Podcast Topic: Climate Change, Environment & Food
The Leading Voices in Food
Podcast Topic: Climate Change, Environment & Food
E102: Lyla June on Returning to Native American Agricultural Traditions
December 15, 2020
E102: Lyla June on Returning to Native American Agricultural TraditionsWhat if we cultivated our environment instead of intensive crop planting and animal farming, and in turn created an abundance of food to meet our needs? Is this what First Nations people did here in the Americas? This concept is the focus of doctoral research of today’s guest, Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer, Lyla June. June is an Indigenous woman of Dine (Navajo), Tsetsehestahese (Cheyenne) and European lineage. She’s pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. And she’s fascinated by the intersection of Indigenous food systems and Indigenous land management.
Related podcasts: Advocacy & Food | Agriculture & Tech | Climate Change, Environment & Food | Equity, Race & Food Justice | First Nations Food Issues | Fisheries & Food Policy | Food Policy | History & Food |
E84: COVID Highlights Need to Change Food Security Strategy
August 18, 2020
E84: COVID Highlights Need to Change Food Security StrategyThis podcast is part of a series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our food system. We’re interviewing Caitlin Welsh, director of the Global Food Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies based in Washington DC. Caitlin is a leading expert on global and US food security and particularly on the relationship between food security, urbanization, climate change, and conflict.
Related podcasts: Advocacy & Food | Climate Change, Environment & Food | COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Food | Equity, Race & Food Justice | Food Policy | International Food & Ag Policy |
E83: Hopi Farming – Agriculture, Culture, and Environment in Balance
July 28, 2020
E83: Hopi Farming – Agriculture, Culture, and Environment in BalanceToday, we’re digging in to the little known origins of regenerative agriculture, a conservation approach to farming and raising animals that focuses on soil health, biodiversity, improving the water cycle, and resilience to climate change. My guest today is Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson, a 450th generation Hopi farmer in the dry lands of Arizona and a research associate with the Native American Agriculture Fund.
Related podcasts: Agriculture & Tech | Climate Change, Environment & Food | First Nations Food Issues | Regenerative Agriculture |
E76: Food Fights – A Civil Conversation About Contemporary Food Debates
February 20, 2020
E76: Food Fights – A Civil Conversation About Contemporary Food DebatesUnderstanding our current food system, where it came from and especially where it might go is much easier if one understands history. Our field needs historians, thoughtful scholars who can do deep exploration of what has preceded the snapshot in time that represents what we’re experiencing today. This is why an exciting development was the recent publication of a book entitled Food Fights edited by two historians at North Carolina State University, Charles Ludington and Matthew Booker. We’re joined today by both of the editors.
Related podcasts: Agriculture & Tech | Chefs & Food Writers | Climate Change, Environment & Food | Food Policy | History & Food | Ultra-processed Food & Additives |
E69: Gabe Brown on the Desperate Need for Regenerative Agriculture
January 9, 2020
E69: Gabe Brown on the Desperate Need for Regenerative AgricultureImagine a farm doing such creative work that more than 2,000 people come to visit each year from all 50 states and more than 20 countries outside the US. What do you think such a farm might be doing? Our guest Gabe Brown can explain.
Related podcasts: Agriculture & Tech | Climate Change, Environment & Food | Regenerative Agriculture | Voice of Farming |
E64: Technology, Transition and Family at Triple B Farms
November 18, 2019
E64: Technology, Transition and Family at Triple B FarmsToday I’m talking with Brandon Batten of Triple B Farms, a sixth generation farmer in Johnston County, North Carolina. Brandon’s passion for agriculture comes from growing up on the farm and learning the ropes from his late grandfather. A graduate in biological and agricultural engineering from North Carolina State University. He advocates for using farm level research to make sure that the latest technology and advancements in all aspects of agriculture to reach the farmers that need them.
Related podcasts: Agriculture & Tech | Climate Change, Environment & Food | North Carolina | Voice of Farming |
E60: A Visit to Middlecreek Farms in the Blacklands of North Carolina
November 4, 2019
E60: A Visit to Middlecreek Farms in the Blacklands of North CarolinaDriving along the North Carolina coastline protected by the Outer Banks barrier islands, I pass swamps, canals and fields. I’m visiting an agricultural region called the Blacklands. The soil is black and fertile and the Blacklands range across eight counties. I’m visiting Middlecreek Farms, a family operation in Engelhard, North Carolina, now run by Dawson and Bethany Pugh. The day’s plan to begin harvesting corn has been scrapped in the aftermath of a heavy rain and the farm crew works in the shop making repairs and doing equipment maintenance.
Related podcasts: Agriculture & Tech | Climate Change, Environment & Food | North Carolina | Voice of Farming |
E55: Allan Savory on Regenerative Agriculture
October 15, 2019
E55: Allan Savory on Regenerative AgricultureRegenerative agriculture is a highly visible, interesting and promising approach to raising animals. The person credited for conceiving this approach, testing it and helping it spread around the world is our guest today, Allan Savory.
Related podcasts: Climate Change, Environment & Food | Regenerative Agriculture |
E38: Diego Rose on Environmental Sustainability and our Food
June 6, 2019
E38: Diego Rose on Environmental Sustainability and our FoodWhen you make decisions about what to eat, what factors in? Most people think about taste, what food costs, what is available and in some cases the health consequences. But what about the environmental impact of food choices? Our guest Dr Diego Rose has done fascinating work on just this topic.
Related podcasts: Agriculture & Tech | Climate Change, Environment & Food | Food Safety & Food Defense | International Food & Ag Policy | Regenerative Agriculture |
E28: Nancy Ranney on Regenerative Grazing in New Mexico
April 26, 2019
E28: Nancy Ranney on Regenerative Grazing in New MexicoIf you’re like me, you’ve read or heard of reports and news accounts talking about the negative consequences of producing beef, with greenhouse gas emissions, heavy water use and the welfare of the animals leading the list of concerns. But just when it seems like producing and consuming less beef might be a health and environmental bonanza, along comes an alternative way of doing things. One that uses a fundamentally different approach to things.
Related podcasts: Agriculture & Tech | Climate Change, Environment & Food | Regenerative Agriculture | Voice of Farming |