A podcast
about land, community, and connection to place.
There is a lot of doom and gloom these days from climate change, deepening inequalities, and a profound crisis of meaning felt by many of us. Yet in the media and from our politicians we tend to hear that we need to do more of the same - more tech, bigger markets, faster growth .
We think that there are answers that might be found elsewhere. Join hosts Emma Ractliffe and Austin Unruh, as they chat with farmers, philosophers, and entrepreneurs reimagining our relationship to the land - and to each other - to showcase real hope and solutions for the future.
Listen on –
Emma Ractliffe
Emma Ractliffe is an entrepreneur and investor currently based in New Mexico. Emma is the founder and executive director of Grass Co-op, a cooperative land investment platform with the goal of securing multigenerational tenure for regenerative ranchers. Emma also works in an advisory capacity supporting investors deploy capital into regenerative agriculture. Previously Emma spent 3 years working with smallholder farmers in Egypt and India. Emma has a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College, an MBA from Stanford University and serves on the advisory council at the Cornell School of Agriculture.
Austin Unruh
Austin Unruh is the founder and CEO of Trees For Graziers, a company helping farmers in Pennsylvania and beyond take their grazing to new heights using silvopasture. It’s his goal to make silvopasture as easy and cost effective as possible for farmers, which is why TFG offers everything from planning and funding acquisition to planting and aftercare, while also growing silvo-specific nursery stock.
When not thinking about silvopasture, Austin’s favorite activity is picking all manner of tree crops with his young family.
Learn more at treesforgraziers.com
Agrarian Futures is produced and scored by Alexandre Miller.
