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Special “Beyond Your Table” podcast: Erin Fitzgerald of US Farmers and Rancher Alliance provides a pandemic update

Time Will Tell, But Real Change May be Possible

Reflections on the Moment:  The Black Lives Matter movement fills my mind. It is framed by COVID-19 and the rants of a racist President who seems committed to destroying the nation’s cohesion. Ironically, this may cure the dis-ease that has plagued the national soul for centuries. Perhaps delusions are being revealed and rejected in favor […]

S2 – Ep#15 – Dr. Britt Wray on her new book “Generation Dread” re the impact of climate chaos and other crises on our psyches

S2 – Ep#14 – Miakoda, a BIPOC-healer of racial divides, shares their experience of this dramatic moment

S2 – Ep#13 – Gleaning: Ancient local solution to a current national challenge

COVID-19 Sparks a Rebirth of the Local Farm Movement

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the future of the Cannard Family Farm—whose organic vegetables supplied a single Berkeley restaurant—was looking stark. Ross Cannard is the son of an iconic leader in the local organic movement in California. “Iconoclastic,” Ross says with a chuckle. Bob Cannard built his 30-year career by rejecting organic certification in favor […]

S2 – Ep#12 – Jack Algiere and the Stone Barns Center

S2 – Ep#11 – Thomas McQuillan, VP of Strategy, Culture & Sustainability at Baldor Specialty Foods.

A Call to Action: Here is How to Create A Better Post COVID-19 World

We have entered the age of cascading natural disasters. These disruptions are defining our future. Scientists tell us more killer pandemics lay ahead. As do more mega droughts and extreme weather events that will cause massive floods, polar vortexes, unprecedented winds with immense fires and interminable power shutdowns. Most of the nation’s political leaders remain too enthralled […]

S2 – Ep#10 – Jim Araby on the fate of frontline food chain workers in our time