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Connection, Resistance and Reform Through Food Aug 13, 2018

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Julia Turshen is the bestselling author of Feed the Resistance, named the Best Cookbook of 2017 by Eater, and Small Victories, named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2016 by the New York Times and NPR. She is currently working on her newest cookbook, Now & Again, which will be released September 2018 (mark your calendars!) and focuses on making delicious meals and using the leftovers creatively. Julia also founded EATT (an acronym for Equity at the Table) which is a digital directory of food industry professionals who are women/gender non-conforming individuals and focusing primarily on POC and the LGBTQ community.

On this episode, Julia talks about how she has always been happiest and most excited in the kitchen, how the latest presidential election helped her connect the dots between her love of cooking and her investment in her community—a silver lining if there ever was one!—and a whole lot of other things that fall under the universality of food. We've said it many times here on Rootstock Radio, but the truth is that everyone has to eat, and Julia Turshen reminds us of all the ways that food can be used to connect, resist, and reform.

How One Organic Farmer Fought For Her Rights—And Won Aug 09, 2018

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In this episode, Atina talks about what led her to organic farming, shares her own painful stories of being forced to sell the farm that had been in her husband's family for years and of fighting the proposed route of a crude oil pipeline through their second farm. (A long legal battle with a happy ending for organic farmers' rights, in this case!) Atina also points out that it's impossible to buy a "new" farm today: farms are by definition used, and they come in whatever condition their previous owner left them. To that end, Atina speaks passionately about the importance of proper stewardship of farmland—something we're pretty passionate about here at Rootstock Radio too!

Pesticides and Birth Defects—What You Should Know Aug 09, 2018

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Dr. Paul Winchester is the Medical Director of the NICU at Franciscan St. Francis Health and a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. He also conducts research on the epidemiology of birth defects, including the effects of prenatal exposure to pesticides.

On this episode, Dr. Winchester talks about how his background in farming informs his work today and shares a number of sobering findings from research in his field, such as the fact that women who conceive during peak pesticide months are more likely to have a child with birth defects, a preterm pregnancy, or both; not to mention that the effects of pesticide exposure are not limited to those directly exposed, but can be seen and felt generations later.

Inside the Chocolate Industry with Simran Sethi Jul 23, 2018

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In this 3rd and final episode in our 3-part series on tea, coffee and chocolate, we talk with author Simran Sethi about:

The number of species that provide 95% of the world's calories—take a wild guess before you listen, you'll never get it
The complicated story of chocolate
How cocoa from Ghana tastes different than cocoa from Vietnam
The risks of cultivating monocrops (and what the heck that even means)
Understanding the origins of our food

Inside the Coffee Industry with Kickapoo Coffee Jul 16, 2018

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The second installment in a three-part series on tea, coffee and chocolate, TJ Semachin and Caleb Nicholes, co-founders of Kickapoo Coffee, talk about the coffee industry: where it's been, where it's headed, and what their small roastery (and others like it!) is doing to support coffee farmers and rural communities.

Inside the Tea Industry with Ahmed Rahim Jul 09, 2018

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Did you know that tea leaves are never washed after they're picked? This means that if your tea is not organic, you're basically brewing a mug of chemicals to sip on. Yikes. This week Ahmed Rahim, co-founder of Numi Organic Tea, talks about the tea industry and how your tea choices make a big difference. Listen in!

Who Owns Our Seeds? Jul 02, 2018

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This week on Rootstock Radio, we're discussing organic plant breeding with Dr. Bill Tracy of University of Wisconsin - Madison. What is cross breeding compared to GMO? How does it work? And who owns all our seeds these days anyway? (Hint: It's complicated.) Listen in!

Dr. Erin Silva, "Soil Whiz" Jun 25, 2018

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Dr. Erin Silva is a whiz with all things soil. On this episode of Rootstock Radio she talks about soil stewardship - both the good and the bad - how organic agriculture practices and healthy soil go hand in hand, and how organic CAN feed the world. Listen in!

The Mother Hen of Green Bloggers Jun 18, 2018

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"I want to help others who are in my predicament," thought Leah Segedie at the beginning of her journey toward personal health. Since then, she has founded both the Mamavation blog and the ShiftCon Social Media Conference, and she has come to be known as the "mother hen" of the green bloggers movement. Hear what she has to say about food activism, children's health and more on Rootstock Radio.

Fighting Global Hunger with "One of the Best Ideas America Ever Had" Jun 11, 2018

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M.J. Altman, editorial director at World Food Program USA and host of their Hacking Hunger podcast, talks about fighting global hunger, empowering women, supporting small-holder farmers, and more about the organization 60 Minutes dubbed "one of the best ideas America ever had."

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