by Lynne Whitbeck | Feb 16, 2021 | Down to Earth, Health and Nutrition, Racial Equity, Radical Center, Ranching, Rural Communities
Rachael and James Stewart saw a lack of Black and Brown farmers and ranchers–and an opportunity to serve communities with unusual meat products. So they sold a classic car and started a ranch.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Feb 2, 2021 | Cooking, Down to Earth, Farming, Health and Nutrition, Ranching
Author of fourteen books on food and pioneer in vegetarian cooking, she talks about her new memoir, An Onion in my Pocket, and her adventures during fifty years as a chef.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jan 20, 2021 | Down to Earth, Economics, Farming, Policy, Rural Communities
Joe Maxwell is a farmer and policy leader, and he knows that consumer demand is not enough to make the shift toward a healthy food system. He lays out the problems–and some ways forward.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Jan 5, 2021 | Butchery, Down to Earth, Farming, Grazing, Health and Nutrition, Ranching
Camas Davis had what she calls an “early onset midlife crisis” when she was around 30–and it led her to study butchering in France. But when she came home she found that the market for good, local meat needed to be cultivated.
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.