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From art to agriculture: Emerald Gardens

From art to agriculture: Emerald Gardens

by radiocafe | Oct 20, 2020 | Activism, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Science & health

Roberto Meza was an artist and MIT graduate student who took some time off to deal with health concerns—and found that fresh greens made such a difference in his life that he started growing them. Now he runs a thriving business and focuses on food sovereignty and equity.

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Navigating the public health—and economic—pandemic

Navigating the public health—and economic—pandemic

by radiocafe | Sep 16, 2020 | Activism, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

Many of our “essential workers” pay into the unemployment system but get nothing back when they’re unemployed—because of their immigration status. We talk to organizer Marcela Diaz about the challenges—and opportunities—of the global pandemic. 

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The risks and rewards facing young farmers

The risks and rewards facing young farmers

by radiocafe | Aug 11, 2020 | Activism, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Politics, Race/class/gender

Vanessa García Polanco is from a farming family that emigrated to the US when she was a teenager. She explores the challenges that young and beginning farmers, and farmers of color, are dealing with–especially during the global pandemic.

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Hopi farming: a 2000-year-long agriculture experiment

Hopi farming: a 2000-year-long agriculture experiment

by radiocafe | Jun 23, 2020 | Activism, Down to Earth, Education, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Science & health

Hopi farmers must be doing something right: they have survived and grown their own food for hundreds of generations. We talk to Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson about their regenerative farming and cultural practices––and the challenges to maintaining them.

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Surviving and thriving in N.M.—during crisis times and beyond

Surviving and thriving in N.M.—during crisis times and beyond

by radiocafe | Jun 11, 2020 | Activism, Books, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health

How do you improve county infrastructures and systems so that they serve 100% of the people–especially during times of crisis? We talk to authors-activists Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney and Dominic Cappello about places in New Mexico that are working out exactly this question.

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Grassroots Rising: A holistic vision for a healthy food system and climate

Grassroots Rising: A holistic vision for a healthy food system and climate

by radiocafe | Mar 17, 2020 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Politics

Ronnie Cummins analyzes what’s not working about our food system and lays out a blueprint for change — while reminding us that regenerative agriculture is ultimately a necessity.

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Erosion: A conversation with Terry Tempest Williams

Erosion: A conversation with Terry Tempest Williams

by radiocafe | Dec 30, 2019 | Activism, Books, Environment, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

Is our society evolving, or eroding, or both? We talk with deep thinker, activist, and prolific author Terry Tempest Williams‘ about her new book of essays, Erosion: Essays of Undoing.

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The fall and rise of the Mexican gray wolf

The fall and rise of the Mexican gray wolf

by radiocafe | Dec 13, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

This wolf was almost extinct due to a decades-long anti-predator program, but since the passage of the Endagered Species Act, the species has come back–but with opposition, politics, and poaching. US Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Dave Parsons tells the story.

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Wildlife, jazz, the a-bomb, peyote, and radio…

Wildlife, jazz, the a-bomb, peyote, and radio…

by radiocafe | Dec 5, 2019 | Activism, Books, Environment, Native & indigenous, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican

…those are just some of the stories of Jack Loeffler‘s fascinating memoir, Headed into the Wind — a tale of explorations in consciousness from nature and indigenous mind to music and the counterculture.

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Whistleblowers: Don’t shoot the messenger

Whistleblowers: Don’t shoot the messenger

by radiocafe | Dec 3, 2019 | Activism, Books, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican

What do you do if you see illegal, unethical, or wasteful activities in your government job? If you speak out what will happen–to those at fault, and to you? Political scientist Allison Stanger‘s new book recounts a history of whistleblowers and what’s at stake today.

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