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The intention of Our Common Roots is to provide access to film, audio, and written material that inspires and unites us on our common quest for a healthier world. The "web" in our view is a powerful tool of nature that is evolving along with our own need for an evolutionary leap as a species. There are teachers, healers, scientists, mothers, fathers, artists, gardeners, and other inspired individuals, in our time and the past, that have a great deal to share. Our goal is to help in that proc ...
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Food Warriors

Jaime Rothbard

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Welcome to Food Warriors: the podcast that is transforming how we think about our food. Food Warriors are entrepreneurs, farmers, educators, policy shifters, chefs and more who are paving the way to transform our food system. We've saved you a spot at our lunch table to hear the most innovative solutions to our greatest food challenges, from food waste to food security. Hear the stories that fueled their mission and then get clear, actionable steps you can start using today. Get ready to mee ...
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Better Food. Better World.

United Nations World Food Programme

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How do we ‘do food better?’ Better Food. Better World. poses this very question to listeners working in food policy and concerned global citizens alike. Over the course of 6 episodes, author Elizabeth Nyamayaro paints an audio picture of food systems around the world and the people involved from production to consumption, from farm to plate. In a world where 811 million people go to bed hungry every single night, while enough food to feed 2 billion people is wasted every single year, this po ...
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"Killer stuff! Sounds huge! " Paul Yee, Engineer/Producer/Musician, Stereobus Recording "Spectacular production. Breathtaking!" Michael Gillespie "The album was always world-class, but the restoration is beautiful. I was literally overcome. The album is sooooo good!!!." Laurie Mackenzie "What an amazing band!!! Well done." Gord Osland "BRAVO!, Stel…
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“Every act of eating involves some element of choice.” Every day people around the world go to the store to purchase food and then sit down to a meal with their families. The meal may include bread made with wheat from Peru, salad with lettuce from California, and beef from Australia. All of these products end up on our plates through a vast interc…
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“Conflict and hunger, peace and food security. These are really inextricably linked.” As Afghans prepare for winter, they are on the brink of another crisis — hunger. War and conflict have shut down the economy, displaced hundreds of thousands, and caused food prices to rise. 22.8 million are facing acute food insecurity. People who have survived y…
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“While feeding ourselves, we should feed nature because it's by feeding nature that we will feed ourselves again.” There was a frenzied tension and intensity at COP26. In the final days of the conference, delegations from around the world were deep in negotiations to address our world’s most dire crisis – climate change. Young people were leading t…
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“Honduras has the potential to lead on solutions to address climate change” In the midst of Honduras’ rolling mountains and green forests, there are greenhouses growing mouth-watering fresh vegetables. Communities come together to prepare meals with these vegetables and sell the produce. Recurring droughts, intense floods, bark beetle, and more put…
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“Too much is not a good thing” Every time we go to the grocery store, we are surrounded by a seemingly infinite bounty of food. We may choose a yogurt thinking it is a healthy option only to realize it has as much sugar as a doughnut. Surrounded by choice, children in America and around the world are not getting the nutrition they need to grow heal…
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“There is no such thing as cheap food.” For some of us, a typical day’s diet could be oatmeal for breakfast, bean salad for lunch, and fish and chips for dinner. Little do we know, the oatmeal was farmed unethically with illegal pesticides, the beans came from a country suffering from drought and the fish came from a company that illegally overfish…
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How do we ‘do food better?’ Better Food. Better World. poses this very question to listeners working in food policy and concerned global citizens alike. Over the course of 6 episodes, author Elizabeth Nyamayaro paints an audio picture of food systems around the world and the people involved from production to consumption, from farm to plate. In a w…
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A COMMON LINK PART TWO. Marjolaine Forest interviews natural health practitioner Terry Bell. We discuss addiction, depression, anger and so much more. Terry’s ability to explain our issues in a very simple manner. From the liver, lungs, bowel and thyroid, what are we doing wrong and how to simply right it? From acid & alkaline to positive & negativ…
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Are you one of those amazing people who ends up growing more food than you know what to do with? This is the short show episode with Gary Oppenheimer, founder of AmpleHarvest.org. This nonprofit helps 42 million home and community gardeners end food waste and hunger by educating and enabling them to donate their excess garden produce to the nearest…
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Are you one of those amazing people who ends up growing more food than you know what to do with? Gary Oppenheimer is the founder of AmpleHarvest.org, a nonprofit that helps 42 million home and community gardeners end food waste and hunger by educating and enabling them to donate their excess garden produce to the nearest food pantry.…
