Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. The Rematriation Of Seeds And Decolonizing Our Food Systems – Who Will Feed Us   Released August 21, 2022 We’re examining this country’s agricultural system through the lens of decolonization and focusing on the importance of Indigenous foodways. Our guest, Tiffany Traverse, tells us about her work with Fourth Sister Farm, preserving traditional Indigenous foods and reframing our relationship with seeds and with the land.   Listen to the full episode: https://whowillfeedus.ca/episodes/episode-8-the-rematriation-of-seeds-and-decolonizing-our-food-systems/ Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-will-feed-us/id1620794734  https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ahJy9LxUV0uCbhQb41jxI?si=0HXgSdNiRYGrjo-Wk0RFeA Share This With a Farming Friend Know some farmers who … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: The Rematriation Of Seeds And Decolonizing Our Food Systems – Who Will Feed Us →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. Ground Truthing – Future Ecologies Released October 29, 2022 Can we sequester our carbon and eat it too? For the first time in 4 seasons, we’re discussing natural climate solutions, and in particular, regenerative agriculture. Joining us is agrologist and fellow podcaster, Scott Gillespie (of Plants Dig Soil) to get into the nitty gritty of farming for soil carbon — its promise, possibility and feasibility. Listen to the full episode: https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-4-8-ground-truthing Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5W0M7GLfvgs2Rc5W4DoSjq?si=2iGpEytcThq2lcWY3Znk7Q  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fe4-8-ground-truthing/id1413365130?i=1000584324033  Share This With a Farming Friend Know some farmers who might … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Ground Truthing – Future Ecologies →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. Next Generation Farming Matters – Soils For Life Released July 14, 2022 Australian agriculture currently has a labour shortage of over 100,000 people. It’s not an easy gig for someone to start from scratch on a farm and many younger generation farmers are moving from farms to urban areas. We rely on farmers to sustain our way of life as they produce our food and fibre. It’s critical that young and new farmers are encouraged and supported to supply for our needs in a way that regenerates soils and landscapes. Some major … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Next Generation Farming Matters – Soils For Life →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. Agroecology And Building A System That Works – Who Will Feed Us Released September 4, 2022 We’re going to be talking about agroecology and how it may offer a solution to some of the many challenges that we’ve identified in our current agricultural system. Our guest for this episode is Jessie MacInnis, a peasant farmer, academic, and activist, who has been involved in conversations on agroecology at local and international levels. She will break down the mystery of agroecology and explain how it is useful for her farm and can be useful … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Who Will Feed Us – Agroecology And Building A System That Works →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode! Indigenous worldviews and Indigenous-led research: keys for food systems’ resilience, adaptation and collaboration – AgResilience Released Nov 2, 2022 In this episode, host Samantha Charlton speaks with two of BC’s Indigenous scholars who are working on food and agriculture research. Dr. Jennifer Grenz, an invasive plant ecologist and Nlaka‘pamux woman, has been working to bridge western science with Indigenous ways of knowing. She begins the discussion by illustrating how the Indigenous worldview offers an essential framework for climate adaptation research and action. She is joined by Dr. Courtney Mason whose research on … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: AgResilience – Indigenous worldviews and Indigenous-led research →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. How Clothing Can Restore Climate and Community, with Rebecca Burgess – Soil to Soil   Released Nov 6, 2020 In this episode we’re discussing the origins of Fibershed from a community-sourced wardrobe challenge to an organization working with many communities to shift how clothing is made and how it impacts our climate and ecosystem health. Today we’re touching base with Rebecca Burgess, whose voice you will recognize from past podcast episodes and many aspects of Fibershed’s work. Rebecca is the founder and Executive Director of Fibershed and she also serves as Chair … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Soil to Soil – How Clothing Can Restore Climate and Community →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode! Goat Walker Part I – Future Ecologies Released May 5, 2021 Jim Corbett was not your typical rancher. Over the course of decades roaming the borderlands of the desert southwest, he developed a practice that he referred to as ‘goatwalking’ – a form of prophetic wandering and desert survival based on goat-human symbiosis. For Jim, ‘goatwalking’ provided both physical and spiritual sustenance, and allowed him to become at home, for a time, in wildlands. To many, this modern-day Don Quixote would seem an unlikely figure to have sparked one of the most important social movements … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Future Ecologies – Goat Walker Part I →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode! Bringing Back Iinnii with Dr. Leroy Little Bear – Rural Routes to Climate Solutions Released July 6, 2022 In our first two episodes of this series, we looked at farming and ranching at the Kainai First Nation, located in Southern Alberta. If you’ve had a chance to listen, you may have noticed a theme – the importance of the Iinnii (buffalo). In this episode, knowledge holder Dr. Leroy Little Bear shares his work to restore the Iinnii. Little Bear sheds light on why this work is important, not only for the land … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Rural Routes to Climate Solutions – Bringing Back Iinnii with Dr. Leroy Little Bear →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode! When Marginalized Communities Organize & Lead Themselves with Liberation Farm – The Collaborative Farming Podcast Released April 28, 2022 “Liberation Farms is food justice in action. It is a demonstration of the success that is possible when marginalized communities have the opportunity to organize and lead themselves.” Today, we hear from Lana and Muhidin, the farm manager and executive director respectively, of Liberation Farms in Lewiston, Maine. Liberation farms is a 200+ acre farm in the Little Jubba Agrarian Commons. Sound familiar? This was one of the first farms moved into the agrarian commons framework by … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: The Collaborative Farming Podcast – When Marginalized Communities Organize & Lead Themselves with Liberation Farm →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode! Electric Tractor with Tony Neale – Rural Route to Climate Solutions Released January 26, 2020 Explore the joys, risks and paybacks of being one of the first electric tractor owners in Canada with agricultural producer Tony Neale. Listen to the full episode: EP28 Electric Tractor Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and iTunes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DBicB5NFl7VpwTuBPeClA?si=1daf70db01ab4974 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep28-electric-tractor/id1434116215?i=1000463720718 Share This With a Farming Friend Know some farmers who might like this podcast? Invite them to sign up by sharing this link: http://eepurl.com/dtEnmr Or scroll down to sign up below! Find Past Episodes on Our Blog We’ll … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Rural Route to Climate Solutions – Electric Tractor with Tony Neale →