FBC Christmas Special!
The Ruminant lives!...mainly to cross-post episodes of Jordan's other show, Farming in British Columbia, when they're of a broader appeal. H...
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The Ruminant: Audio Candy for Farmers, Gardeners and Food Lovers
For people passionate about farming, gardening, food politics, food security, and the intersections among these topics. Jordan Marr, a certified organic farmer in British Columbia, interview...
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20 of 111 episodesGAP Certification: A Barrier & an Opportunity
Hey everyone! This is Jordan with some bonus listening for you. As you may know, I’m the producer and host of The Organic BC Podcast, and ov...
Family Feud: which forecast is best for farmers?
Hey there, Ruminant Listeners! These days, I'm mostly podcasting over at Farming in British Columbia , and I wanted to share a popular episo...
A Critique of Canada's Pesticide Oversight
In the summer of 2023, Bruce Lanphear , Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, resigned his position as co-chair of a rece...
I Threw Out The Turkey You Sold Me.
The Ruminant's first ever holiday special! Fellow Canadians, don't @ me. The original version of this piece was produced for Canadian Thanks...
Big Chicken, Indebted Farmers
The US chicken industry is dominated by just a few very large, vertically integrated companies. They directly control every stage of chicken...
The Case for Slower
This ep: we introduce a new segment called Farm Sounds. This time: when the tradeoff that comes with a gain in efficiency on the farm doesn'...
Crop Wild Relatives in Plant Breeding
This episode I speak with Dr. Patrick Byrne, Professor Emeritus of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Colorado State University. Our topic: crop...
The Very First One. It's about potting blocks!
The interview we planned to record yesterday and release today was postponed, so I dug up the very first episode of the show, from way back...
The Biggest Little Disappointment
This episode: to mark the release of an update (sort of?) to Netflix's big, farmy 2018 hit The Biggest Little Farm , herein we review both t...
I Hope You Die: Livestock Farmers on the Threats They Receive
This episode, three farmers who slaughter animals reflect on the experience of encountering hate, vitriol and worse from animal rights activ...
Did Certified Organic Pay a Price for its Success?
This episode: Rebecca Kneen, a BC-based organic farmer & brewer , whose roots and activism in the organic sector go back decades, on the evo...
Let's Whet Together
Hi Everyone! Herein: four audio segments I think you'll enjoy. Each comes from a 25-episode podcast series I'm in the middle of producing fo...
Drivecast No. 3
I've had it with trying to produce a show during the farming season so I cut out a lot of production & administrative BS by just cold-callin...
Drivecast No. 2
Episode two of driving around and cold-calling people. Mainly farmers and extension specialists. A good mix of strangers and friends. Mostly...
Drivecast No. 1
In which your host catches you up on things as quickly as possible, and then makes some calls.
Rotational Grazing Tips with Sarah Flack (e.111)
Tristan Banwell, BC-based rancher and occasional co-host of the show, recorded this interview with Sarah Flack, author of The Art and Scienc...
Participatory Plant Breeding (e110)
This ep: my interview with Alex Lyon, a UBC Postdoctoral Fellow focused on seed systems and plant breeding for diverse farm environments. Al...
Farming is Gay
This ep: a few perspectives from members of the LGBTQ community who farm This ep: a few perspectives from members of the LGBTQ community who...
e108: Aliwawa?
In which your host tells you all about his experiences sourcing certain farm equipment using Alibaba, the massive, China-based gathering pla...