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 | 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 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 6, 2020 | Down to Earth, Farming, Racial Equity, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
Part of the experience of colonization for Native people has been the denial of their long-standing practices of agriculture. Now indigenous voices are becoming part of the conversation about how to think in a healthy and holistic manner about food.
by Lynne Whitbeck | Aug 25, 2020 | Down to Earth, Grazing, Radical Center, Ranching, Rangeland Science, Rural Communities, Working with Nature
“What’s good for the bird is good for the herd”–that’s the basis of a win-win initiative to preserve bird habitat on ranches and grasslands. We speak with Audubon Society VP Marshall Johnson about grassland ecology and their successful conservation collaborations.