Carey Gillam’s 2017 book, Whitewash, exposed the dangers of the world’s most popular weedkiller: Monsanto’s Roundup. Gillam’s new book, The Monsanto Papers, tells the riveting story of the man who became the face of a David-and-Goliath showdown against one of the world’s biggest agribusiness corporations.

The Monsanto Papers: Carey Gillam | Ep. 47

Ken Meter is one of the most experienced food system analysts in the United States. He's promoted local food economies in 143 regions in 41 states, two provinces, and four tribal nations. In Building Community Food Webs, he makes a strong argument for reversing the extractive economy and weaving “food webs” that restore local wealth, health, capacity, and connection.

Building Community Food Webs: Ken Meter | Ep. 49

“Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice” centers the Black experience within the US food system: what is missing and what is possible. Edited by Dr. Ashanté M. Reese and Hanna Garth, this anthology features voices and experience from around the nation.

Black Food Matters: Dr. Ashanté M. Reese | Ep. 50

The story of humankind is usually told as one of technological innovation and economic influence—of arrowheads and atomic bombs, settlers and stock markets. But behind it all, there is an even more fundamental driver: food. In this episode, Anna Lappé and Mark Bittman dive into how food has shaped our past, but also how we can transform it to reclaim our future.

For more on this episode, visit: https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/animal-vegetable-junk/
Join the Real Food Reads book club: https://realfoodmedia.org/programs/real-food-reads/

Animal, Vegetable, Junk: Mark Bittman | Ep. 51

The Covid pandemic, mass uprisings against injustice around the world, raging forest fires... Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed, argue Raj Patel and Dr. Rupa Marya. Their epic and timely new book "Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice" will forever change the way you think—not only about food—but about the ruptures in the web of life that have wrought so much damage on our health and relationships. 

Rupa is a physician and professor of medicine dedicated to healing the wounds of colonialism through food medicine, story, and learning; and Raj is the best-selling author "Stuffed and Starved," "The Value of Nothing," and co-author of "A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things."

For more on this episode, visit: https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/inflamed/ 
Join the Real Food Reads book club: https://realfoodmedia.org/programs/real-food-reads/

Inflamed: Dr. Rupa Marya and Raj Patel | Ep. 52

Frances Moore Lappé's groundbreaking book in 1971 exposed the true cause of hunger while also changing the way many people eat, for the better. 50 years later, she released a new edition with an updated introduction that speaks to her ethos, what has changed in the last 50 years, and what's next.

Diet for a Small Planet: Frances Moore Lappé | Ep. 53

Colonialism is at the root of the problems we see in our food system, and, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently stated, it is also at the root of the climate crisis. By cultivating diversity within the soil and amongst farmers, we can work towards a liberated future. “Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming” by Liz Carlisle shares the stories of Black, Indigenous, Latino, and Asian-American farmers around the United States who are using their ancestral agricultural traditions to heal the soil, build climate resilience, connect with their culture, and create pathways for racial justice. Tiffani’s conversation with author Liz Carlisle and scientist Aidee Guzman highlights what is possible when we focus on diversity above and below ground. 

SHOW NOTES:

02:25 | The four per mille study and why regenerative agriculture has sparked hope in recent years. 

04:35 | What’s possible when you take “regeneration” and  regenerative agriculture to heart

06:25 |  Aidee Guzman’s research on soil health and habits of bees on diverse farms vs monoculture farms in California’s Central Valley 

07:56 | The 450 million year old fungi that helped bring plants to the land.

10:05 | How to support a diversity of farmers and farming techniques

13:53 | History of agroecology in Mexico and how it intersected with the Green Revolution

19:33 | There’s no such thing as a weed 

21:35 | For Aidee, there are two distinct worlds of agriculture

25:12 | Reciprocal farm labor practices abroad and in the US

29:40 | How the agricultural industry in the US was designed and why it is extractive today

32:45 | The one thing Liz Carlisle and Aidee Guzman want you to know about climate, justice, and the deep roots of regenerative farming. 

DIG IN: 
To learn more about Aidee Guzman, visit  https://www.aideeguzman.com/
To learn more about Liz Carlisle, visit https://www.lizcarlisle.com/
​​For more on this episode, including the transcript, visit: https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/healing-grounds/
Join the Real Food Reads book club: https://realfoodmedia.org/programs/real-food-reads/ 
Become a Patreon supporter for early access to our episodes and premium content with the authors here https://www.patreon.com/realfoodmedia

Healing Grounds: Liz Carlisle & Aidee Guzman | Ep. 55

Indigenous people make up 5 percent of the global population and steward 80 percent of the world's biodiversity, yet they aren’t centered in most discussions or actions for environmental justice. An Indigenous woman and scientist, Dr. Jessica Hernandez talks about the importance of Indigenous science (and scientists) in her new book Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science. In this conversation, Jessica talks about the importance of Indigenous-led stewardship projects, Black-Indigenous solidarity, and shares the moving story of how she came to the book’s title.  

