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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 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...

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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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Charlotte Vallaeys Pt 2: Why Organic Is Worth Fighting For

Real Organic Podcast - April 05, 2023 18:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#110: In Part 2 of our interview with organic expert and PhD candidate Charlotte Vallaeys, she sits down with our co-director Dave Chapman to talk through her main takeaways since she began researching the rise of the term "regenerative" in agriculture and how it relates to the organic movement....

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Hugh Kent: Blueberries Are The Canary In The Coal Mine

Real Organic Podcast - March 28, 2023 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#109: Real Organic blueberry farmer Hugh Kent of King Grove Farm in central Florida addresses a crowd at the 2023 EcoFarm Conference, with a warning about the disappearance of soil-grown berries, tomatoes, peppers, greens, and herbs from the organic produce section of US groceries and food co-op...

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Charlotte Vallaeys: The Pitfalls Of Outcome Based Agriculture

Real Organic Podcast - March 21, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#108: Organic expert and PhD candidate Charlotte Vallaeys discusses the rise of regenerative agriculture and its relationship to no-till practices, as well as the hard questions that arise when focusing on outcomes instead of farming systems.  Charlotte Vallaeys is an organic expert and PhD can...

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Charlotte Vallaeys Pt 1: The Pitfalls Of Outcome Based Agriculture

Real Organic Podcast - March 21, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#108: Organic expert and PhD candidate Charlotte Vallaeys discusses the rise of regenerative agriculture and its relationship to no-till practices, as well as the hard questions that arise when focusing on outcomes instead of farming systems. Charlotte Vallaeys is an organic expert and PhD can...

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Will Brinton Pt 2: Can Carbon Sequestration Ever Outpace Emissions?

Real Organic Podcast - March 14, 2023 17:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#107: In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Will Brinton of Woods End Laboratories, we dive deeper into both the confusion and promotion of soil carbon sequestration as a climate mitigation solution - one that's receiving recent and generous funding from our government. Could this be a ploy tha...

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Will Brinton: Carbon Sequestration Is All About Plants, Not Soil

Real Organic Podcast - March 07, 2023 21:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#106: Dr. Will Brinton of Woods End Laboratories clears up the confusion around the soil carbon sequestration models being presented to the public, and makes a strong argument for a turning our focus on increasing biomass and plant canopies. Dr. Will Brinton is a PhD soil scientist and the fou...

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Linley Dixon: Why Chemical Companies Attack Organic But Join Regenerative

Real Organic Podcast - February 28, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#105: Real Organic Project co-director Linley Dixon addresses a crowd of farmers at the recent Eco-Farm conference, sharing her concerns about the money grab for "climate smart" agriculture projects that are focusing on increased chemical use. Meanwhile, organic, a systems-based  approach, got l...

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Emily Oakley: Growing Fertility On The Farm

Real Organic Podcast - February 21, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#104: Real Organic farmer and former NOSB memberEmily Oakley shares her thoughts on tillage, the regenerative  movement, and transforming her farming practices with hopes of replacing off-farm inputs with homegrown fertility. Emily Oakley owns and operate Three Springs Farm with her husband Mik...

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Larry Jacobs: Choosing Biocontrols Over Pesticides In Mexico

Real Organic Podcast - February 14, 2023 14:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#103:  Larry Jacobs shares his story about co-founding the Del Cabo  organic growers association, a cooperative of family farmers in Mexico who created a market for organic vegetables to be shipped north in winter. Relying on organic pest control techniques, Larry and the farmers were able to st...

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Liz Carlisle Pt 2: Healing Grounds And Reciprocal Relationships

Real Organic Podcast - February 07, 2023 01:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#102:  The second half of our interview with author and agroecologist Liz Carlisle focuses on some key figures in the organic farming movement, including George Washington Carver and FH King, and circles around to inspiring reciprocal relationships between farmers and eaters within their own com...

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Liz Carlisle Pt 1: Agroecology And The Green Revolution

Real Organic Podcast - January 31, 2023 14:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#101:  Author and agroecologist Liz Carlisle walks us through the historic promotion of chemical agriculture as a path towards food security - a very intentional part of US foreign policy during the Cold War.  She shares how the oppression of indigenous knowledge, foods, and traditions led to th...

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Vandana Shiva: The Poison Cartel Should Get Their Own Label

Real Organic Podcast - January 24, 2023 17:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#100:  World-renowned seed, climate, food and feminism activist Vandana Shiva joined Dave via Zoom from India in 2020 to share her thoughts on the origins and corruption of the organic movement. Vandana Shiva is a celebrated scholar, prolific author, and longtime activist who's work focuses on ...

