Sustainability
We Cannot Feed the World with Industrial Agriculture
Debbie Barker is a writer, consultant and activist who has served as international director for the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the director of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG). A prolific author and speaker, in 2011 she..
Sustainability
We Can Reverse Climate Change (And We Must Start Now)
Nancy Hirshberg is founder and Chief Catalyst at the sustainability consulting firm Hirshberg Strategic, and co-founder of Climate Collaborative, an organization working to leverage the power of the natural products industry to reverse climate..
Sustainability
What Industrial Agriculture Can't Accomplish
Dr. John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agriculture and Applied Economics at the University of Missouri, grew up on a small dairy farm in the southwestern part of Missouri. John is the author of 6 books and the 2014 regional report called “Family..
Sustainability
The Impact of Pesticides...Compounded
Today on Rootstock Radio Anne O’Connor talks to Marcia Ishii-Eiteman Senior Scientist and Director of the Grassroots Science Program at Pesticide Action Network. Prior to joining Pesticide Action Network in 1996, Marcia worked in Asia and Africa..
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Adapting to Our Changing Climate
For most of us, climate change is something that afflicts different neighborhoods, distant cities, or future times. And while many people know something about California's drought, or Miami's drowning, few are aware that climate change has arrived..
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Jeff Moyer of the Rodale Institute
Today on Rootstock Radio, Anne O’Connor, speaks with Jeff Moyer, the executive director of the nonprofit agricultural research and outreach organization, the Rodale Institute.