SHOW NOTES:
1:51 | The difference between an interdisciplinary scientist and an Indigenous scientist

3:50  | What is Indigenous science?

5:50 | Indigenous people support 80% of the world’s biodiversity 

10:15 | Conservation as a Western construct and the trouble with the original concept of National Parks 

12:44 | The importance of #LandBack and Indigenous-led stewardship projects 

17:49 | The impact of banana plantations in Central America 

22:30 | The title of the book and the personal impact of war in El Salvador 


DIG DEEPER: 
To learn more about Dr. Jessica Hernandez, visit her site https://www.jessicabhernandez.com/
Follow Jessica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/doctora_nature
Buy the book: https://bookshop.org/books/fresh-banana-leaves-healing-indigenous-landscapes-through-indigenous-science
​​For more on this episode, expanded show notes, and full transcript, visit: https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/fresh-banana-leaves/

Join the Real Food Reads book club: https://realfoodmedia.org/programs/real-food-reads/ 
Become a Patreon supporter for early access to our episodes and premium content with the authors here https://www.patreon.com/realfoodmedia

Fresh Banana Leaves Dr. Jessica Hernandez Ep. 57

Insects are the often-times invisible workforce that take on planetary care. According to Dave Goulson, author of Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse, “they pollinate, break down waste and provide food for us and countless other species. If they vanished tomorrow, the apocalypse would begin the next day.” Today, insect populations are in rapid decline, with estimates of population loss ranging from 40-75%  across regions. The main drivers? Habitat loss and widespread use of dangerous chemicals—both of which are linked with industrial agriculture. In this special Real Food Reads episode commemorating the 60th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Anna Lappé speaks with Dave Goulson about agrichemicals, biodiversity, and how we, together, can avert the insect apocalypse. 



SHOW NOTES

3:52 The importance of insects and the ecosystem services they provide

6:00 An example of insects at work in Australia 

9:20 Unknown number of insect species, but we do know that insect populations are on the decline

11:10 Industrialized agriculture is one of the main drivers of the astounding insect decline we have today

13:05 How synthetic fertilizers impact the insect population

17:42 Neonicotinoids (or neonics), the parallel to DDT, and their dangerous lethal and sublethal impacts on insecticides. 

24:01 If these chemicals are so dangerous, why hasn’t more action been taken?
Where is the world still noisy? 

29:15 Where in the world is it still “noisy” and busy with insect biodiversity?

32:30 What we can each do in our own ways to “avert the insect apocalypse”

Silent Earth: Dave Goulson | Ep. 58

When we speak of biodiversity loss, the climate crisis, and food injustice, we have to go to the root: colonialism. From the perspective and "voice" of the nutmeg, The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh does just that. Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka and is now based in Brooklyn. He’s the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction including The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable. His most recent book, The Nutmeg’s Curse, opens with the Dutch Empire’s brutal war in the Banda Islands—a small archipelago that’s part of what is now Indonesia—to establish a monopoly on the nutmeg trade. From there, he takes us halfway around the world and back again, weaving together stories of colonial violence, human resilience, and non-human agency. 

SHOW NOTES: 
2:32 | Why European navigators sailed off in search of spices in the 17th century
4:00 | Dutch colonialism and the 1621 Banda Massacre
9:46 | Nutmeg production as the earliest instance of industrial agriculture and racial capitalism (and why it matters) 
11:19 | Racialized workforces in agriculture around the world
14:20 | The pleasures of gardening, including growing your own spices
15:15 | How spices came to be devalued (and associated with “onanism”!)
17:40 | On the mysteries of the vanilla plant
20:40 | Environmentalism’s dark history (and present) of ethnic cleansing
22:20 | The role of militarism in transforming food systems and contributing to the climate crisis
23:30 | The Pentagon and other military institutions as the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, and yet they are excluded from climate negotiations
25:42 | Amitav’s call for a “vitalist politics”

