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Seeds Save Us–Dylan Bruce from 2022-04-29T17:22:04

Seeds are the source of all food.  Will seeds save us? The FAO reports that only nine crop species now account for the majority of the world’s food supply. There has been a 90% decrease in plant br...

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Earthwhile Endeavor–Sally Calhoun from 2022-04-22T19:01:28

Worthwhile endeavors that are to protect and regenerate the Earth, must be"Earthwhile". Nestled in the heart of California's San Benito County among  sweeping oak-studded hillsides,  Paicines Ranch...

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Healing Grounds Heals Us–Liz Carlisle from 2022-04-15T17:53:41

Regenerative agriculture can significantly curb climate change, but only if it’s coupled with racial and land justice.  UC Santa Barbara professor and writer Liz Carlisle's  book, Healing Grounds: ...

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Better Farming–Jonathan Lundgren from 2022-04-08T19:00:18

A food system revolution is under way that begins with farming better. From his Blue Dasher Farm in South Dakota and the non-profit Ecdysis Foundation, Jonathan Lundgren professes that"we can grow ...

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Powers of Regeneration–Jesse McDougal from 2022-04-01T22:18:19

Caroline and Jesse McDougall work everyday to build abundance, diversity, and resilience on their farm in rural southern Shaftbury Vermont. Studio Hill Farm transitioned from conventional chemical ...

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Farm Days for Farm Daze–Senator Jim Patterson from 2022-03-25T23:04:18

Almost 50 years ago the Agriculture Council of America started National Ag Day. Since then across America, agriculture has been recognized and celebrated on a day or all week in March of every year...

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Country Music Country Farming–Barry and Aliceson Bales from 2022-03-21T03:11:44

Country music legends and livestock on a farm in East Tennessee surprisingly have something in common.  Aliceson and Barry Bales own a family farm in East Tennessee where they raise grass fed and f...

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Country Music, Country Farming–Aliceson and Barry Bales from 2022-03-18T22:05:34

Country music legends and livestock on a farm in East Tennessee surprisingly have something in common.  Aliceson and Barry Bales own a family farm in East Tennessee where they raise grass fed and f...

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Local Craft Butcher Shops–Eric V Miller from 2022-03-12T15:37:33

Local Butcher Shops are coming back as more consumers want to experience the craft, knowledge and quality assurance of old.  The new version of an old tradition provides local, humanely treated, pa...

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Your Consumer Segment–Jayson Lusk from 2022-03-04T18:21:47

Distinguished Named Professor Jayson Lusk, Agricultural Economics. (Purdue University/ Mark Simons)Food insecurity is a reality for 16% of the public and 32% are waiting for their next pay check be...

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Make It App‘N–Peggy Meyer from 2022-02-25T21:10:47

The most hated chore on most farms is paperwork.  From her family farm in Nebraska Peggy Meyer thought there had to be a better way, so she created an app to help farmers manage their paperwork mor...

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Quacks In The Field–Farmer Jeff Siewicki from 2022-02-19T15:55:39

When we think of pasture sounds, it's moo, baaa, or whinnies.  So why not quacks, clucks and honks.? Well poultry in the pasture is the gateway to farming since the aspiring farmers can start with ...

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Bioengineered Now Disclosed–Greg Jaffe from 2022-02-12T03:35:43

Some are concerned about whether or not the foods they buy contain GMO, genetically modified organisms, or what USDA refers to as Bioengineered. As a result of a 2016 Bill passed by Congress and si...

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Animals Need Tech Too–Paulo Loureiro, DVM from 2022-02-05T04:18:18

Technology in smart phones and watches help people identify current and emerging issues that Doctors can address. Do animals deserve any less?  Rapidly improving technology helps ranchers, farmers ...

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BUYodynamic SOS–Mark Rathbone from 2022-01-29T05:54:01

Regenerative? Organic? Real Organic? Non GMO?  Sustainable? Biodynamic? Consumers understandably get confused by the terms when they just want to buy the best food for themselves and their families...

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Fair Competition&Resilience in Meat Supply–Jenny Lester Moffitt, USDA UnderSecretary from 2022-01-21T23:17:21

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a video conference with farmers, ranchers and meat processors to discuss meat and poultry supply chain issues, from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washing...

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Food Chained, Human Trafficking–Anne Ross from 2022-01-15T04:28:56

There have been major, well-documented problems with child labor overseas in production of various food imports. These foods make their way into the US market--another reason consumers want to know...

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Makin’Bacon Cost More–Dan Sumner from 2022-01-08T00:39:08

Bacon crisis? Or not? Since Californians voted to require more space for pigs, chickens and veal calves, consumers have started to worry about  what it will mean for the price and availability of b...

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Make A Living, Not A Killing–Wendell Berry from 2022-01-01T19:55:07

“To make a living is not to make a killing. It’s to have enough.” says Wendell Berry  in many ways, in scores of books over the years. As we consider the future of the world we need to reflect on t...

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Water, Land and Power–Mark Arax from 2021-12-29T05:32:21

With climate change what is the future of agriculture?  The author of The Dreamt Land, Mark Arax draws from his chronicles of California over the past three decades to consider where we've been and...

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Fighting for Food&Seed Sovereignty–Elizabeth Hoover from 2021-12-18T00:31:21

  Because ‘we are what we eat,’ the Native American food sovereignty movement is working to revitalize and perpetuate traditional food systems in order to promote good physical, cultural and spiri...

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African Farms to Tables–Donald Madukwe&Akintunde Akinwande from 2021-12-11T19:01:43

Small holder farmer provide over 80 to 90 % of food production in Africa. However much more food is needed and farmers need to earn more money to lift them and their families  beyond subsistence, j...

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New Tech For A World Of Farms–Jennifer Fawkes from 2021-12-04T03:47:51

Successful agriculture requires a continuous supply of new ideas and technology for farmers of all types to meet the demands of global and local markets, profitably. Over 100,000 from the farm to t...

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Humane Washing–Ben Goldsmith from 2021-11-27T02:32:33

 "Green Washing"is a better recognized term than"Humane Washing"but it's the same idea of claiming to be as good as your customers want to hear. Exaggerations or plain mistruths take liberty with t...

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Metaverse Farm to Metaverse Table–Troy Hooper, Clubhouse from 2021-11-20T03:08:05

  Food is changing. How will we eat? That’s the question posed in the Farm To Table Talk Clubhouse room to Troy Hooper a multi- business entrepreneur in the hospitality space with a consulting pra...

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COP 26 Ag Focus–Karen Ross, Secretary of CA Ag. from 2021-11-11T19:34:55

Nothing less than the future of the world is the focus of the gathering in Glasgow Scotland, known as COP 26.  The California Secretary of Agriculture, Karen Ross was there to share the progress an...

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Bet The Farm–Beth Hoffman from 2021-11-06T16:34:40

Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a journalist and professor, a comfortable home in San Francisco, and plenty of close friends and family. Yet in her late 40s, s...

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Chefs’Manifesto–Paul Newnham from 2021-10-29T18:26:17

The Chefs’ Manifesto is a chef-led project that brings together 1000+ chefs from around the world to help deliver a sustainable food system. As chefs bridge the gap between farm and fork, the Chefs...

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Meat Comes Back–Michael Dimock from 2021-10-23T18:02:04

COVID disruptions again showed that instead of dependence on a few global meat conglomerates, States and Provinces need more small-scale slaughter and cut-and-wrap facilities -- creating  skilled j...

