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Dr. Christopher Carter: “The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith, and Food Justice”
Heartland Stories Radio
English - May 03, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBHealth & Fitness Kids & Family farming sustainableagriculture food goodfoodmovement health kids pesticides publichealth socialjustice sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr. Christopher Carter is an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego and a pastor in the United Methodist Church. He just published his first book “The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith, and Food Justice” and is on the board of directors of Farm Forward, an anti-factory farming non-profit. Tune in to learn more about:
His grandfather’s experience being a migrant farm worker picking cotton, and attending school until 4th grade during Jim Crow laws; The colonization of food and why we overlook Indigenous food when we look back in history; The consequence of racial trauma; What soul food is; Why the foundation of our food system is based on structural racism; His own journey on becoming a vegan; About Farm Forward and the anti-factory farming non-profit.To learn more about Dr. Christopher Carter go to https://www.drchristophercarter.com/spirit-soul-food. You can buy his new book here or at your local bookstore.