Latest Sustainableagriculture Podcast Episodes
Know Your Farmer: Javier Zamora, Organic Farmer & Owner of JSM Organics
Heartland Stories Radio - August 09, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesImmigrating to the United States in 1986, Javier Zamora worked in the service industry in southern California for 20 years before going back to school at the age of 43, earning his GED and a degree in landscape design before enrolling in the horticulture program at Cabrillo College. Sharpening h...
Julie Guthman: “Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry”
Heartland Stories Radio - August 02, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesDr. Julie Guthman is a Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her publications include four books and over forty articles in peer-reviewed professional journals. In 2017 and 2018, Dr. Guthman received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and th...
Teresa Mares: Food systems, Food Justice and Migrant Farm Workers
Heartland Stories Radio - July 26, 2022 11:02 - 29 minutesDr. Teresa Mares is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont and the Director for the Graduate Program in Food Systems. She received her M.A. (2005) and Ph.D. (2010) in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of Washington. She also completed a graduate certific...
Dr. Leonardo Trasande: “Sicker, Fatter, Poorer”: Understanding endocrine disruptors (re-run)
Heartland Stories Radio - July 19, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesThis week we are revisiting one of our interviews with Dr. Leonardo Trasande. Dr. Leonardo Trasande, Jim G. Hendrick MD Professor, is the Director of the Division of Environmental Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics at the New York University (NYU) Sch...
Kelly Ryerson: The Glyphosate's Girl Story (re-run)
Heartland Stories Radio - July 12, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesThis week we are revisiting one of your interviews with Kelly Ryerson. Kelly Ryerson is an environmental health writer, filmmaker, and ardent public health advocate. After alleviating her own chronic illness by eating a gluten-free and organic diet, she realized that toxins and chemicals were...
Raj Patel: “Inflamed”, His Newest Book Co-authored With Rupa Marya (re-run)
Heartland Stories Radio - July 05, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesThis week we are revisiting one of our interviews with Raj Patel. Raj Patel is an award-winning author, film-maker and academic. He is a Research Professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin and a Senior Research Associate at the Unit for the H...
John Ikerd: Our Broken Industrial Food System (re-run)
Heartland Stories Radio - June 28, 2022 10:05 - 28 minutesThis week we are revisiting one of our interviews with Dr. John Ikerd. Dr. John Ikerd is a retired Professor Emeritus of Agricultural & Applied economics at the University of Missouri, author, speaker as well as a leading figure in the sustainability revolution—one who is capable of deep insig...
Jacob Hundt on Holistic Higher Education in Microcolleges
Heartland Stories Radio - June 21, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesJacob Hundt is Executive Director, Board Member and a Faculty member at Thoreau College in Viroqua, Wisconsin. Growing up on a dairy farm in the Driftless Region of southwestern Wisconsin and one of the founding students of the Youth Initiative High School, Jacob gathered inspiration for transfo...
Dr. Michelle Perro: Sick Kids and What Parents Can Do About It
Heartland Stories Radio - June 14, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesDr. Michelle Perro is a veteran pediatrician with over 40 years of experience in acute and integrative medicine. Dr Perro has transformed her clinical practice to include pesticide and health advocacy more than fifteen years ago. She is also the co-author of the book “What’s Making Our Children ...
Molly Jahn: The Real Risks in the Food System
Heartland Stories Radio - June 07, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesDr. Molly Jahn is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she holds appointments in the Department of Agronomy, the Nelson Institute, the Global Health Institute (on leave 2019-20 for Government Service), and a $0 appointment in the Wisconsin School of Law. She is currently on a...
Andy Fisher: Big Hunger
Heartland Stories Radio - May 31, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesAndy Fisher is the Executive Director of the Ecological Farming Association and has been a leading force for social justice in the anti-hunger and food movements in the U.S. since the mid 1990s. He co-founded and led the Community Food Security Coalition for over 17 years and published his first...
Tony Bedard: Frontier Co-op's Story of Giving Back (Re-run)
Heartland Stories Radio - May 24, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesThis week we are revisiting our interview with Tony Bedard. Tony Bedard is the Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Co-op, whose mission to nourish people and planet is rooted in corporate social responsibility. Tony has also led more than 25 humanitarian missions to El Salvador and Haiti to s...
Dave Goulson: Silent Earth (Re-run)
Heartland Stories Radio - May 17, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesThis week we are revisiting our interview with Professor Dave Goulson. Dave Goulson is a Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex (England), who specializes in bee ecology. Professor Goulson has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees a...
Rachael Jones: The Locavore Farm
Heartland Stories Radio - May 10, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutesRachael Jones is a farmer and a co-founder of Locavore Farm and Sumac Creek Farm, which are situated 43-miles south of downtown Chicago in Kankakee County, Illinois. In 2013, Rachael was named Economic Development Leader of the Year by the Small Business Administration and in 2019 she received a...
Dr. Christopher Carter: “The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith, and Food Justice”
Heartland Stories Radio - May 03, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesDr. 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 Forwa...
Liz Carlisle: “Healing Grounds - Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming”
Heartland Stories Radio - April 26, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesLiz Carlisle is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara, where she teaches courses on food and farming. She has written three books about regenerative farming and agroecology: “Lentil Underground” (2015), “Grain by Grain” (2019, with co-author Bob Quinn)...