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Bucket List Dining–Chef Dneb Williams from 2021-10-15T20:53:39

In our ideal world the best farming  finds its way to the best restaurants. One of those journeys leads to Allora in Sacramento where the best things in life belong together,  food and wine. Allora...

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Food Wise Experience Is Everything–Gigi Berardi from 2021-10-08T19:30:36

"Experience is everything,"says Gigi Berardi, Ph.D., author of Food Wise: A Whole Systems Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Food Choices, “We all eat, but we make different choices about what to e...

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Rewilding is Healing–Daniel Firth Griffith from 2021-10-02T01:22:59

Rewilding can regenerate our relationship with nature/soil, sequester carbon, increase biodiversity, nourish foods and heal our communities. Rewilding is happening in Nelson County, Virginia with 1...

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UN Food System Summit–Paul Newnham from 2021-09-24T05:08:19

  World leaders have committed to tackling global hunger, climate change and biodiversity loss at an historic UN Food Systems Summit. More than 150 countries made commitments to transform their ...

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Legally Resilient–Rachel Armstrong from 2021-09-17T21:31:24

Everything is changing down on the farm, except for the laws.  How do farmers and ranchers keep up while they diversify in to direct to consumer sales, wedding sites, field dinners, local meat proc...

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Feeding Earth’s Future–Adegbola Adesogan from 2021-09-11T04:15:53

Call it what you will, the climate is weird and getting more dangerous. Still reactive blanket prescriptions for changing the world's diets must take in to account that over 800,000 people are subs...

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Feeding Earth’s Future–Adegbola Adesogan from 2021-09-11T04:15:53

Call it what you will, the climate is weird and getting more dangerous. Still reactive blanket prescriptions for changing the world's diets must take in to account that over 800,000 people are subs...

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Rescuing Mother Earth–Tim LaSalle from 2021-09-04T01:27:26

The world can draw down all of our Carbon emissions if agriculture fully embraced regenerative agriculture. Soils must be regularly monitored by probing  carbon levels because the more that is in t...

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Rescuing Mother Earth–Tim LaSalle from 2021-09-04T01:27:26

The world can draw down all of our Carbon emissions if agriculture fully embraced regenerative agriculture. Soils must be regularly monitored by probing  carbon levels because the more that is in t...

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Holistic Abundance–Abbey Smith, Savory Institute from 2021-08-27T22:54:25

Global regenerative abundance is the goal and holistic management is the way to get there. It's an abstract perspective at first, but when coachedto this vision by the Savory Institute's Global Net...

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Holistic Abundance–Abbey Smith, Savory Institute from 2021-08-27T22:54:25

Global regenerative abundance is the goal and holistic management is the way to get there. It's an abstract perspective at first, but when coached to this vision by the Savory Institute's Global Ne...

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Take That First Step–Ben Glassen from 2021-08-21T16:27:55

To cook, farm or eat in a different way requires taking that first step.  On Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Ben Glassen has taken first steps in regeneratively raising animals and providing ...

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Take That First Step–Ben Glassen from 2021-08-21T16:27:55

To cook, farm or eat in a different way requires taking that first step.  On Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Ben Glassen has taken first steps in regeneratively raising animals and providing ...

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Creating Links in the Food Chain–Joseph Lee from 2021-08-14T00:35:36

COVID-19 forced thousands of farmers, fishermen, butchers, and food suppliers to make incredible changes that they had  never imagined. Fortunately, in the emerging food chain, suppliers of all siz...

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Creating Links in the Food Chain–Joseph Lee from 2021-08-14T00:35:36

COVID-19 forced thousands of farmers, fishermen, butchers, and food suppliers to make incredible changes that they had  never imagined. Fortunately, in the emerging food chain, suppliers of all siz...

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Social Science and Special Interests–Silvia Secchi from 2021-08-06T18:10:31

What does Social Science have to do with our food system?  Professor Silvia Secchi a Social Scientist at the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa believes it has a key role to play as is ...

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Social Science and Special Interests–Silvia Secchi from 2021-08-06T18:10:31

What does Social Science have to do with our food system?  Professor Silvia Secchi a Social Scientist at the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa believes it has a key role to play as is ...

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Farmers Market On Wheels–Sara Bernal from 2021-07-30T22:47:55

If food insecure populations can't make it to food markets,  bring it to them. With this idea and a grant from the California Department of Agriculture for a Farmers Market Food Truck, this is a dr...

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Farmers Market On Wheels–Sara Bernal from 2021-07-30T22:47:55

If food insecure populations can't make it to food markets,  bring it to them. With this idea and a grant from the California Department of Agriculture for a Farmers Market Food Truck, this is a dr...

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Hunger and Food Waste Solutions -Carol Shatuck from 2021-07-23T18:40:03

Food waste presents its own serious crisis. As awareness has risen about the impact of climate change on our environment, we are learning the significant role that food waste plays. In America, 40%...

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Hunger and Food Waste Solutions -Carol Shatuck from 2021-07-23T18:40:03

Food waste presents its own serious crisis. As awareness has risen about the impact of climate change on our environment, we are learning the significant role that food waste plays. In America, 40%...

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Nonpassive Farmers&Eaters–Francis Thicke&Dave Chapman from 2021-07-16T23:13:10

  Before he became the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson envisioned a country of'citizen farmers'who would be engaged in government. Jefferson would have been pleased with cit...

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Nonpassive Farmers&Eaters–Francis Thicke&Dave Chapman from 2021-07-16T23:13:10

  Before he became the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson envisioned a country of'citizen farmers'who would be engaged in government. Jefferson would have been pleased with cit...

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Pledging Head, Heart, Hands and Health–Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty from 2021-07-09T18:39:32

If more of us pledged our head to clearer thinking, our heart to greater loyalty, our hands to larger service and our health to better living it would be better for us, our clubs, our community, ou...

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Pledging Head, Heart, Hands and Health–Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty from 2021-07-09T18:39:32

If more of us pledged our head to clearer thinking, our heart to greater loyalty, our hands to larger service and our health to better living it would be better for us, our clubs, our community, ou...

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Louis Bromfield Now–Rich Collins, Anneliese Abbott, John Jamison&Sukey Jamison from 2021-07-02T23:01:26

Louis Bromfield planted seeds of the food revolution and reminds us to"Never forget that agriculture is the oldest of the honorable professions and that always the good farmer is the fundamental ci...

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Louis Bromfield Now–Rich Collins, Anneliese Abbott, John Jamison&Sukey Jamison from 2021-07-02T23:01:26

Louis Bromfield planted seeds of the food revolution and reminds us to"Never forget that agriculture is the oldest of the honorable professions and that always the good farmer is the fundamental ci...

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Labor Supremes–Michael Droke from 2021-06-26T01:11:04

On-farm agriculture operations have been excluded from federal labor law since 1935. California filled this gap by creating its own law in 1975, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (“AL...

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Labor Supremes–Michael Droke from 2021-06-26T01:11:04

On-farm agriculture operations have been excluded from federal labor law since 1935. California filled this gap by creating its own law in 1975, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (“AL...

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Climate: Cows or Cars?–Frank Mitloehner, UCDavis from 2021-06-18T22:04:59

Will eating less meat save the planet? Some say so but science says no. of course if you're looking for a reason to eat less meat and tell others to do the same, climate change seems to add to your...