DIG DEEPER:
Follow Amitav Ghosh on Twitter: @GhoshAmitav 
Visit his blog: http://amitavghosh.com/blog/ 
Buy the book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo125517349.html 
​​For more on this episode, expanded show notes, and full transcript, visit: https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/the-nutmegs-curse/ 
Join the Real Food Reads book club: https://realfoodmedia.org/programs/real-food-reads/ 
Become a Patreon supporter for early access to our episodes and premium content with the authors here https://www.patreon.com/realfoodmedia

The Nutmeg's Curse: Amitav Ghosh Ep. 59

Can you believe five years have gone by since the last Farm Bill? It feels like a lifetime ago — SO much has changed politically. Bone up on your Farm Bill history and get ready to organize for a transformative Food & Farm Bill in 2023. This 2019 Real Food Reads interview with Dan Imhoff, farm policy expert and author of “The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide,” is a great place to start. 

Follow Real Food Media wherever you get your podcasts. 

DIG DEEPER:
Get the book - The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide, https://islandpress.org/books/farm-bill 

HEAL Food Alliance’s Farm Bill 101, https://healfoodalliance.org/ 

“This Farm Bill Really Matters. We Explain Why.” by Lisa Held, Civil Eats, March 20, 2023 https://civileats.com/2023/03/20/farm-bill-explainer-2023-bill-snap-nutrition-climate-smart-farming-commodities-insurance-congress/ 

“HEAL Food Alliance Shows Up Big in DC for a Transformative Farm Bill” by Eloni Porcher, March 24, 2023 https://healfoodalliance.org/heal-food-alliance-shows-up-big-dc-for-a-transformative-farm-bill/

The Farm Bill Redux: Dan Imhoff | Re-release of Ep. 30

Alicia Kennedy's No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating, delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined vegan and vegetarian cuisine in the United States—from tempeh production to vegan punk cafes. In this episode, Alicia talks to Anna Lappé about the feminist origins of her own veganism, how she eats in Puerto Rico, and how the cultural signifiers of meat and plant-based eating have shifted over time. 

SHOW NOTES: 
3:18 | Alicia’s love of okra
​​4:28 | What Alicia hopes people will take away from her book about veganism and vegetarian politics
6:00 | Meat eating in the US culture wars
7:06 | The abundance of meat tied to United States as US as an “exceptional nation”; political tolerance for injustices like child labor in the meat industry; meat eating linked to ideas like masculine virility 
8:40 | Link between vegetarianism and the feminist movement 
10:10 | Lagusta’s Luscious’ vegan “Furious Vulva” chocolate
11:55 | Alicia on corporate fake meat alternatives, and coming back to the original veggie burger
14:59 | The PR dollars behind pushing fake meat as a “solution” 
15:57 | The dangerous focus on, and obsession with, protein
18:07 | The misconception of that veganism is mostly white and middle class; the radical, BIPOC lineages of veganism and the contributions of Bryant Terry and others.
22:32 | Re-politicizing veganism and vegetarianism
23:17 | Making the food and climate connection; what difference do individual food choices make?
24:42 | Parallels between consuming food and clothes; “fast fashion” 
27:00 | Individual choices as “tiny bricks thrown against the window of tyranny”
27:24 | How much the meat industry pours into public relations
29:50 | Anna and Alicia talk about Aubrey Plaza’s “wood milking” bit for the Dairy Council

DIG DEEPER:
Preorder the book (out 8/15/23), http://www.beacon.org/No-Meat-Required-P1938.aspx 
From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy on Substack, https://www.aliciakennedy.news/ 
“How the US Dictates what Puerto Rico Eats” by Israel Meléndez Ayala and Alicia Kennedy, The New York Times (from 2021), https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/opinion/puerto-rico-jones-act.html 
​​For episode transcript and more, visit: https://realfoodmedia.org/portfolio/no-meat-required-the-cultural-history-and-culinary-future-of-plant-based-eating/ 
Join the Real Food Reads book club: https://realfoodmedia.org/programs/real-food-reads/

EPISODE CREDITS:
Host: Anna Lappé
Co-producers: Tanya Kerssen and Tiffani Patton
Editor: Claire Reynolds

No Meat Required: Alicia Kennedy | Ep. 60

"The Palestinian relationship with the land is not abstract… It's reciprocal. It's not about what we get from the land. It's about what we give to the land. We have a responsibility to care for the land and for each other." Yasmeen El-Hasen is a member of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) and La Vía Campesina.

The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping what it means to be a peasant farmer today. Their stories challenge old ideas of what a farmer looks like, and ask us to imagine a movement bold enough to shift its politics to meet them. 

