What potential does agroforestry have for improving access to food, our relation to natural resources, and our communities?

Nick Wren creator and operator of the Living Soil Tree Farm joins for this episode. We cover agroforestry and food forests. Nick shares the day to day life in creating and operating a tree nursery. Nick believes in a future where there is more resources and opportunities for people to connect with food through agroforestry. He is planting the seeds for the future he wants to live in.

Living Soil Tree Farm is a human scale plant nursery focused on food producing perennials and collaborative plant breeding. They focus on growing bare root trees/shrubs and diverse seed populations. They provide extremely healthy plants and seeds while using land management techniques which improve the health of our ecosystem.

Want a baby tree? Living Soil Tree Farm ships 1 year old bare root trees. They are easy to plant, and with care, will one day provide food! They service locally North Carolina and Virginia.

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Instagram: @livingsoiltreefarm https://www.instagram.com/livingsoiltreefarm/

---Shout Out by Nick to other folks doing cool related things.---

Appalachian Sustainable Development
https://asdevelop.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asdevelop/

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
https://carolinafarmstewards.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinafarms/

Savannah Institute
https://www.savannainstitute.org/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/savannainstitute/

Tree Range Chicken Farm
https://treerangefarms.com/shop/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGn119n68UfHgo1GxMzoqLGoy6JRQgpprHhHiMNTgRYhAvPcUvvA2b_Tg8OJ2c_aem_-SuPzkp5wrMQhYEYFroJKw
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/treerangefarms/

Deepti Kannapan joins me for this episode. She’s known for her TED Talk entitled ‘ The Climate Movement Needs Your Creativity, Not Your Guilt’. The Ted Talk presents powerful insights on dealing with feelings of responsibility and guilt over climate change, the mechanics of change, and how to turn negative feelings associated with the issue into positive meaningful action. I recommend you give it a listen.

During this episode, we expand on Deepti’s message. Climate Change can promote a sense of hopelessness and a feeling of responsibility for the damage that has been done to the natural world. Deepti argues we are not individually responsible for damage, yet, do have a responsibility to act. Deepti lays out an action plan for those who want to make a positive change, and feel good about doing so.

Deepti Kannapan is an artist, engineer, and climate activist in the Los Angeles area. She's the author a Fire's Ally, a fantasy novel with climate themes. She’s active with organizations such as 350.org and the league of women voters.

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Deepti Kannapans TED Talk: Climate Movement Needs Your Creativity, Not Your Guilt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLn76Go47MY

Fire’s Ally, a Fantasy Novel with Climate Themes by Deepti Kannapan

https://buy.bookfunnel.com/p5vo2ghzps

Deepti’s Newsletter

http://deepti-kannapan.kit.com

Deepti’s Website

Deeptikannapan.com

-Organization Shoutouts from Deepti-

350.org

350southbaylosangeles.com

Instagram:@350southbaylosangeles

Sunrise Movement

Instagram: @sunrisemvmt , @sunrisemvmtla (Los Angeles)

citizensclimatelobby.org

Sierra club

League of Women Voters

www.lwv.org
@lwvtorrancearea

laclimateweek.com

Instagram: @laclimateweek

Horticulturalist Niccole C Radhe joins for this episode. She breaks down the importance of reconnecting with our food through gardening and sourcing locally grown products. Niccole makes the case that, in addition to being healthy and tasty, consciously grown food promotes positive impacts to the environment, ecology, community, and society.

Niccole describes methods to overcome barriers to growing and sourcing local organic food. She shares ideas on how to become involved in your community gardens and farmers markets, and the benefits to be had in doing so.

During the episode, Niccole gives a shout out to handful of active organizations in Southern Arizona. If you’re local or traveling through, and want to participate in a great cause, check out:

Native Seeds/SEARCH -https://www.nativeseeds.org/

Awareness Ranch - https://www.awarenessranch.com/

Borderlands Restoration Network - https://www.borderlandsrestoration.org/

Sky Island Alliance - https://skyislandalliance.org/

Watershed Management Group - https://watershedmg.org/

Tucson Botanical Garden - https://tucsonbotanical.org/

Tucson Organic Gardeners - https://www.tucsonorganicgardeners.org/
Santa Cruz Farmers Market
Rillito Farmers Market

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