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Climate: Cows or Cars?–Frank Mitloehner, UCDavis from 2021-06-18T22:04:59

Will eating less meat save the planet? Some say so but science says no. of course if you're looking for a reason to eat less meat and tell others to do the same, climate change seems to add to your...

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Water Matters Most–Randy Record from 2021-06-12T20:11:45

Except for the air we breathe, nothing is more important to life on earth than water.  Humans can live up to 60 days without food but only a few days without water.  So water is life and the worsen...

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Water Matters Most–Randy Record from 2021-06-12T20:11:45

Except for the air we breathe, nothing is more important to life on earth than water.  Humans can live up to 60 days without food but only a few days without water.  So water is life and the worsen...

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Millennials Farm and Ranch–Paige Dulaney and Bryon Moes from 2021-06-05T18:16:27

  Not all farmers are old.. Millennials are coming back to family farms and ranches in impressive numbers.  After college and trying other adventures many are deciding that their passion and what ...

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Millennials Farm and Ranch–Paige Dulaney and Bryon Moes from 2021-06-05T18:16:27

  Not all farmers are old.. Millennials are coming back to family farms and ranches in impressive numbers.  After college and trying other adventures many are deciding that their passion and what ...

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Bush to Table from 2021-05-29T18:00:08

  Connecting small farmers to new markets is a universal goal. In Fiji and Australia that is being accomplished due to the efforts of twin sisters, Lisa and Zoe Paisley who have  co-founded Aggie ...

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Bush to Table from 2021-05-29T18:00:08

  Connecting small farmers to new markets is a universal goal. In Fiji and Australia that is being accomplished due to the efforts of twin sisters, Lisa and Zoe Paisley who have  co-founded Aggie ...

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Farmlink Project- James Kanoff from 2021-05-21T17:56:01

Billions of pounds of produce are going to waste while millions of Americans are going hungry. Seeing food lines develop all over, some University students decided to do something to change that. T...

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Farmlink Project- James Kanoff from 2021-05-21T17:56:01

Billions of pounds of produce are going to waste while millions of Americans are going hungry. Seeing food lines develop all over, some University students decided to do something to change that. T...

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Smart People, Bad Choices–Jack Bobo from 2021-05-14T19:01:05

Consumers have never known more about nutrition and yet, have never been more overweight. For most Americans, maintaining a balanced diet is more difficult than doing their taxes. What are we doing...

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Smart People, Bad Choices–Jack Bobo from 2021-05-14T19:01:05

Consumers have never known more about nutrition and yet, have never been more overweight. For most Americans, maintaining a balanced diet is more difficult than doing their taxes. What are we doing...

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Biodynamic Insights–Chris Daugherty from 2021-05-08T12:21:36

Nutrient density, biodynamic and regenerative are terms of relevance to the health of  our planet, our soil, our food and ourselves. It's tricky learning the connections but  Dr. Christopher Daughe...

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Biodynamic Insights–Chris Daugherty from 2021-05-08T12:21:36

Nutrient density, biodynamic and regenerative are terms of relevance to the health of  our planet, our soil, our food and ourselves. It's tricky learning the connections but  Dr. Christopher Daughe...

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New Normal It’s Not–Suzy Badaracco from 2021-05-01T03:00:26

  Now is not the new normal. Consumers were forced to change their shopping and dining food practices by the pandemic.  As they return to stores and restaurants, they need to be the Hero of thei...

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New Normal It’s Not–Suzy Badaracco from 2021-05-01T03:00:26

  Now is not the new normal. Consumers were forced to change their shopping and dining food practices by the pandemic.  As they return to stores and restaurants, they need to be the Hero of thei...

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Becoming Farmers–Mary Kimball from 2021-04-24T18:49:46

  Many people wish they could farm and new farmers are needed. Sounds like a match. It is a well established fact that the average age of farmers is around the age that people are thinking of re...

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Becoming Farmers–Mary Kimball from 2021-04-24T18:49:46

  Many people wish they could farm and new farmers are needed. Sounds like a match. It is a well established fact that the average age of farmers is around the age that people are thinking of re...

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Better Life Rural–Johnathan Hladk from 2021-04-16T09:30:10

Families are spending more time cooking at home and local meat provides a better and more affordable alternative. According to Johnathan Hladk the Policy Director for the Center for Rural Affairs, ...

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Better Life Rural–Johnathan Hladk from 2021-04-16T09:30:10

Families are spending more time cooking at home and local meat provides a better and more affordable alternative. According to Johnathan Hladk the Policy Director for the Center for Rural Affairs, ...

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Good Vibes Farming–Francesco Arlia from 2021-04-11T00:33:25

New technologies will play an important role in the future of farming for every size, shape, climate and geographic location. The ideas are popping up fast and increasingly affordable for the full ...

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Good Vibes Farming–Francesco Arlia from 2021-04-11T00:33:25

New technologies will play an important role in the future of farming for every size, shape, climate and geographic location. The ideas are popping up fast and increasingly affordable for the full ...

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Climate Smart Agriculture–Secretary Karen Ross from 2021-04-03T15:59:35

Climate smart agriculture will make a difference to farmers, citizens and life on earth.  Karen Ross, the Secretary of Food And Agriculture for the California Department of Agriculture is on the fr...

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Climate Smart Agriculture–Secretary Karen Ross from 2021-04-03T15:59:35

Climate smart agriculture will make a difference to farmers, citizens and life on earth.  Karen Ross, the Secretary of Food And Agriculture for the California Department of Agriculture is on the fr...

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Food System Clubhouse–Paula Daniels from 2021-03-27T19:14:45

  Clubhouse is a drop-in audio chat network that now includes conversations about the food system, on Farm To Table Talk.  The Center for Good Food Purchasing uses the power of procurement to cr...

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Food System Clubhouse–Paula Daniels from 2021-03-27T19:14:45

  Clubhouse is a drop-in audio chat network that now includes conversations about the food system, on Farm To Table Talk.  The Center for Good Food Purchasing uses the power of procurement to cr...

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Give Livestock A Break–Illias Kyriazakis from 2021-03-20T02:04:01

It's become popular to bash livestock production and meat consumption for extreme green house gas emissions.  What if the data is wrong? In the UK where carbon neutral agriculture is to be accompli...

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Give Livestock A Break–Illias Kyriazakis from 2021-03-20T02:04:01

It's become popular to bash livestock production and meat consumption for extreme green house gas emissions.  What if the data is wrong? In the UK where carbon neutral agriculture is to be accompli...

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Warm and CRISPR Climate–Andrew Porterfield from 2021-03-13T01:01:51

The Nobel Prize Committee has just recognized the scientists who discovered CRISPR—genetic scissors that are a tool for rewriting the code of life and potentially a tool in limiting global warming....

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Warm and CRISPR Climate–Andrew Porterfield from 2021-03-13T01:01:51

The Nobel Prize Committee has just recognized the scientists who discovered CRISPR—genetic scissors that are a tool for rewriting the code of life and potentially a tool in limiting global warming....

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Omnivore’s Dilemma, Delusion or Delight—Blake Hurst from 2021-03-06T00:13:23

Do omnivores face a dilemma as Michael Pollan famously proposed in his popular book over a decade ago or is the dilemma a delusion? Farmer Blake Hurst who just completed 10 years as President of th...

