Feat. Maddie Marmor, Stuart Oke, Aliyah Fraser

Join Aliyah, Stuart and Maddie one last time to reflect on the conversations, takeaways, throughlines of the past seven episodes. The power of nuance, semantics and intersectionality are all present as the crew shares what stood out to them. Keep your ear’s piqued for a series 3 too!

Continue learning at the links below.

• Who Will Feed Us: New Farmer Perspectives on Agriculture for the future

• National Farmers Union - Agroecology 

• La Via Campesina: Agroecology and Peasant Seeds

• Rooted Oke Farm / IG: rootedoakfarm

• Lucky Bug Farm / IG: luckybugfarm

• Sow and Grow website link

• Support the podcast

• National Farmers Foundation  

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Feat. Maddie Marmor, Stuart Oke, Brenda Hsueh, Manish Kushwaha, Julia Smith, Anastasia (Ana) Fyk

Co-host Stuart Oke sits down with four farmers from across the country to learn how when you  are forced to change, age-old skills and tools can serve us well, and the solutions are scalable if we use the values behind them as our guide - open-mindedness, adaptability, creativity, cooperation, reciprocity. 

Check out the links below for more on what you heard in this episode.

• Gaiaorganics.ca

• Justblacksheep.com

• Blueskyranch.ca 

• fyksoba.com

• Surviving the Heat: The impacts of the 2021 heat dome in Canada 

• What are Atmospheric Rivers?

• How to Survive the End of the World 

• Onbeing.org  “adrienne maree brown “we are in the time of new suns”

• www.rootedoak.ca - @rootedoakfarm

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Podcast Links

• Sow and Grow website link

• Support the podcast

• National Farmers Foundation  

Feat. host Maddie Marmor, co-host Aliyah Fraser and guest Dave Skene 

In our second episode on land, co-host Aliyah Fraser sits down with David Skene of Wisahkotewinowak to bring to the forefront the perspective that a deeper relating to the land around us would positively impact our decisions on land use, an often underreported cause of climate change. 

Find out more about what you heard at the links below.

Wisahkotewinowak / IG: @wisahkotewinowak / FB: Wisahkotewinowak

Food Secure Canada -  Indigenous Food Sovereignty Discussion Paper  

Human Rights Watch - “My Fear is Losing Everything”: The Climate Crisis and First Nations’ Right to Food in Canada

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Learn how the decisions farmers are making day-to-day and more so for the future are significantly impacted by the stress, anxiety and depression felt while farming in a time of crisis through the testimonies of young farmers across the country and by host Maddie Marmor and guest Toby Malloy’s conversation about the feelings felt farming in a time of crisis. 

Feat. Host Maddie Marmor and guest’s Toby Malloy, Hannah Dyer, Ari Westhaver, Kishon Warmington, Jordan Rivers with contributions from Elizabeth Cyr and Jessie MacInnis

*Disclaimer* This episode deals with mental health issues like depression, anxiety and suicide ideation. From all of us here at the show, we want to express our sympathy and care - it’s hard out there. If we can offer anything, it’s to call/text/message a friend. Making this show helped all of us mentally, and hopefully you have someone to chat to too. 

If you need more information about what you heard today, please check out the links below:

• National Farmers Union - Resources and Support for Mental Health, Legal Aid and Financial Assistance 

• Academic Research Paper - Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and resilience in Canadian Farmers

• Farmer Wellness Initiative (Ontario Specific)

• Toby Malloy Counselling 

• Resmaa.ca 

• Sow and Grow website link

• Support the podcast

• National Farmers Foundation  

How do we use our land is a question that invites and warns us to take a critical look at the decisions we are making about the land we steward. Join co-host and show producer Aliyah Fraser as she brings forward this narrative of land use change as a major cause of climate change in her conversation with guest Thorsten Arnold.

Feat. Host Maddie Marmor, co-host Aliyah Fraser and guest Thorsten Arnold

Want more information about what you’ve heard? Check out the links below. 

• Persephone Market Garden 

• Eat Local Grey Bruce 

• Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems 

• Additional Reading on Dehesas 

• B.E.S.H 

• Agrarian Trust 

• Ontario Farmland Trust

• NorthEast Farmers of Colour Land Trust

• Not Just Bikes

• Sow and Grow website link

• Support the podcast

• National Farmers Foundation  

  
  

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Uncover the truths behind the big rallying cries of the current climate moment. Alongside our guest Ayla Fenton, the team will give their hot takes on some of the biggest myths and falsehoods when it comes to the narratives and representation of the relationship between farmers and the climate in mainstream culture. 

Feat. Host Maddie Marmor, co-hosts Stuart Oke and Aliyah Fraser and guest Ayla Fenton

More on the myths you heard about today at the links below.

• Nyeleni - Newsletter no 46 Dec 2021

• La Via Campesina  - Agroecology and Peasant Seeds

• ETC Group / IG: etc_group_

• ETC Group - Who Will Feed Us report

• Hootwinked in the Hothouse - Third Edition

• Bioneers - Decolonizing Regenerative Agriculture: An Indigenous Perspective

• Sow and Grow website link

• Support the podcast

  
  National Farmers Foundation 

Join co-host Stuart Oke and guest Darrin Qualman of the National Farmers Union to learn more about one of the most dominant narratives about climate change - GreenHouse Gas Emissions. From the influence of nitrogen in our input practices to to understanding the complexity of cutting emissions in agriculture, the conversation will stimulate a new way of understanding the omissions about emissions. 

To take a deeper dive into emissions from Canada’s ag scene, check out these links.

• darrinqualman.com 

• National Farmers Union - Climate Change

• National Farmers Union - Agriculture GHG Gas Emissions in Canada

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

• International Sixth Assessment Report - Synthesis Report

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Join the podcast crew and guest WWFU alum Ayla Fenton as they introduce some of the core themes of the series. From the intersectionality of justice movements to the silver linings present in moments of big change, the conversation will stimulate listeners to engage with their own relationship to eating, growing and living in a time of constant...wait for it...crisis.

To learn more about the origins of the series, check out the following links.

Support the Podcast

• Sow and Grow website link

• Rooted Oak Farm / IG: rootedoakfarm

• Lucky Bug Farm / IG: luckybugfarm

• Loving Spoonful / IG: loving_spoonful

• National Farmers Union / IG: nfucanada

• National Farmers Union - Tackling the Farm Crisis and Climate Crisis report

  
  

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