Educating for Earth Justice: Matt Ryan and The Talking Farm | Ep. 4

In this episode we talk to Matt Ryan, and urban farmer in Chicago whose makes it his mission to educate the community about the social and environmental justice dynamics of growing food. The conversation includes crucial topics such as the intimacy of a farmer’s relationship to the land; the sustainability of small-scale farming; urban and backyard farming; the global food supply chain; and winter gardening.

Our Guest:
Matt Ryan bio
https://www.thetalkingfarm.org/company/team/matt-ryan/

The Talking Farm
https://www.thetalkingfarm.org/

The Talking Farm's Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/ttfarm/

Mentions:
Wendell Berry. Bringing it to the table: Writings on farming and food

market gardens/farms
https://marketbusinessnews.com/financial-glossary/market-garden/
http://www.themarketgardener.com/
https://www.growingformarket.com/categories/MarketFarmingBasics

regenerative agriculture
http://www.regenerativeagriculturedefinition.com/
https://agfundernews.com/regenerative-agriculture-is-getting-more-mainstream-but-how-scalable-is-it.html

California's 10-year drought: https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-latest-drought/

 Actions:
“look at the source of the food, pay right price for a food item, even just 10% of your total food purchases spent this way helps” 

CSA (community supported agriculture)
https://bountyfromthebox.com/csa-directory/find-a-csa-farm/
https://www.localharvest.org/csa/

humanely raised animals (example organizations)
https://forceofnaturemeats.com/
https://joyce-farms.com/

independent rating system for ethically-raised animals
https://globalanimalpartnership.org/

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