Food
Inside the Chocolate Industry with Simran Sethi
Simran Sethi is a journalist and educator focused on food, sustainability and social change. She is the author of the book Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love, and creator of the podcast The Slow Melt, which explores the world..
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Inside the Tea Industry with Ahmed Rahim
Ahmed Rahim is the co-founder, CEO and “Chief Alchemist” behind Numi Organic Tea, the largest premium, organic, fair-trade-certified tea company in North America. He and his sister, Reem, were inspired to create Numi Tea by the desire to share a..
Food
Inside the Coffee Industry with Kickapoo Coffee
TJ Semanchin and Caleb Nicholes are the co-founders of Kickapoo Coffee, a gourmet coffee roaster based in Viroqua, Wisconsin. The skills and passions of these men reflect directly in their craft: TJ is a veteran of the coffee world who spent time..
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The Mother Hen of Green Bloggers
“When I became a mother I wanted my child to be healthier than I was,” says Leah Segedie, food activist, social media consultant and founder of both Mamavation and the ShiftCon Social Media Conference. Leah’s new book, Green Enough, talks..
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Fighting Global Hunger with "One of the Best Ideas America Ever Had"
“How do you decide, when you have limited resources, who gets to have a meal today and who doesn’t?” This is one of the questions that M.J. Altman and her colleagues at the World Food Program face as they work to find solutions to world hunger..
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes (Many Wear Aprons!)
Today on Rootstock Radio, Tambra Raye, the founder and CEO of WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics and Agriculture, as well as the creator of NATIVSOL Kitchen, an organization that aims to reclaim the health and spirit of the African Diaspora.