Mother Earth News and Friends shares the stories of the leaders in sustainable and rural living. We're passionate about helping people learn more about natural health, homesteading, sustainability, and more.
Raising Heritage Goat Breeds for Milk
38 mins; July 28, 2023
Discussing Animal Care with Dr. Pol
19 mins; July 20, 2023
Audio Article: Food Versus Fuel
19 mins; July 18, 2023
Sustainability and Houseplants with Summer Rayne Oakes
49 mins; July 13, 2023
Sustainability and Community: A Talk with the 2023 Mother Earth News Voices
27 mins; July 11, 2023
Heritage Poultry Breeds Update: What's Threatened, What's Non-Threatened, and More
45 mins; July 06, 2023
Herbal Spotlight: How to Use Fennel, Chicory, and Garlic Mustard
37 mins; June 22, 2023
Audio Article: Cation Exchange Capacity in the Garden
15 mins; June 20, 2023
What to Know about Elk Farming
35 mins; June 08, 2023
Audio Article: How the Electric Car Killed the Corn Industry
12 mins; June 06, 2023
Ep. 189 Raising Emus
54 mins; June 01, 2023
Ep. 188 Spicy Chiles: What Makes Peppers Hot?
39 mins; May 25, 2023
Edible Insects for Pets and People
42 mins; May 18, 2023
Audio Article: Transitioning to a Certified Organic Farm
18 mins; May 16, 2023
Learn to Build with Natural Materials
62 hours 23 mins; May 11, 2023
Audio Article: Draft Horses on the Homestead
12 mins; May 09, 2023
Ep. 185 How to Raise Ducks for Eggs in Your Backyard
46 mins; May 04, 2023
Caring for Carnivorous Plants
34 mins; April 28, 2023
Dealing with Parasites in Your Beehives
55 mins; April 22, 2023
Building Sustainable Communities
52 mins; April 15, 2023
Audio Article: How to Help Wild Baby Birds
14 mins; April 15, 2023
Audio Article: Repair the Nitrogen Cycle in Your Garden
15 mins; April 11, 2023
Audio Article: Raising Goslings
10 mins; April 08, 2023
Planning for Summer and Fall Chicks
42 mins; April 06, 2023
Audio Article: After Day 22
14 mins; March 31, 2023
Audio Article: Weather-Related Power Outages
16 mins; March 30, 2023
Audio Article: Seek Out Small Farms
12 mins; March 28, 2023
Audio Article: Saving Biennial Seeds
11 mins; March 25, 2023
Dragonflies on Your Property
27 mins; March 23, 2023
Audio Article: Host a Successful Farm Workshop
18 mins; March 21, 2023
Audio Article: Dickering, The High Art of Going Low
9 mins; March 18, 2023
Audio Article: Prevent Compost Toxicity in Dogs
8 mins; March 16, 2023
What Are Biodigesters?
67 hours 57 mins; March 11, 2023
Audio Article: Breeding Ratios for Chickens and Ducks
9 mins; March 07, 2023
How to Incubate Eggs of Mixed Birds Together
40 mins; March 03, 2023
Ep. 177 Navigate New Antibiotics Guidelines with Veterinary-Client-Patient Relationship
60 hours 42 mins; February 23, 2023
Planning Your Spring Garden with Joe Lamp'l
50 mins; February 18, 2023
Ep. 175 Black Farmer Stories with Myriah Towner
21 mins; February 16, 2023
Agritourism on Your Farm
38 mins; February 10, 2023
Bonus Episode: "Let's All Keep Chickens!" Book Interview with Dalia Monterroso
29 mins; February 02, 2023
Poultry Breeds for Extreme Weather Conditions
40 mins; February 02, 2023
Where to Put House Plants So They Thrive
52 mins; January 26, 2023
Audio Article: Why Is There Still a Seed Shortage?
