Hello and welcome back to the Community Agriculture Project Podcast! In episode 4, we sit with Ian Jiménez Barreras in Borikén aka Puerto Rico, and discuss his navigations of experiential learning in his field, finding his agroecology community, and his experimentation with ferments and Korean natural farming. We cover his background, goals and intention when it comes to agriculture, and understand how he got started working with the land in Borikén. He gives us insight into his learning process for developing living soils, including being self taught through books, attending intensives led by Chris Trump, and experimenting with different ferments with the locally abundant resources of the island. We hear from him about his shifting community throughout his learning journey, and how those community shifts led to the position he is currently in, which is a team member for projects like the Caribbean Regenerative Community Development (CRCD) and Ridge to Reefs. We really follow the arc of Ian’s journey in this episode. In reflection, for people that are looking to embrace a new practice, he recommends to find good mentors and spend time learning and observing in the spaces you find yourself in. You can contact Ian through his instagram @pr.knf and @ian_jo16 Ian’s resource recommendations: JADAM organic farming: the way to ultra-low-cost agriculture https://en.jadam.kr @marco_is_growing @soilsteward @naturesalwaysright Other resources: https://www.crcdpr.org/projects/smart-ag-puerto-rico/ https://www.ridgetoreefs.org You can always reach out to us if you have any questions communityagproject@gmail.com and don’t forget to check out our website communityagproject.com. Thanks for tuning in!
Hello and welcome back to the Community Agriculture Project Podcast. In S2E3, we have a conversation with Anthony Basil Rodriguez: storyteller, researcher, and documentarian of rare plants, humankind and the flux of global society. Anthony defines ethnobotany and we hear about his expeditions to different countries and areas that have focused on specific documentation efforts. We talk about bananas, cacao and quinoa as well as a few other foods of interest. We also talk food diversity, the loss of species and indigenous knowledge, seed saving, and land and displacement. Anthony shares insight on how he connects with people and the diversity of food while traveling. One of our biggest messages was to get acquainted with plants in your own way! If you want to continue following Anthony’s work, check out his instagram page and website: @Anthonybasilrodriguez Anthonybrodriguez.com Don’t forget to check out our website: communityagproject.com
Hello and welcome back to the Community Agriculture Project, Season 2 Episode 2. Today we welcome our guests Maryam and Julien, who are born originally in France and currently living in Berlin and Paris, respectively. Maryam and Julien spent time in the US this summer working on various farms in New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California through WWOOF. We start off our conversation talking about their backgrounds and their relation to food and agriculture. We talk about why they wanted to come to the US to work on farms here. They give a description of the farms they worked at, the relation of those farms to their communities, and what they take away from their WWOOF and farming experience. Here are some resources related to this episode: https://wwoofusa.org/en/ https://madlavenderfarm.com https://www.instagram.com/mohicanflowerfarm/?hl=en https://www.cheesetrail.org/business-profile/spring-hill-farmstead-goat-cheese http://savagemountainfarm.com Complimentary playlist to accompany this episode thanks to Maryam and Julien: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LOtridZI79xlNtnxAgIVt?si=TpRTqcUcTR6ht1H8zYfHlA&pi=u-DAiUBp1mQcmH Be sure to check out our website communityagproject.com!
Welcome back to the Community Agriculture Project. To start off season 2 of the Community Agriculture Project Podcast, we are delving into ways of being in community, specifically from an economic standpoint. Our guest is Ebony Gustave, the founder of the Cooperative Journal - a resource for alternative economic models. In our discussion, Ebony and I cover the values of the solidarity economy, different types of cooperative models, examples of both of these types of structures, and what it looks like to maintain them. We start by defining and talking about the solidarity economy. Several resources are mentioned in the episode that are linked for you below! Be sure to check out Ebony’s ongoing work and all of the rich resources we cover. New Roots Cooperative https://newrootscooperativefarm.com Indiana Black Farmers Cooperative https://www.facebook.com/IndianaBlackFarmersCoop/ Jubilee Justice Rice Mill https://www.jubileejustice.org/sri-rice Fiber Shed https://fibershed.org Saint louis / Marsh Food Co Op https://marshrivercoop.org Ebony’s Podcast Cooperative Journal https://www.cooperativejournalmedia.com/general-7 Karma Kitchen Established by Service Space https://www.karmakitchen.org https://www.servicespace.org Solidarity Economy Principles https://solidarityeconomyprinciples.org Essential Food and Medicine Bay Area https://www.essentialfam.org Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective https://www.chocolaterebellion.com New Economy Coalition https://neweconomy.net US Federation of Worker Co Ops https://www.usworker.coop/en/ Grassroots Economic Organizing https://geo.coop Community Agriculture Project Resources Communityagproject.com @communityagproject on instagram PayPal: communityagproject@gmail.com Artizen Fund: https://www.communityagproject.com/single-project
Welcome back to the Community Agriculture Project podcast. In episode 10, we sit down with Vivian and Dorothy Lee to compare and contrast their experiences through time studying and working in the food system. Vivian discusses her experience working at farms and gardens in the New Brunswick area, and how that eventually lead to their position working with the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) on the supply chain of different food/commodities like beef and leather. Dorothy reflects on their journey of starting a composting club at their university, their post-graduate experience with AmeriCorps, and working on a farm in Massachusetts. They also discuss their more recent experiences working as a linecook and baker. We go on to reflect on the different forms of community that arise in these environments, and find ourselves discussing various scales of community as they relate to food or agriculture or both. We touch on community in family, friends, neighborhoods, work support groups, mutual aid and buy nothing groups, and just generally people with similar drives and passion. We talk about dreams of what agriculture can and might look like in the future, thinking about topics like seaweed, algae and carbon sequestration.