typical Wisconsin yard with pollinator expert Elizabeth Braatz.

"Replacing coal with gas isn't going to get us anywhere close to where we need to be. These things are locked in.

"We're the last line of defense to protect our, our, our sacred spaces, our water, our air.

1939 — It’s the year researchers at the University of Wisconsin developed a hearty red corn that could tolerate Wisconsin winters and feed the state’s dairy cows.

Some states have found PFAS tainting their milk and meat and contaminating crops.

In this episode, Amy talks with Langston Verdin, founder of MKE Fresh Air Collective, a community-led air quality monitoring project in Milwaukee.

In this episode, we walk deep into the Wisconsin woods for the rarest of discoveries: a nest of endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee queens.

Net metering. It doesn’t sound that exciting, but it’s actually one of the biggest incentives for families and small businesses to go solar.

Beach closures, fish kills, green lakes. They are unfortunate signs of summer in Wisconsin. A big reason: untreated animal waste. Large dairies can produce as much waste as a small city.

It’s no secret, Wisconsin has been rapidly losing its small family farms, and with them, a way of life that’s defined much of our state for more than a century. But there is a lifeline coming.