Farming
What Makes Organic Agriculture (& Life on a Farm) Beautiful
Regina Beidler calls herself an “accidental farmer,” but her commitment to organic agriculture, sustainability, rural communities, and caring for her animals is deeply intentional (and about as far from accidental as it gets.) Regina and her..
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Urban Farming that Transforms Lives
This week on Rootstock Radio, we speak with Harry Rhodes, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Growing Home. Growing Home is a Chicago-based organization whose primary mission, in Harry’s own words, is to “transform lives—both individual lives and..
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Changing the Narrative in Food and Farming
Karen Washington is an urban farmer and activist, as well as the founder of Rise and Root Farm, a cooperatively run farm in Orange County, NY. Karen co-founded Black Urban Growers and was a 2014 James Beard Leadership Award recipient, in addition..
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Antibiotics & Livestock: What You Need To Know
Lena Brook is a Food Policy Advocate with the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) Food and Agriculture Program. Lena uses her background in advocacy and communications to influence decision makers of all kinds, from elected officials to..
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Holistic Farming with Allan Savory
This week on Rootstock Radio Theresa Marquez speaks to Allan Savory, the co-founder of the United States based Savory Institute and the Africa Centre for Holistic Management. Much of the work Allan is doing with holistic land management started with the desertification of land.
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Breeding for Taste with Lane Selman
Today on Rootstock Radio, host Theresa Marquez speaks to Lane Selman, director of the Culinary Breeding Network. Lane created the Culinary Breeding Network to increase communication and collaboration between plant breeders, seed growers, fresh..