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Dan Barber: The Power Of Deliciousness

Real Organic Podcast - November 14, 2023 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#142:  Dave interviews celebrated chef and author Dan Barber at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, where they discuss the potential of getting the masses to understand the value of food production practices above the final product. Dan believes the key lies in exceptional flavor and th...

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Hugh Kent | Breaking Their Own Laws: Hydroponics And The Farce Of USDA Organic integrity

Real Organic Podcast - November 10, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#144: Real Organic blueberry farmer Hugh Kent of King Grover Organics in FL, explains the complete transformation of organic blueberry farming within the US and outside of its borders, that make up an increasing amount of USDA-certified "organic" berries in the produce sections of US stores. Thi...

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Joan Gussow: Last 50 Years Brought More Foods And Less Choice

Real Organic Podcast - November 08, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#141:  Nutrition icon, author, and professor Joan Gussow reflects on changes in food and farming over the past many decades and how a concentration of power is negatively affecting our food system. Joan Gussow is a Professor Emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University where she taught he...

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Glenn Elzinga: Why Cattle Are Ruining Our Public Lands In Spite Of A Better Way

Real Organic Podcast - November 03, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#143: Real Organic Idaho cattleman Glenn Elzinga shares his success story about reintroducing beaver and protecting important fauna and flora by moving his cattle with intention as they graze public lands. Glenn is addressing the crowd at the Saving Real Organic Conference at Churchtown Dairy in...

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Tom Willey Part 2: Working Towards A Permanent Agriculture

Real Organic Podcast - October 31, 2023 23:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#140:  Longtime organic, California vegetable farmer Tom Willey continues his lively conversation with Dave. They land on their thoughts around lasting solutions for sustainable food production that will take humanity into the future. Tom Willey has run TD Willey Farms with his wife Dennesse in...

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Essentials of Faith: Sanctification

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - October 29, 2023 16:42 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Bill Gallentine looks at a brief overview of sanctification which means "set apart", but set apart from what? and set apart for what reason? We then had table discussions regarding this topic and then shared a summary of our breakout discussions. Today's Music: Your Name, Great Are You Lord, I ...

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Tom Willey: Merging Chemical-Regenerative With Organic

Real Organic Podcast - October 24, 2023 23:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#139: Tom Willey is a longtime, organic vegetable farmer in Central California who has participated in recent trials seeking to minimize tillage in organic row crop production.  His thoughts on the reliance of of Haber-Bosch nitrogen, the overuse of compost, and intentionally moving towards the ...

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Essentials of Faith: The Cross

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - October 22, 2023 17:02 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
John Novak shares today about how we are sanctified through what Christ has done for us and in us. Today's Music: My Jesus, Act Justly Love Mercy Walk Humbly, and I Love You Lord

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Dennesse Willey: When Organic Was Easy To Sell

Real Organic Podcast - October 17, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#138: Decades ago, Dennesse Willey left her career as a nurse to join her husband Tom on their organic vegetable farm in California. As the farm's sales and marketing  lead, Dennesse witnessed many changes in both retail sales and distribution in an increasingly-consolidated food system. Dennes...

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What Salvation Is Not

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - October 15, 2023 17:06 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Trent Johnson shares about some common misconceptions about salvation and then we break into table discussions to talk about this topic. Today's Music: My Lighthouse, Stand In Your Love, Boldly I Approach, and I Stand Amazed

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Bryan O'Hara: Organic No-Till Vegetable Farming

Real Organic Podcast - October 10, 2023 15:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#137: Bryan O'Hara has been learning about, tweaking trials, and sharing his observations on how to grow organic vegetables in a no-till system for over a decade. Last fall he sat down with Dave to share his thoughts on whether these practices  can be used at scale, using compost as a nutrient v...

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What Is the Provision of Salvation? part 1

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - October 08, 2023 16:33 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chris McClure shares the first message explaining what salvation is and a little bit of his testimony. we then broke into smaller groups to discuss among ourselves. Today's Music: Amazing Grace, I Speak Jesus, and Strong God

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Jeff Moyer: Organic Is, Was, And Should Be The Foundation of Regenerative

Real Organic Podcast - October 03, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#136: Jeff Moyer of the Rodale Institute recalls the intended meaning behind the origin of the term "regenerative" as envisioned by Bob Rodale, and explores what's both exciting and concerning as a new context emerges for regenerative agriculture today. Jeff Moyer is the former CEO, Director, ...

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Communion

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - October 01, 2023 16:18 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
John Novak shares about communion with an insight into how communion was for the early church and how Jesus completely paid for our debt of sin, so our debt is canceled. Today's Music: The Love Of the Father, Glorious Day, The Love Of God, and Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me

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Steve Ela: Diversifying Crops, Sales Channels, And Research Dollars

Real Organic Podcast - September 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#135: Organic farmer and former NOSB member Steve Ela talks about managing his fruit-focused operation with diverse market strategies, crop rotations, and biological controls for orchard pests. He also speaks about the difficult mission of achieving carbon neutrality on the farm, Steve Ela is a...