Interviewer: Katie Brimm
Editor: Jaime Roque
Producer: Tanya Kerssen
Photographer: Erika Piñeros 
Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo

Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum
Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity, Vol. 1, No. 1: https://real-food-media.paperturn-view.com/seeds-stories-solidarity-fall-2025?pid=ODk8911433&v=10.2

Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Yasmeen El-Hasen

"Everything to do with food is in women's hands most of the time. So it seemed to me, and to many others, that if we were going to build a movement which was actually transformative, it would have to include women at the center of it."

Nettie Wiebe is a farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada, a long-time small farm activist, a member of the National Farmers Union, and one of the founders of La Vía Campesina. 

Interviewer: Katie Brimm
Editor: Jaime Roque
Producer: Tanya Kerssen
Photographer: Erika Piñeros 
Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo

Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum
Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org
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Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Nettie Wiebe

“We see many youths being dragged into mining because mining is a priority in my country... So many people are shunning farming because there's money there. My dream is that those youth come back to the rural side because that's where the means of surviving are." Hendrick Mgcini Ndhlovu is a member of Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF) and La Vía Campesina.

The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping what it means to be a peasant farmer today. Their stories challenge old ideas of what a farmer looks like, and ask us to imagine a movement bold enough to shift its politics to meet them. 

Interviewer: Katie Brimm
Editor: Jaime Roque
Producer: Tanya Kerssen
Photographer: Erika Piñeros 
Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo

Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum
Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org
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Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Hendrick Mgcini Ndhlovu

"Women and queer people have always existed and have been doing a lot of work that hasn't been visible. I think we have to change our relationship to production. That's the main  thing. And women and queer people carry the knowledge around how this can be done." Sarasvati Shrestha is a youth delegate to La Vía Campesina from Sweden with roots in Nepal.

The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping what it means to be a peasant farmer today. Their stories challenge old ideas of what a farmer looks like, and ask us to imagine a movement bold enough to shift its politics to meet them. 

Interviewer: Katie Brimm
Editor: Jaime Roque
Producer: Tanya Kerssen
Photographer: Erika Piñeros 
Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo

Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum
Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org
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Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Sarasvati Shrestha

“La Vía Campesina is a network of social movements with a very horizontal structure. You could say we're a movement of movements." —Amaru Faustino Torrez Ruiz is a member of Climate Justice Collective and a youth delegate to La Vía Campesina from Nicaragua.

The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping what it means to be a peasant farmer today. Their stories challenge old ideas of what a farmer looks like, and ask us to imagine a movement bold enough to shift its politics to meet them. 

Interviewer: Katie Brimm
Editor: Jaime Roque
Producer: Tanya Kerssen
Photographer: Erika Piñeros 
Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo

Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum
Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org
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Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Amaru Faustino Torrez (español)

“Multinationals are rampant in my country. They lure farmers to take climate resistant seeds by offering them loans [for] seeds, which are not Indigenous, by offering them TVs, radios, and solar panels... At the end, they lose their lands to the multinationals." Catherine Banda is a member of Kenyan Peasants League and La Vía Campesina

The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping what it means to be a peasant farmer today. Their stories challenge old ideas of what a farmer looks like, and ask us to imagine a movement bold enough to shift its politics to meet them. 

Interviewer: Katie Brimm
Editor: Jaime Roque
Producer: Tanya Kerssen
Photographer: Erika Piñeros 
Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo

Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum
Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org
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Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Catherine Banda

"I'm always thinking about the natural seeds and the natural plants also because in Sri Lanka, we lost like a lot of varieties of our of native seeds... We’re trying to make an agroecology school in my land—that's my main goal." Anuka Vimukthi De Silva is a member of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform of Sri Lanka (MONLAR) and La Vía Campesina.

The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping what it means to be a peasant farmer today. Their stories challenge old ideas of what a farmer looks like, and ask us to imagine a movement bold enough to shift its politics to meet them. 

Interviewer: Katie Brimm
Editor: Jaime Roque
Producer: Tanya Kerssen
Photographer: Erika Piñeros 
Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo

Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum
Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity, Vol. 1, No. 1: https://real-food-media.paperturn-view.com/seeds-stories-solidarity-fall-2025?pid=ODk8911433&v=10.2

Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Anuka De Silva (Part 1)

"In 2021 is the first time in the country we had a huge women protest, like a sit-in protest. We occupied 55 days the presidential house. We demanded law reforms. And we did it! That's how I believe women can change the society." Anuka Vimukthi De Silva is a member of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform of Sri Lanka (MONLAR) and La Vía Campesina.