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Omnivore’s Dilemma, Delusion or Delight—Blake Hurst from 2021-03-06T00:13:23

Do omnivores face a dilemma as Michael Pollan famously proposed in his popular book over a decade ago or is the dilemma a delusion? Farmer Blake Hurst who just completed 10 years as President of th...

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Tools To End Hunger–Katie Martin from 2021-02-27T01:46:29

COVID-19 has exacerbated food insecurity and laid bare systemic inequalities that contribute to hunger. One in six Americans—54 million—are food insecure, with the largest increases seen in communi...

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Tools To End Hunger–Katie Martin from 2021-02-27T01:46:29

COVID-19 has exacerbated food insecurity and laid bare systemic inequalities that contribute to hunger. One in six Americans—54 million—are food insecure, with the largest increases seen in communi...

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Linking The Food Chain- Rob Neenan from 2021-02-20T20:48:22

It might be appealing to imagine all food going straight from'Old McDonald's Farm"to our tables, but it's not realistic.  Because of seasons, climates, soils, water (quality and availabilty) resear...

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Linking The Food Chain- Rob Neenan from 2021-02-20T20:48:22

It might be appealing to imagine all food going straight from'Old McDonald's Farm"to our tables, but it's not realistic.  Because of seasons, climates, soils, water (quality and availabilty) resear...

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Changing Farm Ways–Emily Newman, Rodale Institute from 2021-02-13T16:55:54

A lot of people want to farm and some farmers want to change the way they farm.  Emily Newman is helping those folks in her role as Program Manager for Rodale Institute's Organic Crop Consulting Se...

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Changing Farm Ways–Emily Newman, Rodale Institute from 2021-02-13T16:55:54

A lot of people want to farm and some farmers want to change the way they farm.  Emily Newman is helping those folks in her role as Program Manager for Rodale Institute's Organic Crop Consulting Se...

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Sustainability Is A Happy Family–JoBeth Evans and Maggie Davidson from 2021-02-06T05:35:55

  Sisters JoBeth Evans and Maggie Davidson have been farming since they were old enough to feed the cows but just recently  (officially) went in business with their parents to form Williams Ang...

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Sustainability Is A Happy Family–JoBeth Evans and Maggie Davidson from 2021-02-06T05:35:55

  Sisters JoBethEvans and Maggie Davidson have been farming since they were old enough to feed the cows but just recently  (officially) went in business with their parents to form Williams Angu...

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Smart Label Down Under–Paul Ryan and Rob Mackenzie from 2021-01-30T03:36:42

Food fraud and political tensions have heavily impacted Australian farmers exporting products to international markets. Traceability and provenance are essential to fighting food fraud and opening ...

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Smart Label Down Under–Paul Ryan and Rob Mackenzie from 2021-01-30T03:36:42

Food fraud and political tensions have heavily impacted Australian farmers exporting products to international markets. Traceability and provenance are essential to fighting food fraud and opening ...

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Which Came First–Josh Balk from 2021-01-23T03:20:26

  Consumers, Restaurants, Supermarkets and Farmers are finding common ground on animal production and marketing animal products. Here it can be argued that"the egg came first."Josh Balk leads th...

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Which Came First–Josh Balk from 2021-01-23T03:20:26

  Consumers, Restaurants, Supermarkets and Farmers are finding common ground on animal production and marketing animal products. Here it can be argued that"the egg came first."Josh Balk leads th...

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Science and Solutions–Diego Angelo from 2021-01-16T20:04

  Scientific advancesare credited (or blamed) for food system progress (or problems) depending on food philosophies and perspectives.  Yet new knowledge  that comes from new scientific findings ca...

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Science and Solutions–Diego Angelo from 2021-01-16T20:04

  Scientific advancesare credited (or blamed) for food system progress (or problems) depending on food philosophies and perspectives.  Yet new knowledge  that comes from new scientific findings ca...

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Healing Earth Heals Us–Rupa Marya, MD from 2021-01-09T21:02:44

  From farms to citizens of the world of the world inflammation causes disease and makes health impossible. Global transformation will need recognition that farming is medicine for the health of...

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Healing Earth Heals Us–Rupa Marya, MD from 2021-01-09T21:02:44

  From farms to citizens of the world of the world inflammation causes disease and makes health impossible. Global transformation will need recognition that farming is medicine for the health of...

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Dietary Guidelines–Barbara Schneeman, DGC Chair from 2021-01-02T22:59:34

Every five years the US Government develops and publishes"Dietary Guidelines For Americans".  The Guidelines for 2020 - 20225 have now been  released by the two responsible agencies, USDA and HHS. ...

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Dietary Guidelines–Barbara Schneeman, DGC Chair from 2021-01-02T22:59:34

Every five years the US Government develops and publishes"Dietary Guidelines For Americans".  The Guidelines for 2020 - 20225 have now been  released by the two responsible agencies, USDA and HHS. ...

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Loving Our World—Wendell Berry&Bill Moyers from 2020-12-25T07:25:14

"To make a living is not to make a killing. It's to have enough."says Wendell Berry  in many ways, in scores of books over the years. As we consider the future of the world we need to reflect on th...

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Loving Our World—Wendell Berry&Bill Moyers from 2020-12-25T07:25:14

"To make a living is not to make a killing. It's to have enough."says Wendell Berry  in many ways, in scores of books over the years. As we consider the future of the world we need to reflect on th...

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Revitalize Rural USA–Marion Nestle from 2020-12-20T17:03:10

  Covid pandemic demonstrated enormous problems in the food system with food being destroyed while people were going hungry.  If we want to revitalize the food system and rural America we have to ...

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Revitalize Rural USA–Marion Nestle from 2020-12-20T17:03:10

  Covid pandemic demonstrated enormous problems in the food system with food being destroyed while people were going hungry.  If we want to revitalize the food system and rural America we have to ...

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Farmer Protests–Deep Singh from 2020-12-12T23:13:32

  Some of the world's largest protests are taking place in support of farmers in India.  Whether in Delhi, San Francisco or Paris people have gone to the streets to show solidarity with the smal...

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Farmer Protests–Deep Singh from 2020-12-12T23:13:32

  Some of the world's largest protests are taking place in support of farmers in India.  Whether in Delhi, San Francisco or Paris people have gone to the streets to show solidarity with the smal...

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Bounty, Peril&Politics–Tom Philpott from 2020-12-05T18:58:26

  When once againsafe to travel through farm country, the bounty of the food system  will be evident.  So are the perils resulting from misdirected political power.  Tom Philpott, author, podcas...

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Bounty, Peril&Politics–Tom Philpott from 2020-12-05T18:58:26

  When once againsafe to travel through farm country, the bounty of the food system  will be evident.  So are the perils resulting from misdirected political power.  Tom Philpott, author, podcas...

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Working for Peanuts–Erin Sastre&Tyler Towne from 2020-11-28T20:24:15

  Masked or not, face to face marketing can't be beat; because  wherever you are in the food chain it is best to have direct contact with customers.  Erin Sastre and Tyler Towne are literally do...

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Working for Peanuts–Erin Sastre&Tyler Towne from 2020-11-28T20:24:15

  Masked or not, face to face marketing can't be beat; because  wherever you are in the food chain it is best to have direct contact with customers.  Erin Sastre and Tyler Towne are literally do...

