Nicole Rakobitsch: Sustainability on Small Organic Family Farms
Release Date: 10/04/2022
LeAnna Compagna: My Love for Organic Farming
Heartland Stories Radio
LeAnna Compagna is a third generation organic farmer in Middlebury, Vermont. Together with her husband they are farming on their own dairy farm as well as on LeAnna’s parents farm that became an organic farm in 2007, when her parents sold the herd of cows that had come with the farm and replaced it with a herd of organic Dutch Belted dairy cows. Tune in to learn more about: LeAnna’s story of becoming an organic dairy farmer; Small family farms; Becoming a steward of the land; All about organic dairy cows; Why farming is a 24/7 job; How inflation is hitting the daily operation of the farm....
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Piper Davis: The Story of Artisan Bread
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Piper Davis is a celebrated baker and partner at , a regional chain of 10 cafes and artisan bakeries in the Pacific Northwest. An avid baker, cook and good food provisioner, she is the co-author of and is Board Chair of the national nonprofit Chefs Collaborative. Tune in to learn more about: Piper’s childhood and her love of baking inspired by her mom - Grand Central Bakery founder, Gwyneth Bassetti; The artisan bread revolution; The power of deliciousness; About Grand Central Bakery and their mission to produce delicious food and treat their employees well; The tomato story and the...
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How Pesticides are Threatening Our Children's Health (Re-run)
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Dr. Philip Landrigan is a pediatrician and epidemiologist, as well as Professor, Director of the Global Public Health Program and of the Global Pollution Observatory at the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College. His research focuses on toxic chemicals in the environment and their effects on children’s health and development. Tune in to learn more about: - Pesticides and children's health; - Fetal programing, epigenetics & windows of vulnerability; - What parents can do to protect their children's health; - . Dr. Landrigan urges parents to "Vote for...
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George Siemon: Organic Can Feed the World (Re-run)
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George Siemon is an organic pioneer and the co-founder and former CEO of . In September 2022, George was one of the recipients of the from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The Honorary Recognition Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to their professions, their communities and the university. Tune in to learn more about: George’s path into organic farming; His involvement in pioneering organic standards for livestock; How organics has proven that it can feed the world; How a stable price helped organic family...
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Marianne LeGreco: Communication and the Paths to Food Justice (Re-run)
Heartland Stories Radio
Dr. Marianne LeGreco is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Communications Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She is also the co-author of “” which was published in 2021. Tune in to learn more about: Marianne’s inspiration for studying communications; The four legged stool of the food system; Food access and poverty; Her book “Everybody Eats: Communication and the Paths to Food Justice” and the question “who gets to bring the table?”; The nurturing of new leaders in food; The little food pantries and mobile food markets...
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Antonio Roman-Alcalá: Strategies for Changing the Food System
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Antonio Roman-Alcalá is an educator, researcher, writer, and organizer based in Berkeley, California who has worked on issues of sustainable food systems for nearly 20 years. Antonio is currently an Assistant Professor at California State University, East Bay teaching Geography and Environmental Studies. Previously, he co-founded , the San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance, and the , and his 2010 documentary film, , can be viewed free online. Currently, Antonio maintains the blog , the North American Agroecology Organizing Project. Tune in to learn more about: The story on how he became...
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Rick Nahmias and Food Forward: Preventing Waste and Fighting Hunger with Fresh Produce
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Rick Nahmias is the founder and CEO of , and an award winning photographer and writer who is focused on the faces and stories of marginalized communities. He is an internationally recognized speaker on food justice and social innovation issues and his work has been profiled in dozens of media outlets. Tune in to learn more about: The story on how Food Forward was born; How Food Forward recovers fruits and vegetables that would have been wasted from backyard fruit trees, public orchards, farmers markets, and the downtown Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market and distributes them to marginalized...
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Reginaldo Haslett Marroquin: The Regenerative Poultry
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Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin engages immigrants, farmers old and new, and established agricultural entrepreneurs in his life's work of designing, refining, and championing a global model for poultry-powered, planet cooling, scalable and regenerative agriculture. Reginaldo has immersed himself in this work by launching the non-profit , co-founding the Tree-Range® Chicken brand, and recently being named CEO of . He is creating opportunities to heal the earth, and bringing back the hope of a restorative future by introducing real and tangible ways we can change the world today through...
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Bill Tracy: Breeding Sweet Corn
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Bill Tracy is a Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Chair of the Masters program in Agroecology as well as Clif Bar and Organic Valley Endowed Chair in Plant Breeding for Organic Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tune in to learn more about: - Sweet corn breeding; - Breeding for climate; - Why diversity of crops and perennials are important; - The experiments with perennializing of sweet corn; - Nixtamalized corn. To learn more about Professor Bill Tracy go to https://agronomy.wisc.edu/bill-tracy/.
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Erin Silva: Agroecology and Organic Grain Research
Heartland Stories Radio
Dr. Erin Silva is an Associate Professor and State Extension Specialist in Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems in the Department of Plant Pathology as well as the Director for the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW-Madison. Tune in to learn more about: Her work in agroecology and how this is associated with organic agriculture; Why we need a diversity of crops and a diversity of farmers; On farm research; The , a comprehensive program to provide educational support to new, transitioning and experienced organic grain farmers;...
info_outlineNicole Rakobitsch is the Director of Sustainability at Cooperative Regions of Organic Producer Pools (CROPP)/Organic Valley. Organic Valley is America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leading organic brands. Tune in to learn more about:
- Nicole’s path that led her to sustainability and to Organic Valley;
- Why organic farmers are the real stewards of the land;
- The $25 million grant awarded to Organic Valley that focuses on helping small organic family farms establish and measure on-farm practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
- The issue with methane gas from farms;
- Silvopasture, agroforestry and other climate smart farming practices;
- Carbon sequestration and what climate smart food really is;
- Carbon insetting;
To learn more about Nicole’s work and CROPP/Organic Valley,
go to https://www.organicvalley.coop/why-organic-valley/sustainability/.