{"podcast":{"title":"Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast","slug":"down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855","podcast_index_feed_id":655855,"rss_url":"https://downtoearthpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://downtoearthradio.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/e/a/a/deaa963313e5e97640be95ea3302a6a1/New_Logo_Down_To_Earth.jpg","author":"Quivira Coalition and Radio Cafe","episode_count":100,"summary":"Down to Earth is a podcast about regenerative agriculture, and it's for everyone who eats. We invite you to meet the people shaping a healthier food system—farmers, ranchers, scientists, land managers, writers, and many others. Designing a future that draws on both tradition and innovation, they're on a mission to change the paradigm so that the food we eat is healthy and long-term sustainable—for families and growers, for wildlife and water, for climate and planet. downtoearthradio.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T04:18:37.943176+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855"},"episode":{"title":"An outdoor classroom for land stewardship—and life skills","slug":"an-outdoor-classroom-for-land-stewardship-and-life-skills","published_at":"2025-09-09T13:04:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/an-outdoor-classroom-for-land-stewardship-and-life-skills","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855","url":"https://downtoearthpodcast.libsyn.com/an-outdoor-classroom-for-land-stewardshipand-life-skills","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/downtoearthpodcast/Quinn_Mendelson.mp3?dest-id=561306","summary":"Quinn Mendelson is Conservation Program Director of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps , a nonprofit that trains young adults to do conservation work in the \"outdoor classroom\" of New Mexico's landscapes. Not only do they learn skills like trail building, watershed restoration, and wildfire mitigation, but they also receive training that helps them to get jobs—as well as less quantifiable but just as important life skills like getting along with each other, finding their own authentic voices, and being in nature for long periods. The program has been going for three decades, and has led many of its alumni into fulfilling conservation careers. TIMELINE 3'27 what the corps is all about 4'18 conservation skills, professional skills, life skills 5'52 example of a river project 6'59 so good for young people to have these outdoor opportunities 7'33 adjusting to outdoor work 9'30 people slowing down in the wilderness, and building self-confidence 11'31 paying living wages so the they can recruit from all demographics 13'50 bonding with people for life, and a tight alumni base, and those people work in every related field 15'43 the projects themselves, some using Bill Zeedyk techniques 18'13 showing the young people to see the big picture 18'46 creating a blueprint for post-fire restoration 19'52 coming back for additional years of work 21'12 relationship between the Corps and the surrounding communities 22'54 the connection between this work and regenerative agriculture 24'54 young people with an ag background, or wanting to get into ag through learning conservation work 26'10 learning about soil is central to all the work they do 27'36 as Corps alumni take their place in agency and roles of responsibility, this could change how policy is shaped 28'13 the way people are talking about…","meta_description":"Quinn Mendelson is Conservation Program Director of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps , a nonprofit that trains young adults to do conservation work in the \"outd…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3063,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/episodes/an-outdoor-classroom-for-land-stewardship-and-life-skills/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/an-outdoor-classroom-for-land-stewardship-and-life-skills.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}