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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...

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Hans + Barbara Herren: Our World Doesn't Need Pesticides

Real Organic Podcast - July 18, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#125: Hans Herren and Barbara Gemmill-Herren join Dave to share their takeaways on the state of the global food system today. Through their extensive work in organic agriculture,  pollination, and the use of biocontrols (managing pests and disease with other living organisms instead of chemicals...

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What Is the Bible?: How To Read the Bible

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - July 16, 2023 16:56 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Trent Johnson shares on how we can read the Bible so we do not take scripture out of context and meaning. We then did some small group discussion and reconvened into athe larger group to share our thoughts. Today's Music: From the Day, Worship the Great I Am, Glory and Wonder, Great Is Thy Fait...

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Steffen Reese: Spreading Organic Across The Globe

Real Organic Podcast - July 11, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#124: Steffen Reese, CEO of Naturland, the EU's most-prominent add-on food label and certifier, sat down with Dave last fall after announcing Naturland's partnership with Real Organic Project to  discuss the spread and preservation of organic agriculture across the globe.    Steffen Reese is th...

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What Is the Bible? The Big Picture Story

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - July 09, 2023 16:48 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Shannon shares about what the big picture of the Bible is all about as we kick off the new "What Is the Bible?" series. After she shares, we break into small groups to discuss and then share our thoughts with each other. Today's Music: Glorious Day, From the Inside Out, It Is Well With My Soul...

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Kellee James: Trends And Challenges In The Organic Marketplace

Real Organic Podcast - July 04, 2023 14:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#123: Kellee James of Mercaris Data Services sits down with Dave Chapman to discuss what her company sees today as they track pricing and performance in organic food and agriculture.    Kellee James founded and runs Mercaris Data Services, a research company that tracks organic commodity prices...

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Scott Park: Can Organic No-Till Vegetables Be Grown At Scale

Real Organic Podcast - June 27, 2023 17:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#122: After 25 years of trials and experimentation, Scott Park shares his long view on the challenges and upsides of organic no till practices in vegetable production.   Scott Park, along with his wife Ulla, son Brian, and daughter-in-law Jamie, grows 1700 acres of organic mixed vegetable and gr...

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Essentials of Faith: Holy Spirit, Our Guide

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - June 25, 2023 17:05 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Chris McClure shared about how the Holy Spirit is who we can look to for guidance in our individual lives as well as our lives as a church body. We then broke into smaller discussion groups and did a summary at the end of the service. Today's Music: Never Gonna Stop Singing, My Jesus, The Chang...

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Phil Foster: Organic No Till Experiments On California Veg Farm

Real Organic Podcast - June 20, 2023 21:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#121:  Dave Chapman spends an afternoon touring Pinnacle Organics with California vegetable farmer Phil Foster who explains the successes, failures, and still-unknown results of the organic no-till agriculture trials taking place on his farm. Pinnacle, along with a handful of other well-known CA...

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Essentials of Faith: Who Is the Holy Spirit?

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - June 18, 2023 16:37 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today, John Novak shares more on the Holy Spirit as we look at who the Holy Spirit is. We then broke into small groups to discuss and come back together to summarize what was discussed. Today's Music: The Love Of the Father, The Love Of God, Here In Your Presence, and then a special by Bryan Boyd.

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Who Is the Holy Spirit?

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - June 18, 2023 15:59 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today we watched a video that kicks off the series where we look at who the Holy Spirit is. Today's Music: Jesus Changed My Life, Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone), When I Think About the Lord, Gratitude, and Act Justly Love Mercy Walk Humbly

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Miguel Altieri: Agroecology As Science And Social Movement

Real Organic Podcast - June 13, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#120:  Miguel Altieri brings the concepts of Agroecology as a global movement that preserves traditional peasant knowledge and promotes a food system that works outside of the industrial system that dominates the US, to his conversation with Dave Chapman, as they explore the similarities and dif...

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Essentials Of Faith series: The Holy Spirit As Comforter

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - June 11, 2023 16:43 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today, Audrey continues with our series on the Holy Spirit followed by breaking out into small group discussions to continue seeing what God is speaking to us and then summarize our discussion points at the end. Today's Music: Here I Am To Worship, Holy Spirit, Give Us Clean Hands, and Breathe O...

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Helen Atthowe: No-Till, No-Spray, Ecological Farming

Real Organic Podcast - June 06, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#119:  Longtime farmer, gardener, and researcher Helen Atthowe joins Dave to discuss the findings that led to her new book: "The Ecological Farm: A Minimalist No-Till, So-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System for Organic Agriculture." By focusing on creating habitat plantings...

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Spiritual Work Demands Spiritual Power

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - June 04, 2023 16:26 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today we continue with our "Who Is the Holy Spirit" series as Andy looks at how spiritual work that we are to do will require spiritual power. God has given us His Holy Spirit to empower us to do the work we have been called to do. Today's Music: Lord From Sorrows Deep I Call, Blessed Be the Na...