11 mins; January 19, 2023
Audio Article: Birds of a Feather Incubate Together
11 mins; January 17, 2023
Audio Article: Decoding Growing Zones
18 mins; January 14, 2023
Ep. 171 What Are Brassicas and How Do You Cultivate and Cook Them?
40 mins; January 12, 2023
Audio Article: What to Know About the New Antibiotics Restriction
20 mins; January 09, 2023
Ep. 170 Temple Grandin on Living More Sustainably in the New Year
53 mins; January 05, 2023
Audio Article: Raising Rabbits in Colonies
14 mins; December 26, 2022
Audio Article: Scrumptious Salt-Rising Bread
15 mins; December 24, 2022
Ep. 169 Reading Nutrition Labels and Finding Your Healthy Lifestyle
43 mins; December 22, 2022
Audio Article: Barcelona Olives and Almonds
15 mins; December 17, 2022
Ep. 168 Chickens: Raising Broilers from Start to Finish
50 mins; December 15, 2022
Audio Article: Mossin' Annie
20 mins; December 03, 2022
Building an Eco-Cabin, Part 1
49 mins; December 01, 2022
Building an Eco-Cabin, Part 2
53 mins; December 01, 2022
Audio Article: Bovine Leukemia Virus, A Call to Action
11 mins; November 29, 2022
Audio Article: Scrapple: Tasty Economy
9 mins; November 22, 2022
Audio Article: Spill the Beans
12 mins; November 18, 2022
Hunting Skills & Ethics
85 hours 2 mins; November 17, 2022
Audio Article: Peak Apple-Picking Season
10 mins; November 12, 2022
Therapy Chickens
32 mins; November 10, 2022
Audio Article: Farmsteading Profits Beyond Meat, Eggs, and Vegetables
12 mins; November 05, 2022
Audio Article: Grandma and Grandpa's Red Wattle Hogs
18 mins; November 01, 2022
Audio Article: Ancient Grains for Modern Growers
20 mins; October 29, 2022
Heritage Breeds of Chickens with the Chicken Ladies
70 hours 9 mins; October 27, 2022
Ep. 163 Working with Horses
38 mins; October 13, 2022
Ep. 162 Poultry Profits: Offsetting the Cost of Raising Chickens
62 hours 15 mins; October 06, 2022
Preparing Your Bees for Winter
66 hours 55 mins; September 29, 2022
Freshwater Fishing Tips and Strategies
74 hours 49 mins; September 15, 2022
Can You Have Chickens in City Limits?
41 mins; September 08, 2022
How to Keep Chickens Warm in Winter
53 mins; August 12, 2022
Ep. 157 Farmers' Markets
20 mins; August 11, 2022
Ep. 146 Chick and Chicken Injuries
18 mins; July 21, 2022
Ep.156 Identifying Poultry and Small Ruminant Diseases
60 hours 32 mins; July 18, 2022
Ep.155 Raising Backyard Quail in the City
34 mins; July 14, 2022
Ep. 152 Chicken Coops
20 mins; June 23, 2022
Audio Article: Heat Waves and Drought
9 mins; June 22, 2022
Audio Article: Growing Strawberries
13 mins; June 22, 2022
Ep. 153 Why Chickens Lay Eggs
42 mins; June 20, 2022
Ep. 151 Planting Fall Garden Crops
65 hours 55 mins; June 20, 2022
Ep. 148 How to Raise Ducks
45 mins; June 20, 2022
Ep. 150 What Can Chickens Eat?
59 mins; June 09, 2022
Herbs for Health and Healing
50 mins; June 09, 2022
Audio Article: Rainwater Collection Systems
11 mins; June 07, 2022
Audio Article: How to Choose a Cow Pony
11 mins; June 06, 2022
Ep. 147 Managing a Mixed Flock
39 mins; May 13, 2022
Ep. 144 Poultry Eggs
42 mins; May 12, 2022
Ep. 145 Michelle Schuman: A Female Environmentalist