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Half Story Half Food All Good–Chef Rob Connoley from 2020-11-21T02:35:56

  The story of a place has to include the story of it's food: what was grown and what they ate. Taking that to heart, the owner Chef of Bulrush Restaurant in St. Louis, Rob Connoly, is finding a...

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Half Story Half Food All Good–Chef Rob Connoley from 2020-11-21T02:35:56

  The story of a place has to include the story of it's food: what was grown and what they ate. Taking that to heart, the owner Chef of Bulrush Restaurant in St. Louis, Rob Connoly, is finding a...

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Poor Air Poor Nutrition Poor Us–Dr. Kristie Ebi from 2020-11-14T17:09:50

  Climate change effects will go way beyond receding coasts and shrinking farm  regions to to include the quality of air that plants need to produce nutritious foods. When carbon levels in the a...

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Poor Air Poor Nutrition Poor Us–Dr. Kristie Ebi from 2020-11-14T17:09:50

  Climate change effects will go way beyond receding coasts and shrinking farm  regions to to include the quality of air that plants need to produce nutritious foods. When carbon levels in the a...

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Women Farming and Leading—Kristyn Mensonides and Lynne Wheeler from 2020-11-07T20:00:09

  Well educated youngwomen who could do anything are choosing to farm, and to lead.  Equal gender opportunities do abound in agriculture, including the opportunity to give leadership to controvers...

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Women Farming and Leading—Kristyn Mensonides and Lynne Wheeler from 2020-11-07T20:00:09

  Well educated youngwomen who could do anything are choosing to farm, and to lead.  Equal gender opportunities do abound in agriculture, including the opportunity to give leadership to controvers...

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GMO Deregulation—Greg Jaffe from 2020-10-30T02:57:37

For better or worse there has been substantial deregulation happening in the US Capitol, now including genetic engineering (GMO/GE).  Greg Jaffe is the Biotech Director for the Center for Science i...

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GMO Deregulation—Greg Jaffe from 2020-10-30T02:57:37

For better or worse there has been substantial deregulation happening in the US Capitol, now including genetic engineering (GMO/GE).  Greg Jaffe is the Biotech Director for the Center for Science i...

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Ag’s New World–Kristine MacRae, Deborah Wilson from 2020-10-24T00:05:21

     Agriculture may be 10,000 years old but it's a new world. Farmers and Ranchers are facing the new challenges  with new technologies and new philosophies, enpowering the big and the small. Th...

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Ag’s New World–Kristine MacRae, Deborah Wilson from 2020-10-24T00:05:21

     Agriculture may be 10,000 years old but it's a new world. Farmers and Ranchers are facing the new challenges  with new technologies and new philosophies, enpowering the big and the small. Th...

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North American Food Strategy–Emily Broad Lieb, Harvard Law from 2020-10-17T21:42:30

The North American food system has succeeded in producing an abundance of commodities at relatively low cost, but it is failing in other ways that matter. Showing how law and policy should make nee...

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North American Food Strategy–Emily Broad Lieb, Harvard Law from 2020-10-17T21:42:30

The North American food system has succeeded in producing an abundance of commodities at relatively low cost, but it is failing in other ways that matter. Showing how law and policy should make nee...

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Tomato’s Endless Season–Greg Pruett from 2020-10-13T00:37:26

  Seasons are the rhythm of nature, naturally restricting the availability of fruits and vegetables.  That is except when it's with a food such as tomatoes that are freshly preserved in diced, pee...

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Tomato’s Endless Season–Greg Pruett from 2020-10-13T00:37:26

  Seasons are the rhythm of nature, naturally restricting the availability of fruits and vegetables.  That is except when it's with a food such as tomatoes that are freshly preserved in diced, pee...

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Care for Coffee?–Jay Ruskey from 2020-10-11T00:15:05

In every region farmers are finding ways to pivot from producing the same commodities that have always been produced on their land.  New farmers are also finding new ways to get started that includ...

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Care for Coffee?–Jay Ruskey from 2020-10-11T00:15:05

In every region farmers are finding ways to pivot from producing the same commodities that have always been produced on their land.  New farmers are also finding new ways to get started that includ...

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Bridging Food Streams–Troy Rice from 2020-10-03T19:48:01

There is a growing need for informational bridges between farmers markets, farm workers, shoppers, and farmers of every size shape and situation. Troy Rice established Farm Brigge to fill that need...

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Bridging Food Streams–Troy Rice from 2020-10-03T19:48:01

There is a growing need for informational bridges between farmers markets, farm workers, shoppers, and farmers of every size shape and situation. Troy Rice established Farm Brigge to fill that need...

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Kiss The Ground podcast–Josh Tickell, Author, Filmmaker from 2020-09-26T22:28:17

If you’re not yet a believer that we can create a climate stable future, you probably will be a believer after listening to Josh Tickell. He and his wife Rebecca wrote the book and produced the mos...

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Kiss The Ground podcast–Josh Tickell, Author, Filmmaker from 2020-09-26T22:28:17

If you’re not yet a believer that we can create a climate stable future, you probably will be a believer after listening to Josh Tickell. He and his wife Rebecca wrote the book and produced the mos...

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Fix What’s Broken–Ricardo Salvador from 2020-09-18T23:35:51

For too many it is basically a no win situation if you're a farmer and so they ask"How can I get off this treadmill?"The dream of farming can become a nightmare in a broken system explains  Ricardo...

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Fix What’s Broken–Ricardo Salvador from 2020-09-18T23:35:51

For too many it is basically a no win situation if you're a farmer and so they ask"How can I get off this treadmill?"The dream of farming can become a nightmare in a broken system explains  Ricardo...

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Packing Plant-demic–Ricardo Salvador from 2020-09-18T23:03:52

The fact that the food system lacks resilience is apparent from the devastating effects of COVID on meat packing plant employees.  In a system that inspired Henry Ford's assembly plant, these dis-a...

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Packing Plant-demic–Ricardo Salvador from 2020-09-18T23:03:52

The fact that the food system lacks resilience is apparent from the devastating effects of COVID on meat packing plant employees.  In a system that inspired Henry Ford's assembly plant, these dis-a...

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Small Is The New Big–Zack Smith from 2020-09-11T22:55:28

For many it would be a dream come true if their family could be supported from an 80 acre farm instead of the more typical 2,000 acres commodity farm.  In a recent article, Ricardo Salvador of the ...

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Small Is The New Big–Zack Smith from 2020-09-11T22:55:28

For many it would be a dream come true if their family could be supported from an 80 acre farm instead of the more typical 2,000 acres commodity farm.  In a recent article, Ricardo Salvador of the ...

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New Pivot, Ancient Grain–Claire Smith from 2020-09-04T18:26:42

  Can traditional MidWest commodity farms pivot to a more diverse system than just corn and soybeans? It's an important question as farmers and their customers pursue sustainable farming systems; ...

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New Pivot, Ancient Grain–Claire Smith from 2020-09-04T18:26:42

  Can traditional MidWest commodity farms pivot to a more diverse system than just corn and soybeans? It's an important question as farmers and their customers pursue sustainable farming systems; ...

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Your Time Picks You–Mayor Darrel Steinberg from 2020-08-29T20:55:02

We didn't pick 2020 as our time to step up, but 2020 picked us. Community leaders, restaurants and local farmers are stepping up to tackle the existential health, safety and economic crises of 2020...

