Julia Olmstead's guest appearances

Julia Olmstead

Greenhorns Radio

The Agronomist

Mike Lewis

Ann Larkin Hansen

Jason Bradford

Joel Salatin

Sandor Katz

Andy Schwartz

Wes Jones

Eric Hoffman

Rachel Budde

James Graves

Sonoko Sakai

Darina Allen

Stacey Murphy

Josh Volk

Russ Cohen

OwlTail

Julia Olmstead is a senior associate in the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Rural Communities Program. She works on domestic biofuel policy, climate change, and Mississippi River navigation policy. For the last decade Julia has worked on issues related to agriculture and biofuels as a researcher and journalist. She serves on the Organizational Council of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and was formerly a graduate fellow with the Land Institute in Salina, KS. She holds an M.S. in plant breeding and sustainable agriculture from Iowa State University, an M.J. in journalism from the University of California-Berkeley and a B.A. in botany and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Julia hails from St. Paul, MN and is excited to be transitioning to a new position soon with working to create farmer-led watershed councils in western Wisconsin with University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. This episode has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch.  “I think that we right now are sort of in a status quo. Corn prices are so high, that I don’t think farmers can think about growing something else.” [16:00] — Julia Olmstead on Greenhorn Radio

<p>Julia Olmstead is a senior associate in the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Rural Communities Program. She works on domestic biofuel policy, climate change, and Mississippi River navigation policy. For the last decade Julia has worked on issues related to agriculture and biofuels as a researcher and journalist. She serves on the Organizational Council of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and was formerly a graduate fellow with the Land Institute in Salina, KS. She holds an M.S. in plant breeding and sustainable agriculture from Iowa State University, an M.J. in journalism from the University of California-Berkeley and a B.A. in botany and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Julia hails from St. Paul, MN and is excited to be transitioning to a new position soon with working to create farmer-led watershed councils in western Wisconsin with University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. This episode has been sponsored by <a href="http://www.hearstranch.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hearst Ranch</a>.</p> <p></p> <h2>“I think that we right now are sort of in a status quo. Corn prices are so high, that I don’t think farmers can think about growing something else.” [16:00] — <em>Julia Olmstead on Greenhorn Radio</em></h2>

Episode 141: Julia Olmstead