Once a staple of the Ukrainian landscape, Carpathian water buffalo populations in southern Europe dwindled during the 20th century. In 2021, Kitty Horlick tracked down Michel Jacobi, a self-sustaining farmer who is coaxing the species back to life, to find out more about his extraordinary vision.

Written by Kitty Horlick
Read by Holly O’Neil
Score by Dan Parr
Intro / Outro by Pearl Fish & Harvey Gibbons
Produced by Hiren Parmar

Originally published as an article in Issue 7

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Articles about the climate crisis by emerging writers and thinkers.
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