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EcoCiv at the 7th California, Climate & Agriculture (CalCAN) Summit

Across the U.S., collaborative partnerships are being built on the belief that long-term land tenure is key to food security and climate justice. As new land tenure strategies based on this belief are emerging, there is a need for collaborative networks of new entry farmers, service providers, researchers, nonprofits, and government agencies to support these…

Episode #38 – Richard Dunne: Education, Food, & Farming for an Ecological Civilization

Andrew Schwartz speaks with Richard Dunne. Richard is Director of Education for The Harmony Project at the Sustainable Food Trust in the UK. The Sustainable Food Trust’s work on Harmony in food and farming seeks to demonstrate how and why we must put principles of Harmony into practice to accelerate the transition to sustainable food…

Episode #37 – Bridget Mugambe: Agroecology for Ecological Civilization

Andrew Schwartz talks with Bridget Mugambe. Bridget is a social scientist with over 15 years of work experience with NGOs in management, strategic planning, budgeting, fundraising, and gender mainstreaming. She’s an expert in policy analysis, advocacy, capacity building, and the generation and dissemination of information on food sovereignty. She serves as the Program Coordinator for AFSA (Alliance…

Episode #36 – Vandana Shiva: Changing Global Food Systems

You can also listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Andrew Schwartz talks with Vandana Shiva about why the world’s farmers are going hungry. Vandana is an internationally renowned author, scientist, and activist whom Forbes Magazine identified as one of the 7 most powerful women on the globe. In this deep dive discussion on the…