This week on Burning Down The House our vocabulary gets big with guests Caroline Bailey, playing vox populi, and Ariana Bain of the company Except, the visionary of the The Polydome, a "revolutionary high-yield sustainable agriculture system for greenhouses" . It's her hope that one day, by implementing the Polydome a city as big as New York could feed itself with minimal negative environmental impact. Curtis & Co. talk about symbiosis by design, integrated stability, quantitative tools for social network analysis, and break it down for you so you can come out more knowledgable about your food, how it's made, how it gets to you and a whole lot more. This episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

Today's July 4th themed Farm Report features Callene Rapp, Chairwoman of The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Callen speaks on how heritage farmers can gain independence from commodity production, and the urgency of preserving our heirloom breeds.

Peter Kindel shares his cheese journey on today's Cutting the Curd with Diane Stemple. Hear how Peter got his start in the cheese world, and how his travels in France and England changed his perspective on cheesemaking entirely. Peter talks about his experiences working with Neal's Yard Dairy and helping develop a cheese called Ogleshield. Why did Peter decide to get involved with the agricultural side of cheesemaking? Peter speaks to the risks of dealing with raw milk, and why the market over-regulates raw milk distribution. This episode has been sponsored by Fairway Market.

"When I was trying to source so many great cheeses from Europe, I realized that we needed to make cheese. And we need to create regional agricultural economies based on that product." [14:25]

-- Peter Kindel on Cutting the Curd