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Baptism

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - September 24, 2023 16:15 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today, we heard a testimony from Greg Cason regarding his health. Then Andy shares on the reason for baptism and how it means more than what we may think. Today's Music: Stand In Your Love, My Lighthouse, You Are My Strength, and Teach Us Your Ways

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Hannah Smith-Brubaker: Growing On-Farm Organic Research

Real Organic Podcast - September 19, 2023 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#134: Hannah Smith-Brubaker,  aReal Organic Project farmer and the Executive Director of Pennsylvania-based  sustainable agriculture organization PASA, shares what her peers are learning as they ramp up efforts to collect data from on-farm organic trials and experiments. Hannah Smith-Brubaker m...

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Jim Riddle: Lobbyists Not Farmers Have Access To USDA

Real Organic Podcast - September 12, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#133: Retired Minnesota berry farmer and founder of the International Organic Inspectors Association Jim Riddle discusses his time on the National Organic Standards Board, including observing the culture of a revolving door of corporate lobbyists. Jim Riddle is the founder of Blue Fruit Farm, a...

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Essentials of Faith, The Church: Being a Missional Church

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - September 10, 2023 16:19 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chris McClure shares from Matthew chapter 5 on how we are to be the salt of the earth which is one thing needed to be a missionary church. Today's Music: My Jesus, Act Justly Love Mercy Walk Humbly, The Solid Rock, Build My Life, and Homesick (a special by Brian Boyd)

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Dru Rivers: An Organic Activist's Manifesto

Real Organic Podcast - September 05, 2023 16:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
132: Longtime organic farmer Dru Rivers speaks to the crowd at the 2023 EcoFarm Conference about the future of food, and the important role activism plays in farming. Dru Rivers is an original founding farmer at Full Belly Farm in California and has played an important role in both the EcoFarm ...

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Essentials of Faith, The Church: The Missional Church

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - September 03, 2023 16:41 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Andy shares about the mission of the church an how the church at large has had some things in the past that were incorrect or had the wrong reasons and/or motives. We are to follow the correct mission as we share with others what Jesus has done in our lives. Today's Music: Glorious Day (Living...

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Mark and Kristin Kimball: Holistic Farming Goes Beyond Food Production

Real Organic Podcast - August 30, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#131: Farmer Mark Kimball and his wife, author Kristin Kimball, almost everything that's been in their heads recently, as their journey at their year-round, CSA-model farm in Essex, New York continues to evolve. Dave caught up with the Kimballs at the NOFA New Hampshire Conference last February,...

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Peter Donovan: RedirectingThe Carbon Conversation Towards The Water Cycle

Real Organic Podcast - August 22, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#130: Peter Donovan of the Soil Carbon Coalition shares his thoughts on the true value of carbon sequestration in agricultural settings, and how it differs from the ideas being pushed by industrial players who stand to benefit from carbon credits and offsets. Peter Donovan has a long history wo...

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Essentials of Faith, The Church: Equipping the Believers

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - August 20, 2023 16:46 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Shari Blanchette looks at the different ways that the fellowship of believers at Sauk Valley Community Church are being equipped for service and ministry. We then broke into discussion groups to review how this training applies to our lives when we are around other people in our lives. Today's ...

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Zach Cannady: Farming To Strengthen Your Local Food Shed

Real Organic Podcast - August 15, 2023 15:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#129: Zach Cannady of Prema Farm joins Dave to discuss the inspiration he found working as a produce manager that led him to start his own farm, dedicated to growing crops that his community was asking for and could not find locally. Dave and Zach dive deep into conversation about Prema's compos...

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Essentials of Faith, The Church: What Makes Up the Church?

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - August 13, 2023 16:58 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Sue German shares different aspects of what actually makes up the church and then we broke into smaller groups to discuss and share our thoughts. Then we had an installation of Chris McClure and Trent Johnson as new elders for the church. Today's Music: Because He Lives, I Speak Jesus, Goodne...

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Dave Mortensen Part 2: Big Ag's False Claims Of Environmental Consciousness

Real Organic Podcast - August 09, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#128: In the second half of our interview with Dr. Dave Mortensen, we hear about the events that  led to his resignation from the National Organic Standards Board, as well his thoughts around the off-base claims of "environmental consciousness" being presented today by Big Ag companies. Dave Mo...

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Essentials of Faith, The Church: What the Church Is Not

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - August 06, 2023 16:24 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Trent Johnson shares the first message in the new series about the church to discuss what the church is not. By chipping away at what the church is not about, we can start to realize the truth about what the church really is without our preconceived ideas on what it is. Today's music: Never Once...

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Dave Mortensen Part 1: Today's Drastic Rise Of Biocides

Real Organic Podcast - August 01, 2023 14:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#127: Longtime researcher and plant ecologist Dave Mortensen brings to light the increased use of herbicides and pesticides in modern agriculture. Through our nation's dedication to monocropping practices and planting fence row to fence row, we have eliminated natural defense systems in the majo...

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Dick Schwartz: Internal Family Systems + Social Activism

Real Organic Podcast - July 25, 2023 15:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#126: Dave sits down with therapist Dick Schwartz, the founder of Internal Family Systems, to discuss how acknowledging and caring for the various "parts" within ourselves and others can serve us as individuals, business leaders, and social activists. Dick Schwartz is a well-known psychotherap...