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Your Time Picks You–Mayor Darrel Steinberg from 2020-08-29T20:55:02

We didn't pick 2020 as our time to step up, but 2020 picked us. Community leaders, restaurants and local farmers are stepping up to tackle the existential health, safety and economic crises of 2020...

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Farming Towns and Cities–Richard Fordyce USDA Administrator/Farmer from 2020-08-22T19:10:12

Farming in Cities and Towns is not where you usually expect to run across the US Department of Agriculture. Well that’s beginning to change as the USDA’s Farm Service Agency is launching county com...

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Farming Towns and Cities–Richard Fordyce USDA Administrator/Farmer from 2020-08-22T19:10:12

Farming in Cities and Towns is not where you usually expect to run across the US Department of Agriculture. Well that’s beginning to change as the USDA’s Farm Service Agency is launching county com...

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Online Markets For All–Cole Jones from 2020-08-14T22:01:07

Covid has hastened the shift to online markets for every size and shape of farmers to connect with wholesale, retail or consumers around the corner or around the world. Local farmers who have been ...

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Online Markets For All–Cole Jones from 2020-08-14T22:01:07

Covid has hastened the shift to online markets for every size and shape of farmers to connect with wholesale, retail or consumers around the corner or around the world. Local farmers who have been ...

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Let’s Talk Turkey–Jason Diestel from 2020-08-08T17:39:02

Some  independent growers and processors  have removed the need for the middle man. From raising and butchering their animals to processing and shipping the finished product to stores, they have co...

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Let’s Talk Turkey–Jason Diestel from 2020-08-08T17:39:02

Some  independent growers and processors  have removed the need for the middle man. From raising and butchering their animals to processing and shipping the finished product to stores, they have co...

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Celebrating A Life–Jack Woolf from 2020-08-02T00:49:12

When a living legend passes after over a hundred years on Earth, it can truly be right to celebrate that life. That has never been truer than when that legend is Jack Woolf and his particular part ...

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Celebrating A Life–Jack Woolf from 2020-08-02T00:49:12

When a living legend passes after over a hundred years on Earth, it can truly be right to celebrate that life. That has never been truer than when that legend is Jack Woolf and his particular part ...

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Well-Raised Meat–Diana Rodgers from 2020-08-01T00:23:47

 "At our grocery stores and dinner tables, even the most thoughtful consumers are overwhelmed by the number of considerations to weigh when choosing what to eat—especially when it comes to meat. Gu...

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Well-Raised Meat–Diana Rodgers from 2020-08-01T00:23:47

 "At our grocery stores and dinner tables, even the most thoughtful consumers are overwhelmed by the number of considerations to weigh when choosing what to eat—especially when it comes to meat. Gu...

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Honey Do Biz–Matt Kollmorgen from 2020-07-25T01:32:11

What if you could build an online retail business around your favorite food.  Matt Kollmorgen had that idea when, as many are experiencing today, his former employment ended.  Since he loved honey ...

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Honey Do Biz–Matt Kollmorgen from 2020-07-25T01:32:11

What if you could build an online retail business around your favorite food.  Matt Kollmorgen had that idea when, as many are experiencing today, his former employment ended.  Since he loved honey ...

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Community,“Heal Thyself”–Cathryn Couch, Ceres Project from 2020-07-17T22:33:42

There is  good news for people who want to help people: To make a difference you don't have to fly to a challenged part of the country or the world; just roll up your sleeves and go to work in your...

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Community,“Heal Thyself”–Cathryn Couch, Ceres Project from 2020-07-17T22:33:42

There is  good news for people who want to help people: To make a difference you don't have to fly to a challenged part of the country or the world; just roll up your sleeves and go to work in your...

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Bending, Not Breaking&Beyond..–Erin Fitzgerald USFRA from 2020-07-09T17:59:46

Farmers and ranchers should"be recognized for the the unique ways they enable the sustainable foods systems of the future and nourish our communities, natural resources, and planet".  The US Farmer...

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Bending, Not Breaking&Beyond..–Erin Fitzgerald USFRA from 2020-07-09T17:59:46

Farmers and ranchers should"be recognized for the the unique ways they enable the sustainable foods systems of the future and nourish our communities, natural resources, and planet".  The US Farmer...

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On Off Farm–Matt Brechwald from 2020-07-03T22:11:24

It is not unusual to hear from folks who want farming to be a foundational part of their lives.  They may have a job that requires a long commute to their office cubicle or they are living on a sma...

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On Off Farm–Matt Brechwald from 2020-07-03T22:11:24

It is not unusual to hear from folks who want farming to be a foundational part of their lives.  They may have a job that requires a long commute to their office cubicle or they are living on a sma...

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Graze Nearby, Please—Andree Soares from 2020-06-26T20:05:04

Wild fires have been an annual occurrence for centuries, but the increasingly undeniable effects of climate change portends more fire disasters, more often.  One natural step to deal with the threa...

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Graze Nearby, Please—Andree Soares from 2020-06-26T20:05:04

Wild fires have been an annual occurrence for centuries, but the increasingly undeniable effects of climate change portends more fire disasters, more often.  One natural step to deal with the threa...

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Sheepless in CA?–Andree Soares from 2020-06-26T20:03:50

Sheep and goats have a long tradition in California, a state that ranks #1 in lamb production and #2 in wool production. After years of decline from issues such as predation there has started to be...

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Sheepless in CA?–Andree Soares from 2020-06-26T20:03:50

Sheep and goats have a long tradition in California, a state that ranks #1 in lamb production and #2 in wool production. After years of decline from issues such as predation there has started to be...

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Growing To Go–Kelly Tiller&Sam Jackson from 2020-06-19T19:15:31

  The pandemic has been a nightmare for restaurants but a dream come true for curb-side, carry out and delivery. We cheer the climate friendly effects of some of our forced changes but what abou...

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Growing To Go–Kelly Tiller&Sam Jackson from 2020-06-19T19:15:31

 The pandemic has been a nightmare for restaurants but a dream come true for curb-side, carry out and delivery. We cheer the climate friendly effects of some of our forced changes but what about al...

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Virtually Organic–Laura Batcha, OTA from 2020-06-12T16:38:54

  The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic this year -- and its enormous impact on our everyday lives – has already had dramatic consequences for the organic sector in 2020. As shoppers search for he...

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Virtually Organic–Laura Batcha, OTA from 2020-06-12T16:38:54

  The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic this year -- and its enormous impact on our everyday lives – has already had dramatic consequences for the organic sector in 2020. As shoppers search for he...

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Breaking Silence–Marion Nestle from 2020-06-05T18:38:46

Sometimes in some ways'silence is golden'but especially in these times, breaking the norms of polite silence is essential.  Stepping up, speaking out and breaking the silence is a public petition t...

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Breaking Silence–Marion Nestle from 2020-06-05T18:38:46

Sometimes in some ways'silence is golden'but especially in these times, breaking the norms of polite silence is essential.  Stepping up, speaking out and breaking the silence is a public petition t...

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How Essential–Naomi Starkman, Civil Eats from 2020-05-29T21:16:59

  The global pandemic crisis is an important reminder of just how essential are the farmers and workers at every stage, all the way from Farm to Table. Fortunately these"essential"members of the f...