Tammi Jonas: The Story of a Farmer, Agroecologist & Mindful Meatsmith
Heartland Stories Radio - April 19, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesTammi Jonas is an agroecologist, farmer, mindful meatsmith, agrarian activist, author and academic with a focus on ethical, ecologically sound and socially-just food system. Tammi is the President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance and the founder and owner of Jonai Farms and Meatsmiths...
Chef Michel Nischan: Bringing Healthy & Wholesome Food to Those in Need
Heartland Stories Radio - April 12, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutesChef Michel Nischan is the founder and Executive Chairman of Wholesome Wave, the founder of Wholesome Crave, and co-founder of the James Beard Foundation’s Chefs Action Network. Michel is a four-time James Beard Award winning chef with over 30 years of leadership advocating for a more healthy an...
ep. 109: Sourcing Matters with Dan Barber
Sourcing Matters.show - April 08, 2022 16:40 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsep. 109: Dan Barber of Blue Hill BUILDING A COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS w/ host: Aaron Niederhelman In a far-reaching 40 minute conversation, chef, advocate, writer and businessman Dan Barber joins host Aaron Niederhelman to discuss the future of food and production. From alternative protein...
Elena Terry of Wild Bearies: The Healing Power of Ancestral Indigenous Food
Heartland Stories Radio - April 05, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesElena Terry is the Executive Chef/Founder of Wild Bearies, a non-profit community outreach catering organization that supports participants to overcome alcohol and other drug abuse issues or emotional traumas. One of her goals has been to develop mentorship programs that help build stronger comm...
Larry Jacobs: The Story of an Organic Farming Pioneer
Heartland Stories Radio - March 29, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesTogether with his wife Sandra Belin, Larry Jacobs founded Jacobs Farm, a successful northern California organic farming operation specializing in fresh culinary herbs in 1980. In 1986, they launched Del Cabo, a collective with a unique vision for social change and sustainability. Sandra and Larr...
Sarah Nelson of 18 Reasons: Why Cooking Still Matters
Heartland Stories Radio - March 22, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesSarah Nelson is the Executive Director for the organization 18 Reasons, a non-profit cooking school in the San Francisco area, with the mission to empower the community with the confidence and creativity to buy, cook and eat good food every day. Tune in to learn more about: Why and when we stop...
Dr. Ricardo Salvador: The Union of Concerned Scientists
Heartland Stories Radio - March 15, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesDr. Ricardo Salvador is a senior scientist and director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. He has over four decades of experience working with citizens, scientists, economists, and politicians to transition our current food system into one that grows health...
Michelle Horovitz: Appetite For Change
Heartland Stories Radio - March 08, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutesMichelle Horovitz is co-founder and Vice President of Innovation at Appetite For Change (AFC), a nonprofit social enterprise organization in Minneapolis, MN, which is dedicated to using food as a tool to build health, wealth and social change. AFC works with residents to build strong families an...
ep. 108: Repurposing Subsidies with Todd Barker
Sourcing Matters.show - March 05, 2022 19:47 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsep.108: ‘Repurposing Subsidies for Favorable Outcomes’ Guest: Todd Barker of Meridian Institute --- Favorable Outcomes In this episode you’ll hear that when subsidies are dolled out based on positive outcomes instead of crop type – good things happen. You see, according to a Sept 2...
Jeanette Burlingame: Community Hunger Solutions
Heartland Stories Radio - March 01, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutesJeanette Burlingame is the Program Manager at the Community Hunger Solutions in Viroqua, Wisconsin. Community Hunger Solutions is dedicated to connecting healthy, locally produced food with community members who face barriers to access. Tune in to learn more about: Jeanette’s story; About Com...
Alicia Kennedy: The Entangled Story of Food, Capitalism and Sustainability
Heartland Stories Radio - February 22, 2022 14:13 - 29 minutesOriginally from New York, Alicia Kennedy is an accomplished food writer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her weekly newsletter “From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy” delves into the topics of food culture, politics and media and has over 17,000 subscribers. She also contributed a recipe to the 50th an...
ep. 107: Animal Centric Agriculture
Sourcing Matters.show - February 19, 2022 16:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 107: Animal Centric Agriculture Host: Aaron Niederhelman Guest: Øistein Thorsen, CEO of FAI Farms Did you know that across the globe we process 70,000,000,000 (billion) land animals every year?! That includes nine billion food animals each yr. in the U.S. alone. And yet, it’s still ...
Dr. Robert Kremer: Glyphosate and Its Devastating Impact on Soil Biology
Heartland Stories Radio - February 15, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutesDr. Robert Kremer is an adjunct professor of soil science in both the Division of Plant Science and the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri. Dr. Kremer served as a research microbiologist for 32 years with the Cropping Systems and Water Quality research unit in Columbia, MO...
ep. 106: The Standard Bearer for Favorable Seas - MSC
Sourcing Matters.show - February 12, 2022 16:23 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode 106: Standard Bearer of Favorable Seas - MSC Host: Aaron Niederhelman Guest: Rupert Howes, CEO of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Rupert Howes explains it this way, “MSC is the standard setter. We have no ability whatsoever to influence the outcome of an independent certification....
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