We Can Do This Podcast: Episode 9 with Doniga Markegard
Ryland Engelhart welcomes wildlife tracker, regenerative rancher, speaker, and author of Dawn Again, Doniga Markegard for a conversation about ‘Raising a Regenerative Family.’ Join us every Wednesday for We Can Do This Podcast, Kiss The Ground’s weekly conversation about how we can participate in the healing of our Earth and ourselves as we are one and the same.
Doniga Markegard is a wildlife tracker, regenerative rancher, speaker, and author of Dawn Again: Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild and Wolf Girl: Finding Myself in the Wild. Her teen years in nature school started her on a path that led to a career in animal tracking and then permaculture and ranching in at her farm in California, Markegard Family Grass-Fed, where she works to regenerate both soil and community through farming. Using the innovative, carbon-storing methods of regenerative ranching, she’s restoring the land she tends, bringing native grasses and wildlife back. Doniga is a consultant and guest instructor at Nature Awareness Programs around the country, has led retreats in places such as 1440 Multiversity, Canyon Ranch and is a regular speaker at events such as the Bioneers Conference, Food Inspiration Trendsummit, and The Grassfed Exchange. She is a certified educator with Holistic Management International. She has worked with companies such as Patagonia and Google, and has been featured in articles from FastCompany, GreenBiz, The San Francisco Examiner, and NPR.