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Jake Guest: The Antiwar Movement's Influence On Organic

Real Organic Podcast - May 30, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#118:  A look back with celebrated Vermont farmer Jake Guest to the beginnings of the organic movement. Jake, an early mentor of our host Dave Chapman,  speaks of his beginnings as a student protester at Dartmouth and as a US Army enlistee - and how that all influenced his decision to grow food....

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Alan Lewis: SocioEconomic Fallout Of Farmers Vs Chem Companies

Real Organic Podcast - May 23, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#117:  Policy expert and organic advocate Alan Lewis (of Natural Grocers) shares his observations on the rise of the regenerative agriculture movement and what motivates different players to adopt different viewpoints about how to best move forward in our globalized food system.   Alan Lewis is ...

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Alpha Ministries: Is the Lord Speaking To You?

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - May 21, 2023 16:57 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today we watched our final video of reviewing Alpha Ministry looking toward potentially adopting this ministry for reaching out to those around us in a real way. Today's video looks at asking the question of "Is the Lord Speaking to you?". Today's Music: Desert Song, Ever Be, 10000 Reasons (Bles...

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Ben Dobson: Beware The Regeneration Of The Corn And Soy Model

Real Organic Podcast - May 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#116: Lifelong organic farmer Ben Dobson joins Dave Chapman for a deep look into the double-sided coin of tillage, the rise of the regenerative agriculture movement, and the powerful hold the corn and soy model has on our nation's food and farming systems.   Ben Dobson is a lifelong organic farm...

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Alpha Ministries: How Can I Have Faith?

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - May 14, 2023 16:52 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today, we celebrate and appreciate the mothers in our lives and also continue with our Alpha series as we watch a video and have some table discussions afterward. Today, we review how we can have faith. Today's Music: From the Inside Out, Blessed Be Your Name, Revelation Song, and It Is Well Wit...

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Sarah Weiner: EU's Farm To Fork Aims To Increase Organic Acreage

Real Organic Podcast - May 09, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#115: European Parliament member Sarah Weiner, who sits on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, compares organic policies and markets in Europe with those in the US. The drive to reduce pesticide usage and increase organic acreage in the EU faces an easier path forward without an ...

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Sarah Wiener: EU's Farm To Fork Aims To Increase Organic Acreage

Real Organic Podcast - May 09, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#115: European Parliament member Sarah Wiener, who sits on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, compares organic policies and markets in Europe with those in the US. The drive to reduce pesticide usage and increase organic acreage in the EU faces an easier path forward without an ...

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Alpha Ministry Part 2

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - May 07, 2023 16:59 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today we watched another Alpha video discussing sharing our faith with others. Then we broke into table discussions regarding the video we watched. Then Chris McClure shared a little more about Alpha and what to expect in these ministry sessions as we explore the possibilities of engaging this ...

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Michael Pollan: Does The US Need A Third Kind of Agriculture?

Real Organic Podcast - May 02, 2023 08:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#114: Michael Pollan notes that when it comes to climate spending at the USDA, the norm has been to incentivize bandaid fixes for bad agricultural practices instead of focusing on actual emission reductions, which we desperately need.  Listen as he makes his case to Dave for a “3rd Way” in US ag...

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Alpha Ministry

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - April 30, 2023 16:30 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today we watched an introductory video and a fun skit introducing Alpha Ministry which is starting up today at Sauk Church. Then Chris McClure shared about Alpha and what to expect in these ministry sessions. Today's Music: God So Loved, Who You Say I Am, Great Are You Lord, and How Great Th...

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Ariel Pressman: Free Certification + High Standards at Real Organic Project

Real Organic Podcast - April 24, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#113: Our Director of Certification, Ariel Pressman, joins Linley to discuss the relatively easy steps USDA organic farmers must take be earn free certification from Real Organic Project, and how our standards differ from other food labels.  Ariel Pressman has been the Director of Certificatio...

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Ministry Sharing

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - April 23, 2023 16:57 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Joanna shares about ministry and living in a self-sacrificial way as we minister to others. We then hear from many people in the church who are involved in a lot of different ministries. Today's Music: Take My Life and Let It Be, All I Am, I Speak Jesus, and The Blessing

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Melissa Aronczyk: How Corporate Public Relations Coopts Environmental Sustainability

Real Organic Podcast - April 18, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#112: Author and professor Melissa Aronczyk shares what she's learned about the history of greenwashing, environmental public relations, and the multiple tactics corporations have utilized to elbow their way to table when solutions that effect their bottom lines are being discussed. Dave Chapman...

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Eliot Coleman: Why Chemical Companies Trash Talk Organic

Real Organic Podcast - April 10, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#111: Organic farmer Eliot Coleman joins Dave to discuss why the idea that chemicals are needed to grow food has only ever served chemical companies, and how industrial regenerative agriculture is doubling down on that claim today, through their anti-organic and anti-tillage campaigns. Eliot C...

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Eliot Coleman: Why Chemical CompaniesTrash Talk Organic

Real Organic Podcast - April 10, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#111: Organic farmer Eliot Coleman joins Dave to discuss why the idea that chemicals are needed to grow food has only ever served chemical companies, and how industrial regenerative agriculture is doubling down on that claim today, through their anti-organic and anti-tillage campaigns. Eliot C...