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Paul Hawken Pt 2: In Favor Of Complex Systems

Real Organic Podcast - January 14, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#099:  The second half of our recent conversation with Climate activist and author Paul Hawken  deepens around the importance of complex soil systems for human health, the difficulties we face in reaching a broad audience through our fractured modern media channels,  and whether regenerative agr...

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Paul Hawken Pt 1: Social Dynamics Of Food, Farming, and Climate Change

Real Organic Podcast - January 10, 2023 18:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#098: Climate activist and author Paul Hawken joins us for his fifth interview, focused on food, agriculture, climate change, and greenwashing. In this episode, the first half of Dave Chapman's conversation with Paul, they discuss whether regenerative agriculture is organic and vice verse. Pau...

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Javier Zamora: Helping Farm Workers Succeed In California

Real Organic Podcast - January 03, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#097: Organic California farmer Javier Zamora talks about his role connecting  farmworkers to the resources, land, and skills they need to launch their own farming ventures through ALBA, the Agriculture And Land-Based Training Association, a program which he himself graduated from before opening...

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Ronnie Cummins: Connecting Organic Food + Climate Activism

Real Organic Podcast - December 27, 2022 21:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#096: A conversation about food, climate, and the "regenerative" buzzword taking over agriculture with lifelong activist Ronnie Cummins, the founder and director of Organic Consumers Association and a member of Regeneration International's steering committee. Ronnie Cummins is the founder and ...

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Dru Rivers: Organic As A Farmer To Farmer Movement

Real Organic Podcast - December 20, 2022 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#095: Dru Rivers, one of the original founders of Full Belly Farm in California's Capay Valley, remembers the early days of organic with CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers), when ideas, practices, and inspiration were exchanged freely between peers. Dru Rivers co-founded Full Belly Far...

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Zach Wolf Pt 2: The Basic Rights Of Eaters

Real Organic Podcast - December 13, 2022 01:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#094: In the second half of our conversation with Zach Wolf of Caney Fork Farms in Carthage, TN we talk about how food and agriculture relate to the environment, human health, and the quality of life for future generations on Earth. Zach Wolf is the current VP of the Board at the (biodynamic) D...

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Do You Hear What I Hear?

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - December 11, 2022 17:26 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Andy takes a look at the time around the birth of Jesus and what God is wanting to say to us regarding this. Today's Music: Hark the Herald Angels Sing, My Jesus, I Love You Lord, Death Was Arrested, and Silent Night (special by Marc Helf)

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Zach Wolf Pt 1: Understanding On-Farm Carbon Cycles

Real Organic Podcast - December 06, 2022 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#093: Zach Wolf of Caney Fork Farms in Carthage, TN talks us through the multiple crops, rotations, and efforts to sequester and properly cycle carbon on the 800 acres owned by Vice President Al Gore. Caney Forks hosts the annual Climate Underground conference and has a special interest in revea...

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Being Transformed

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - December 04, 2022 17:38 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
John looks at Romans 12:2 in the light of what it means to be transformed into a new creation. Today's Music:. O Come All Ye Faithful, Wide Open Space, What a Beautiful Name, Gratitude, and Little Drummer Boy

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Gary Hirshberg Part 2: Saving Organic Family Farms

Real Organic Podcast - November 29, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#092: In the second half of our conversation with Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg, we delve deeper into the reasons behind Danone/ Horizon's 2021 contract cancellations with 89 organic dairy farmers in the northeast and what can be done going forward. Gary introduces his new organization, the Northe...

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Celebration Sunday

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - November 27, 2022 17:41 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Today, we had a celebration Sunday where we expressed in many ways our gratitude for what God and others have meant to us in our lives. Today's Music: Now I'm Free, Cry Of My Heart, Ever Be, Love Will Never Fail, My Jesus I Love Thee, Gratitude, and The Blessing.

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Gary Hirshberg Part 1: Northeast Organic Dairy Farming Movement

Real Organic Podcast - November 22, 2022 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
#091: Since the early 1980s, Gary Hirshberg has been involved with organic dairy farming, partnering in business with the original Stonyfield Yogurt co-founders, Samuel and Louisa Kaymen. In the first half of our two-part interview, Gary takes us back to those days and explains how Stonyfield wo...

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Being There For People

Listen – Sauk Valley Community Church - November 20, 2022 17:48 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Sue German shares on how we can be there for people around us when they are hurting or are in need. This is summarized in James 2:15-16 and Galatians 6:2. Today's Music: Graves Into Gardens, You Are the One, The Solid Rock, and Anchor.