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How Essential–Naomi Starkman, Civil Eats from 2020-05-29T21:16:59

  The global pandemic crisis is an important reminder of just how essential are the farmers and workers at every stage, all the way from Farm to Table. Fortunately these"essential"members of the f...

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Be Better,‘B’Corp–Stuart Woolf from 2020-05-22T22:21:26

  Farmerswant to do the best they can. That can mean much more than just better yields and better prices for their commodity to include social and environmental impacts.  It's not just altruistic ...

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Be Better,‘B’Corp–Stuart Woolf from 2020-05-22T22:21:26

  Farmers want to do the best they can. That can mean much more than just better yields and better prices for their commodity to include social and environmental impacts.  It's not just altruistic...

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Organic’s Future–Rebekah Weber from 2020-05-15T19:34:11

Can organic farming be a solution to our toughest challenges?  The California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) contend that it is and they have research from over 300 scientific studies to back up ...

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Organic’s Future–Rebekah Weber from 2020-05-15T19:34:11

Can organic farming be a solution to our toughest challenges?  The California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) contend that it is and they have research from over 300 scientific studies to back up ...

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Yogurt Trees–Matt Billings, AYO from 2020-05-08T17:13:41

  In these days some want to become farmers and some farmers are grateful if they can just stay afloat.  Yet over the long haul farmers are growers so they grow food and they often need to grow ...

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Yogurt Trees–Matt Billings, AYO from 2020-05-08T17:13:41

  In these days some want to become farmers and some farmers are grateful if they can just stay afloat.  Yet over the long haul farmers are growers so they grow food and they often need to grow ...

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Abundance From Crisis–Donna Kilpatrick Heifer USA from 2020-05-02T16:44:20

The pandemic of 2020 portends a world of food insecurity, unless it leads to farming and food distribution innovations putting consumers in closer communications with a wider variety of new small-s...

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Abundance From Crisis – Donna Kilpatrick Heifer USA from 2020-05-02T16:44:20

The pandemic of 2020 portends a world of food insecurity, unless it leads to farming and food distribution innovations putting consumers in closer communications with a wider variety of new small-s...

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Pandemic Farming – Aaron Barcellos - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-04-25T00:33:15

Being successful at farming is hard enough without a Pandemic.  Now on top of the regular challenges of planning, planting, growing, watering, harvesting and marketing crops, farmers today have to ...

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Pandemic Farming – Aaron Barcellos from 2020-04-25T00:33:15

Being successful at farming is hard enough without a Pandemic.  Now on top of the regular challenges of planning, planting, growing, watering, harvesting and marketing crops, farmers today have to ...

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Control, Community and Purpose - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-04-17T19:01:22

 What are we really hungry for? In Hungry, Eve Turow-Paul guides us through today’s global food and lifestyle culture and looks at the connections between top trends, how we find well-being, the im...

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Control, Community and Purpose from 2020-04-17T19:01:22

 What are we really hungry for? In Hungry, Eve Turow-Paul guides us through today’s global food and lifestyle culture and looks at the connections between top trends, how we find well-being, the im...

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E-Commerce E-Farm Market- Sheila and Max Patinkin - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-04-10T18:47:06

"Left a good job in the City" is a familiar refrain to listeners of Farm To Table Talk. When a Pediatrician in Chicago mov...

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E-Commerce E-Farm Market- Sheila and Max Patinkin from 2020-04-10T18:47:06

"Left a good job in the City" is a familiar refrain to listeners of Farm To Table Talk. When a Pediatrician in Chicago mov...

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This Aint Normal – Joel Salatin from 2020-03-27T00:51:42

 



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Infected Trends – Suzy Badaracco - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-03-19T18:59

 







Food trends continue, even as consumers respond to crises like a ...

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Infected Trends – Suzy Badaracco from 2020-03-19T18:59

 







Food trends continue, even as consumers respond to crises like a ...

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Beyond Your Table – Michael R. Dimock and Rodger Wasson - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-03-10T22:54:15



The real dirt to common ground is found "Beyond Your Table".  It's a new podcast launched at the 2020 ...

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Beyond Your Table – Michael R. Dimock and Rodger Wasson from 2020-03-10T22:54:15



The real dirt to common ground is found "Beyond Your Table".  It's a new podcast launched at the 2020 ...

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Sustainable Breakfast – Amy Senter - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-03-07T23:04:57







Today when many large food companies claim to be committed to ...

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Sustainable Breakfast – Amy Senter from 2020-03-07T23:04:57







Today when many large food companies claim to be committed to ...

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A Future Farming – Joel Salatin - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-03-01T05:12:23







Joel Salatin, calls himself a "Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist l...

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A Future Farming – Joel Salatin from 2020-03-01T05:12:23







Joel Salatin, calls himself a "Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist l...

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Hemptations – Kris Corter - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-02-22T03:36:35





What's new down on the farm? Hemp.  Farmers are trying to grow industrial hemp all over ins...

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Hemptations – Kris Corter from 2020-02-22T03:36:35





What's new down on the farm? Hemp.  Farmers are trying to grow industrial hemp all over ins...

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Regenerative Coffee – Juan Luis Barrios - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-02-16T03:45:17





There are some great tastes you just can't grow locally. Take coffee for example.  At the Cho...

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Regenerative Coffee – Juan Luis Barrios from 2020-02-16T03:45:17





There are some great tastes you just can't grow locally. Take coffee for example.  At the Cho...

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Farm to Planet Progress — William Horwath - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-02-09T05:40:49

Farming progress can mean climate progress as processing tomato growers are proving in California. Sinc...

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Farm to Planet Progress — William Horwath from 2020-02-09T05:40:49

Farming progress can mean climate progress as processing tomato growers are proving in California. Sinc...

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Makein’ BaconFest – Jamie Salyer, Lindsay Barrett - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-02-01T01:46:24





 



Where better to celebrate a Bacon Fest than at Mulvaney's B&L...

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Makein’ BaconFest – Jamie Salyer, Lindsay Barrett from 2020-02-01T01:46:24





 



Where better to celebrate a Bacon Fest than at Mulvaney's B&L...

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Eco Farm: Honest Sources – Anne Ross - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-01-25T01:29:55

 







For forty years EcoFarm has convened leaders, researchers, farm...

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Eco Farm: Honest Sources – Anne Ross from 2020-01-25T01:29:55

 







For forty years EcoFarm has convened leaders, researchers, farm...

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Blame Cows for Climate Change? – Dr. Frank Mitloehner - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-01-17T22:39:37

 







It is becoming common to hear  celebrities tell the public that t...

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Blame Cows for Climate Change? – Dr. Frank Mitloehner from 2020-01-17T22:39:37

 







It is becoming common to hear  celebrities tell the public that t...

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Chef’s In The Barn – Stephanie White - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-01-11T20:55:33

Accompanied by occasional sounds of moos, oinks, clucks and baas , ...

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Chef’s In The Barn – Stephanie White from 2020-01-11T20:55:33

Accompanied by occasional sounds of moos, oinks, clucks and baas , ...

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Preserving the Given Life – Abby Lundrigan & Danny Losekamp - Farm To Table Talk from 2020-01-03T20:58:42

Will we preserve the Agrarian way that Wendell Berry calls "the given life"?  Farms and non-profits throughout the ...

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Preserving the Given Life – Abby Lundrigan & Danny Losekamp from 2020-01-03T20:58:42

Will we preserve the Agrarian way that Wendell Berry calls "the given life"?  Farms and non-profits throughout the ...