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In episode 04 of Food Warriors, we are joined by Samantha Kenny of the World Wildlife Fund to find out why the WWF cares about combatting wasted food. WWF works to reduce food waste for the purpose of protecting wildlife habitat from conversion for agricultural use and reducing methane gas. Samantha is a Program Officer with the WWF's Food Waste Te…
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In episode 4 of Food Warriors, we sit down with Samantha Kenny of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to find out why the WWF cares about combating food waste. WWF works to reduce food waste for the purpose of protecting wildlife habitat from conversion for agricultural use and reducing methane emissions from landfilled food. Samantha is a Program Office…
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This is the 15 min Short Version of Food Warriors, episode 3 where we meet Stiles Najac. Stiles is the Food Security Coordinator of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County, New York. She is the woman behind the wheel of the Gleanmobile, and this noble duo -- along with an incredible posse of volunteers -- are recovering 270,000 pounds of…
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In episode 3 of Food Warriors, we meet Stiles Najac, the Food Security Coordinator of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County, New York. Stiles is the woman behind the wheel of the Gleanmobile, and this noble duo -- along with an incredible posse of volunteers -- are recovering 270,000 pounds of fresh produce per year. That delicate and …
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This is the SHORT VERSION session 01 of the Wasted Food Series. Think of it as the Cliff Notes version. It features the most actionable take-aways from the longer interview. It's a great way to introduce people to the issue with little time invested. Today we meet Chris Hunt of ReFED: Rethinking Food Waste through Education and Data. We discuss how…
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This is session 01 of the Wasted Food Series. Today we meet Chris Hunt of ReFED: Rethinking Food Waste through Education and Data. We discuss how in the US, about 40% of our food goes to waste due to confusion over food labeling "eat by" dates, rejection of imperfect produce by groceries, lack of cold storage in food banks and many other reasons. W…
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A COMMON LINK PART ONE. An interview with natural health practitioner Terry Bell by Marjolaine Forest. He uses several methods of analysis which includes his fine ability of muscle testing to identify imbalances in the body. Comparing this analysis to pictures of the tongue teeth and eyes of thousands of clients it helped Terry determine the priori…
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(Excerpt) Chad Cornell with mycologist, Robert Rogers discussing our connection with Fungi and, in particular the consciousness connections with Psilocybin and Reishi Mushrooms. Reishi is one of the great balancers. It can help bring balance to the body and help with stress in urbanized living.
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An Interview with Tabitha Langel, co-owner of Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company, by Marjolaine Forest. When you think of culture, do you think of food? Tall Grass Prairie Bakery is creating a healthy culture by providing great food, a good living & paying their organic farmers fairly. You too, can restore your values in agri-culture by “going agains…
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Maya Tiwari, renowned spiritual teacher - Ayurveda pioneer, Vedic scholar, international author, and former top American fashion designer - has touched and healed the lives of thousands of people around the world. A spiritual pioneer, Maya Tiwari serves humanity by awakening the spirit of ahimsa, or harmony, in every person whose life she touches.…
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Pat Mooney addresses the National Farmers Union on how small farmer can get through climate change with bio diversity and saving heritage seeds. The author or co-author of several books on the politics of biotechnology and biodiversity, Pat Mooney received the Right Livelihood Award with Cary Fowler in the Swedish Parliament in 1985. In 1998 Mooney…
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Chad Cornell and Conrad Richter discussing the concept of the Seed Zoo™, Bio Diversity and more. Richter's Herbs is proud to introduce SeedZoo™, a project to preserve traditional and indigenous food plants from around the world. Teaming up with botanical explorers and ethnobotanists, we are searching for rare and endangered food plants that home ga…
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It's time we start talking more openly about holistic perspectives on imbalances of the body, mind, and soul. Join Marjolaine Forest in this series, with guest Chad Cornell - Herbalist, Holistic Therapist, and Teacher exploring the increasing challenges and opportunities facing some of the brightest in our community.…
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Join Marjolaine Forest-Axford in this series, with guest Chad Cornell - Herbalist, Holistic Therapist, and Teacher exploring the increasing challenges and opportunities facing some of the brightest in our community. In an age of excess information, over-medication. and planetary transformation it's time we start talking more openly about holistic p…
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Join Marjolaine Forest-Axford in this series, with guest Chad Cornell - Herbalist, Holistic Therapist, and Teacher exploring the increasing challenges and opportunities facing some of the brightest in our community. In an age of excess information, over-medication. and planetary transformation it's time we start talking more openly about holistic p…
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