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Episode 145: Food & Water Watch and Severine Von Tscharner Fleming

Episode 145: Food & Water Watch and Severine Von Tscharner Fleming

FromThe Farm Report


Episode 145: Food & Water Watch and Severine Von Tscharner Fleming

FromThe Farm Report

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Nov 8, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is talking with two important guests from the world of food and agriculture. First up is Mark Schlosberg, the National Organizing Director for Food and Water Watch. Tune in to hear Erin and Mark discuss two ballot initiatives from the past election cycle that affect the environment and farming: Question 300 in Colorado, and Proposition 37 in California. Learn how the community of Longmont, Colorado kept hydrofracking out of their town. What organizing methods were successful? Later, hear Mark talk about the labeling of GMO foods in California, and why Prop 37 did not pass. The people have the right to know where their food comes from! Learn about Food and Water Watchs upcoming campaigns dealing with transparency in the food system. Later, Erin calls up Severine Von Tscharner Fleming, founder of The Greenhorns and host of HRNs Greenhorn Radio. The Greenhorns are a non-profit organization that works with young farmers and creates media that promotes sustainable agriculture and educates beginning farmers. Hear Erin and Severine talk about Superstorm Sandy, and how it impacted farmers in the Hudson Valley. Learn about new farm technology, and how young farmers are banding together in numbers to develop tools to deal with unpredictable weather. Finally, Erin checks in with Jeanne Hodesh for this weeks GrowNYC Market Update! This episode has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch. Communities should have the ability to protect themselves from the real threats that fracking poses to water, air, public health, and really- the community. When people band together and talk to their neighbors and do real organizing, theyre capable of pushing back against big money interests that are trying to exploit our essential resources without regard to the consequences. [4:15] -- Mark Schlosberg on The Farm Report One-hundred-year storms are happening every year, and when your livelihood depends on being at the market of every week...and, largely depends on pieces of aluminum supported by pieces of plastic with sixty thousand dollars with of tomatoes underneath! Its hard to have piece of mind and think that its a simple matter. [21:00] -- Severine Von Tscharner Fleming on The Farm Report
Released:
Nov 8, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Farm Report is a show about the people, processes, and policies that shape how food is produced today. From the latest agricultural innovations to the day-to-day challenges of running a viable business growing vegetables and grazing cattle, host Lisa Elaine Held engages in conversations with farmers and farmworkers and the people who work alongside them—like chefs, researchers, activists, and investors. Expect from-the-field insights paired with real-world context as guests explore how producing fresh, delicious food relates to environmental and community sustainability, equality and justice, politics and policy, and better health.