Dr. John Fagan on the Toxins in our Food and Environment
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On this final episode of Rootstock Radio, we're talking to Dr. John Fagan of Earth Open Source Institute about an all-encompassing model of health, climate change, pesticides and science.
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Chef Luke Zahm: The Difference Between a Fad and a Revolution
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Today on Rootstock Radio, Chef Luke Zahm of the Driftless Cafe gets real about what it takes to be conscientious in the restaurant industry, and why serving local food is so important to the greater local food system.
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Mari Margil: Giving Nature the Legal Rights it Deserves
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Nature needs a lawyer. Good thing Mari Margil and her team at the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund are up to the task. Hear the case for granting Planet Earth legal rights it deserves - including a recent success to pass the Lake Erie Bill of Rights - on this week’s episode of Rootstock Radio.
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Anthony Reyes: Growing Skills (and Food) at the Homeless Garden Project
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Anthony Reyes of the Homeless Garden Project shares how urban farming has helped people experiencing homelessness grow skills, confidence and sustenance.
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Ashleigh Eubanks: Food and Cooperation in the Boroughs of New York City
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Today we’re talking to community organizer Ashleigh Eubanks of RiseBoro Community Partnership, where her work includes food systems education, supporting local co-op development, building cross-movement solidarity and fostering local leadership. Not only that, Ashleigh was named one of Brooklyn Magazine’s “30 Under 30” for her work as a food justice organizer in 2018. Tune in to hear her story of growing up in a food desert, and how the inequality she saw inspired her to make change.
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Sarah Potenza: How WWOOF Did Ecotourism Long Before it was Cool
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WWOOF’s model for cultural exchange on organic farms connects people from all over the world through shared values of good food, sustainability and community. WWOOF was doing ecotourism before that term had even been invented! Tune in to hear about how WWOOFing works, how it's changed since the 1970s, and how it has led many people to organic farming (and showed a few that the farming life wasn't for them - and that's a good thing to know).
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Cara Loriz: Protecting the (Often-Overlooked) Foundation of Our Food System
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Have you ever stopped to think about how the plants that produce our seeds are treated? Today on Rootstock Radio Cara Loriz, Executive Director at Organic Seed Alliance, is talking about an often-overlooked and truly fundamental piece of our food and agriculture system: Seeds.
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Amanda Oborne: Helping the "Ag of the Middle" Thrive
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Farm infrastructures in the U.S. are designed to support either very big or very small farms, which sometimes leaves mid-sized producers—the “Ag of the Middle”—without resources or a market. Amanda Oborne of Ecotrust is supporting these often-overlooked farms in order to create a flourishing regional food system.
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Chef Mary Cleaver on Eating Local in the Urban Jungle (and Happy Earth Day!)
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We’re ringing in the 49th anniversary of Earth Day with a special Rootstock Radio conversation with Chef Mary Cleaver about hosting an Earth Dinner (a special themed dinner for Earth Day), local food in NYC, climate change, and more.
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Cheyenna Layne Weber: The Cooperative Economic Model Our Earth Needs
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Cheyenna Layne Weber shares her pursuit of art and activism that elevates the needs of people and the planet over profits. It's called the "solidarity economy."
info_outlineAlex Eaton, CEO and cofounder of Sistema Biobolsa (or Sistema.bio), talks about the innovative solution Sistema.bio presents to small (and even larger-scale!) farmers. This incredible biodigester system turns animal manure into both rich fertilizer and methane gas that can be used for fuel and heat. In this way, Alex and his team are addressing climate change, food insecurity, and poverty around the world by providing the full package: technology, training and financing of a sustainable waste-to-resources infrastructure that truly works for small farmers.
Tune in to hear about:
- How this magical biodigester works. (Of course it’s not magic, but it’s really, really cool science.)
- The way Sistema.bio gives small farmers a game-changing new tool—plus the financing and education that must come with it for this change to be attainable.
- Exactly how reliant our world is on small farmers—especially in places like Mexico where Sistema.bio is based.
- Why Alex applauds vegetarian and vegan diets but doesn’t think eating that way is the ONLY way to be a good steward of our earth.
- The similarities between soil and bank accounts (think long-term investments).