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Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Anuka De Silva (Part 2)
"In 2021 is the first time in the country we had a huge women protest, like a sit-in protest. We occupied 55 days the presidential house. We demanded law reforms. And we did it! That's how I believe…
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Anuka De Silva (Part 1)
"I'm always thinking about the natural seeds and the natural plants also because in Sri Lanka, we lost like a lot of varieties of our of native seeds... We’re trying to make an agroecology school in…
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Catherine Banda
“Multinationals are rampant in my country. They lure farmers to take climate resistant seeds by offering them loans [for] seeds, which are not Indigenous, by offering them TVs, radios, and solar…
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Amaru Faustino Torrez (español)
“La Vía Campesina is a network of social movements with a very horizontal structure. You could say we're a movement of movements." —Amaru Faustino Torrez Ruiz is a member of Climate Justice…
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Sarasvati Shrestha
"Women and queer people have always existed and have been doing a lot of work that hasn't been visible. I think we have to change our relationship to production. That's the main thing. And women and…
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Yasmeen El-Hasen
"The Palestinian relationship with the land is not abstract… It's reciprocal. It's not about what we get from the land. It's about what we give to the land. We have a responsibility to care for the…
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Nettie Wiebe
"Everything to do with food is in women's hands most of the time. So it seemed to me, and to many others, that if we were going to build a movement which was actually transformative, it would have to…
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Hendrick Mgcini Ndhlovu
“We see many youths being dragged into mining because mining is a priority in my country... So many people are shunning farming because there's money there. My dream is that those youth come back to…
No Meat Required: Alicia Kennedy | Ep. 60
Alicia Kennedy's No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating, delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined vegan and vegetarian cuisine in the…
The Farm Bill Redux: Dan Imhoff | Re-release of Ep. 30
Can you believe five years have gone by since the last Farm Bill? It feels like a lifetime ago — SO much has changed politically. Bone up on your Farm Bill history and get ready to organize for a…
Silent Earth: Dave Goulson | Ep. 58
Insects are the often-times invisible workforce that take on planetary care. According to Dave Goulson, author of Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse, “they pollinate, break down waste and…
The Nutmeg's Curse: Amitav Ghosh Ep. 59
When we speak of biodiversity loss, the climate crisis, and food injustice, we have to go to the root: colonialism. From the perspective and "voice" of the nutmeg, The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a…
Fresh Banana Leaves Dr. Jessica Hernandez Ep. 57
Indigenous people make up 5 percent of the global population and steward 80 percent of the world's biodiversity, yet they aren’t centered in most discussions or actions for environmental justice. An…
Endangered Maize: Helen Anne Curry | Ep. 56
There is a broad consensus around the “endangerment” of crop diversity—among scientists, advocates, policymakers, and corporations, actors who tend to disagree on a number of other issues. But Helen…
Healing Grounds: Liz Carlisle & Aidee Guzman | Ep. 55
Colonialism is at the root of the problems we see in our food system, and, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently stated, it is also at the root of the climate crisis. By…
Taste Makers: Mayukh Sen | Ep. 54
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by James Beard award-winning author Mayukh Sen gives us an intimate look into the lives of seven women who’ve changed the way we…
Diet for a Small Planet: Frances Moore Lappé | Ep. 53
Frances Moore Lappé's groundbreaking book in 1971 exposed the true cause of hunger while also changing the way many people eat, for the better. 50 years later, she released a new edition with an…
Inflamed: Dr. Rupa Marya and Raj Patel | Ep. 52
The Covid pandemic, mass uprisings against injustice around the world, raging forest fires... Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed, argue Raj Patel and Dr. Rupa Marya. Their epic and timely…
Animal, Vegetable, Junk: Mark Bittman | Ep. 51
The story of humankind is usually told as one of technological innovation and economic influence—of arrowheads and atomic bombs, settlers and stock markets. But behind it all, there is an even more…
Black Food Matters: Dr. Ashanté M. Reese | Ep. 50
“Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice” centers the Black experience within the US food system: what is missing and what is possible. Edited by Dr. Ashanté M. Reese and Hanna…
