by Lynne Whitbeck | Dec 15, 2020 | Decolonizing Ag, Down to Earth, Farming, Health and Nutrition, Racial Equity, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
Jovan Sage carries on traditions passed down from African and Indigenous ancestors, and is a healer on many levels–herbalist, “food alchemist,” farmer, chef, and community organizer.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Dec 1, 2020 | Decolonizing Ag, Down to Earth, Farming, Health and Nutrition, Racial Equity, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
Sanjay Rawal‘s new film, Gather, explores how Native Americans across the U.S. are rediscovering their food traditions–and building on them in the context of present-day realities.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Nov 17, 2020 | Carbon, Down to Earth, Economics, Farming, Health and Nutrition, Policy, Racial Equity
LaKisha Odom of The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is helping to fund the research behind healthy soil practices so that more farmers can make the transition to regenerative agriculture and long-term sustainability and resilience.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Nov 3, 2020 | Down to Earth, Farming, Health and Nutrition, Policy, Racial Equity, Rural Communities, Water
For millennia local and indigenous farmers have been producing healthy food worldwide. In less than a century that food system has been decimated, We talk to Dr. Vandana Shiva about restoring health, democracy, species, and local knowledge.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Oct 21, 2020 | Down to Earth, Farming, Health and Nutrition, Policy, Racial Equity
Roberto Meza was an artist and MIT graduate student who took some time off to deal with health concerns—and found that fresh greens made such a difference in his life that he started growing them. Now he runs a thriving business and focuses on food sovereignty and equity.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Apr 14, 2020 | Down to Earth, Farming, Health and Nutrition, Policy, Radical Center, Rural Communities, Soil
Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz didn’t know they were cultivating soil health when they started doing Holistic Management of their livestock. But as they learned to work with nature rather than fighting it their soil–and their farm–began to thrive in ways they’d never dreamed of.