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Go Goat Go – Aaron Steele - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-12-27T15:53:13

 



Could goats provide solutions to challenges such as: extra income, a new livelihood...

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Go Goat Go – Aaron Steele from 2019-12-27T15:53:13

 



Could goats provide solutions to challenges such as: extra income, a new livelihood...

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High Cost of Cheap Food – Bob Quinn - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-12-20T15:13:36

"Cheap food comes at a high cost" says Bob Quinn, a progressive leader in promoting organic and sustainable agricul...

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High Cost of Cheap Food – Bob Quinn from 2019-12-20T15:13:36

"Cheap food comes at a high cost" says Bob Quinn, a progressive leader in promoting organic and sustainable agricul...

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Urban Farming – Rashid Nuri - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-12-14T13:54:32









Farming no longer just happens in the country.  It's increasingly taking ...

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Urban Farming – Rashid Nuri from 2019-12-14T13:54:32









Farming no longer just happens in the country.  It's increasingly taking ...

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Meat Lab to Table – Dr. Keri Szejda and Al Banisch - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-12-08T01:10:33





"Meat" doesn't necessarily have to come from animals any more.  Protein alternatives from pla...

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Meat Lab to Table – Dr. Keri Szejda and Al Banisch from 2019-12-08T01:10:33





"Meat" doesn't necessarily have to come from animals any more.  Protein alternatives from pla...

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Organic/Conventional Global/Local – Tom Knowles, Chico Rice - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-11-29T22:31:51

 







Can a farmer be both a producer of a global commodity and organ...

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Organic/Conventional Global/Local – Tom Knowles, Chico Rice from 2019-11-29T22:31:51

 







Can a farmer be both a producer of a global commodity and organ...

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Farm Workers Are Farmers – Gail Wadsworth - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-11-22T07:16:37

In the modern lexicon of food and farming, Social Justice is a term that is often heard but not often understood, let alone practiced. The California Institute of Rural Studies wants to increase so...

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Farm Workers Are Farmers – Gail Wadsworth from 2019-11-22T07:16:37

In the modern lexicon of food and farming, Social Justice is a term that is often heard but not often understood, let alone practiced. The California Institute of Rural Studies wants to increase so...

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Provenance Matters – Kristin Kiesel, UC Davis - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-11-15T19:33:49

The growing local food movement is connecting consumers with how, where, and by whom their food is produced. "Yet s...

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Appreciating Joel Salatin – Ben Glassen - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-11-08T00:07:09

On Vancouver Island in British Columbia Ben Glassen is following the advice that Joel Salatin has shared in books...

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Eat Right? Right! – Sharon Palmer, RD - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-11-01T21:33:52





Do we Eat Right? Yes, maybe. What should we eat? There are professionals to help us answer questi...

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Farmers and Forkers – Toki Sawada, Don Watson, Camellia Enriquez Miller and Michael Passmore - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-10-25T23:58:17





Celebrating agricultural bounty in the midst of a record-setting 150,00 festival goers, great...

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Cultivating Ground Water – Marian Singer - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-10-19T00:01:30

Groundwater is a critical under-measured resource that is in a precarious state. In the U.S. ground water provide...

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Breakfast Is Happy – Dan Ansperger, Happy Egg - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-10-11T23:49:07

Good food, well grown, makes us happy, but can the food be happy too? At least one company suggests ...

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The Bridge Dinner – Molly Hawks, Mike Testa, Pat Prager, Hennie Eilers McIntire - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-10-04T20:38:10

"Bridge Dinner". Who says metaphors can’t stick to your ribs? When a bridge is closed to bring people together over...

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Living Farm To Fork – Bobbin Mulvaney, Santana Diaz, Allyson Harvey, Rich Collins - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-09-27T21:24:46

A few years ago Sacramento declared itself to be the Farm to Fork Capitol. It was a bold claim that was immediately...

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Goodbye CA Hello NY – Melissa Phillips and Jack Whetlan - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-09-22T01:12:20

 





It's said that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence,...

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Building Trust – Michael Dimock, Flipping The Tables - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-09-14T05:11:21





"Flipping the Table"is the appropriate title of a new podcast hosted by Michael Dimock, t...

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Devastation Dinners – Nate Mook, World Central Kitchen - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-09-07T00:47:07

When the most powerful Atlantic storm in recorded history hit the Bahamas, the devastation was beyond belief.  ...

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One of the Best – Randi MacNear, Davis Farmers Market - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-08-31T21:54:53







One of the earliest Farmers Markets in America, in D...

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Two Star Chef On Bridge – Suzette Gresham, Farm To Fork Festival - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-08-23T21:41:44

Over 100,000 food and farm fans attend the annual two day street Festival of...

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Difference Makers – Mimi Dyer and Steve Gay - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-08-17T16:56:27





Inspiring stories of people making a difference in their communities with food, farming or ga...

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Feed The Future – Gbola Adesogan - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-08-11T04:01:18





How will we feed the world in the future when we are doing such a poor job ...

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Love My Market – Ben Feldman - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-08-01T20:04:18





 



Farmers Markets could be the best thing to happen to Agriculture ...

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Livestock On Our Side – Sarah and Josh Ison - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-07-26T11:04:32

Can we grow up, get a good education, find a job, start a family and still raise livestock? More and more are do...

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The Cloud Answers – Martha Montoya - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-07-20T14:55:35













No matter the size of the farm, access to informati...

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Being A Blessing With Food – Rabbi David Azen - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-07-13T23:56:02





“There is no box outside of which to think.” This is a motto of the founder of Fresher Sa...

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Evolution’s Diet – Lora Ianotti, Washington University - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-07-07T00:35:54

Human evolution has had its diet du jour for thousands of years. Through the ages one would ...

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Dairy’s Environmental Impact – Tara Vander Dussen and Krysta Harden - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-06-29T00:05:21

 



Farmer's care about their image and they care about the environment. No matter what an ...

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Growing Together in Nepal – Katherine Parker - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-06-16T18:19:06

Just try to find anyplace in the world that doesn't celebrate farm to table in one way or the other. It's a cha...

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NZ Deer to Table – Mark Mitchell - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-06-09T02:04:05





When New Zealand was settled, pioneers from the British Isles missed the red deer ...

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Reducing Green House Gas Emissions – Ermias Kabreab, World Food Center - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-06-02T01:43:03

Green House Gas Emissions are a major cause of catastrophic climate change.   Of Green House Gas Emissions, Agriculture...

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Being Vertical – James Rickert, Belcampo - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-05-27T04:57:40



Vertical integration is the combination of stages of the productions system.  With food products, that u...

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Reservations for 10 Billion- Anna Lartey, FAO Rome - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-05-19T22:45:08







The UN FAO states unequivocally "Malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, micronu...

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Trade’s POWs – Ronnie Russel - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-05-12T07:11:20

Wars have casualties and in international trade wars those casualties can stretch from farms to tables. Everyone see...

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Place & Picasso in a Bottle – Randall Grahm, Bonny Doon - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-05-05T21:36:55





As Steve Martin once said, "those French have a word for everything!" That word for a "sense ...

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Organic Side By Sides – Jeff Moyer - Farm To Table Talk from 2019-04-28T06:57:23

 







Organics are still a small share of all food but it is a...

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