The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping what it means to be a peasant farmer today. Their stories challenge old ideas of what a farmer looks like, and ask us to imagine a movement bold enough to shift its politics to meet them. 

Interviewer: Katie Brimm
Editor: Jaime Roque
Producer: Tanya Kerssen
Photographer: Erika Piñeros 
Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo

Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum
Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org
Seeds, Stories & Solidarity, Vol. 1, No. 1: https://real-food-media.paperturn-view.com/seeds-stories-solidarity-fall-2025?pid=ODk8911433&v=10.2

Seeds, Stories & Solidarity: Anuka De Silva (Part 2)

Luz Calvo and Catriona Esquibel inspire us to rethink nourishment and what’s on our plate from a decolonial perspective.

Decolonize Your Diet: Luz Calvo and Catriona R. Esquibel | Ep. 22

Weaving indigenous wisdom and ecological science, Kimmerer explores the nature of nature and its spirit of abundance.

Braiding Sweetgrass: Robin Wall Kimmerer | Ep. 24

Chocolate is good for you? Bacon is best? Pomegranate juice will prolong your life? The expert who literally wrote the book on food politics (Food Politics,  2002) turns her eye to the unsavory story of food industry-backed nutrition research. Recorded live with Tiffani Patton at CUESA's Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market.

Unsavory Truth: Marion Nestle | Ep. 27

Foodies and celebrity chefs celebrate authentic Mexican foods like heirloom corn tortillas traditionally grown and prepared by peasant farmers. But thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in Mexico this cuisine is being replaced by processed food and industrial agriculture. Tanya Kerssen speaks with Eating NAFTA author Alyshia Gálvez.

Eating NAFTA: Alyshia Gálvez | Ep. 28

The rich story, and steep cost, of how California’s arid Central Valley became an agricultural powerhouse and what that means for farmers, rural communities, and our food supply as we face the climate crisis.

The Dreamt Land: Mark Arax | Ep. 35

Dina Gilio-Whitaker explores Native struggles for land, food, water, and sacred sites from colonization to Standing Rock—and what they mean for climate and environmental justice movements—in this important new book.

As Long as Grass Grows: Dina Gilio-Whitaker | Ep. 38

Jennifer Gaddis takes us into the world of school lunch—and it’s not pretty: unhealthy food and exploited cafeteria workers abound. But all that can change if we organize together to make fair and healthy school food a reality for all children.

The Labor of Lunch: Jennifer Gaddis | Ep. 42

In her new book, Minkoff-Zern argues that farmworkers have the skills and the knowledge to lead the sustainable farming movement, if given the opportunity. The book shares powerful stories of farmworkers who have successfully transitioned to owning and operating their own farms.

The New American Farmer: Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern | Ep. 43

Centuries of colonization have disrupted Indigenous communities’ ability to control their own food systems. But throughout the United States, projects are underway to reclaim and protect the land, water, plants, animals, and food & farming practices that underpin Indigenous self-determination and wellbeing. Native Choctaw scholar Devon Mihesuah joins us for this special Indigenous Peoples Day episode.

Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States: Devon Mihesuah | Ep. 45

The global peasant leader and food sovereignty activist Elizabeth Mpofu speaks to us about growing up in a farming family in Zimbabwe, practicing climate resilient agriculture, and how rural women are impacted by Covid-19. Mpofu is General Coordinator of the international peasant confederation La Vía Campesina and founder and chairperson of the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF).

This conversation was part of the Hunger for Justice series from A Growing Culture. View the full broadcast at: http://www.agrowingculture.org/hfj/

Foodtopias | Ep. 3: Peasant Women Feed the World

A veteran journalist and former farmer, Tom Philpott cracks open US agriculture—and where it went horribly wrong. Highlighting scientists documenting the damage and the farmers and activists pushing back, Perilous Bounty is a must-read for eaters and activists alike. This Real Food Reads episode breaks down key food system concepts like no other.

Perilous Bounty: Tom Philpott | Ep. 46

At Real Food Media, we believe each one of us has a story to tell, and that sharing our stories strengthens our communities and our movements. Our two podcast series bring you stories from the food movement through a powerful combination of “book smarts” and “street smarts” (or is it soil savvy?). Real Food Reads, our long-standing book club and podcast, interviews the authors of today’s most important books at the intersection of food, politics, and culture. And our newest podcast series, Foodtopias, showcases the stories of workers, farmers, healers, ecologists, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color), womxn, and community organizers who are growing food & cultivating utopia. Together, Real Food Media podcasts offer you the inspiration you need to build your own food activist toolkit. For more resources, visit: www.realfoodmedia.org.

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