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Chris Jones is an attorney and founder of Center Market Strategies, a boutique law and advocacy firm that specializes in antitrust. He leads the Main Street Competition Coalition, a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization for independent business and agriculture producers harmed by monopolistic conduct. He has more than 16 years of experience in competition, food and agriculture, and supply-chain policy inside and outside of government. He recently served as Chief Government Relations Officer & Counsel at the National Grocers Association, the trade association for independent grocery stores. Errol and Chris Jones discuss the impact of market power, consolidation, and legislation on independent grocers and consumers. He explores the history of the Robinson Patman Act, current challenges faced by small businesses, and legislative efforts to promote competition.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jose Oliva, Campaigns Director at Heal Food Alliance, shares insights into the food industry's labor issues, food insecurity among workers, and systemic reforms needed for a fairer food system.Jose Oliva was born in Xelaju, Guatemala. In 1985 he and his family were forced to flee the civil war and come to the US. Once in Chicago he was called to be Executive Director of Casa Guatemala where he began to organize day-laborers in Chicago’s street corners. He founded the Chicago Interfaith Workers’ Center and then became the Coordinator of Interfaith Worker Justice’s National Workers' Centers Network. Jose served in several leadership positions at the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, the national organization of restaurant workers. Jose was the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Food Chain Workers Alliance, a national coalition of food-worker organizations that collectively represents over 350,000 workers. Jose is a 2017 James Beard Award recipient and a 2018 American Food Hero Awardee and a 2020 Castanea Fellow. Currently he is the Campaigns Director at HEAL (Health Environment Agriculture and Labor) Food Alliance, a national multi-sector coalition representing over two million people in the food system. He also chairs the Chicago Region Food System Fund and serves on the boards of Woods Fund of Chicago and the Growing Justice Fund.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join us for an inspiring conversation with David Bronner, CEO of Dr. Bronner's, as he shares the company's rich history, social activism, and commitment to regenerative organic farming, fair wages, and social justice. Discover how a legacy of love, spirituality, and sustainability is shaping a better future for business and the planet.David and Michael established Dr. Bronner’s as a sustainable leader in the natural products industry by becoming one of the first body care brands to formulate with hemp seed oil in 1999 and to certify its soaps, lotions, balms, and other personal care products under the USDA National Organic Program in 2003. Both actions resulted in high-profile litigation with government agencies, DEA and USDA respectively, that Dr. Bronner’s ultimately won, cementing Dr. Bronner’s activist orientation in the natural products marketplace. Over the years, David and Dr. Bronner’s have been key leaders in fights for GMO labeling, industrial hemp farming in the U.S., high-bar organic and fair trade standards, drug policy reform, fair minimum wage, and the establishment of the Regenerative Organic Certified standard. Today, David continues to lead the growth of Regenerative Organic Certified, dedicating time and resources to creating an integrated, comprehensive program that addresses soil health, animal welfare, and fair labor prac-tices to advance sustainable and ecological alternatives to industrial agriculture.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #85 Notes0:45 - What are your jobs at Starbucks?2:00 - What’s it been like working at Starbucks through the pandemic?5:00 - What inspired the union organizing campaign?7:30 - What are your demands?11:00 - How has this union campaign been received by your coworkers?14:45 - On the vision of these organizing efforts in the short and long term.20:00 - How to support these efforts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #84 Notes1:00 - An overview of RWDSU and background.2:30 - On the political economy of farm work in the United States, and the lack of laws to protect farm workers.6:20 - On The Fair Labor for Farm Workers Act.8:00 - What is the upside of farm workers having a union contract?11:00 - What is the future of farm work in New York? Do you see resistance from farm and land owners as farm workers organize?12:30 - How can folks support this work?17:50 - Overview of the Amazon labor organizing campaign.32:00 - Closing thoughts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #83 Notes1:00 - How did you get interested in writing about cultivated meats?4:50 - On finding sources for Joe’s journalism on cultivated meats.10:05 - How cultivated meats are made.13:30 - Scaling and sterility in cultivated meat production22:00 - Cultivated meats implications and animal rights30:00 - The feed source for cultivated meat.34:00 - The waste products and byproducts of cultivated meat.39:00 - The economics and risks associated with cultivated meat companies.42:10 - On the energy needs of cultivated meat45:15 - How might the food system be truly repaired?51:00 - Closing thoughtsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #82 NotesKevin Bradshaw Local 252G Memphis, Tennesse BCTGM0:30 - What is your role at Kellogg’s?01:10 - Why are you on strike? And what has Kellogg’s done to instigate the strike?2:30 - How has COVID exasperated some of the issues with working conditions?4:00 - What are you standing for?5:00 - How can folks support you?8:00 - Dan Osborne, President Local 50G Omaha, Nebraska BCTGM9:00 - What instigated the wave of strikes we’re seeing at Kellogg’s facilities?10:00 - What has it been like with COVID in Kellogg’s facilities?12:30 - What is at stake for this strike?14:30 - Is Kellogg’s threatening to move production facilities to other countries?17:30 - How can folks support BCTGM?20:00 - Closing thoughts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #80 Notes0:30 - How did you start at Amazon, and what led to your dismissal?3:00 - How did your unionizing efforts lead to the work you do now?4:15 - What is your critique of Amazon and how they treat employees?5:30 - What is the Amazon Labor Union, it’s goals, and how it came about?6:45 - On organizing and recruitment tactics.9:30 - How has Amazon responded to your organizing tactics?12:00 - What do we need to build a logistics system that’s fair, just, and equitable?13:30 - What are the benefits of employees having and contributing to a union?16:00 - Closing thoughts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #80 Notes1:00 - Reckoning and Regenerative Agriculture article overview6:05 - Regenerative Organic Certification and other ways in which we define regenerative.21:45 - On racial justice and equity in regenerative agriculture.30:00 - What should we do to help shift the meaning of regenerative agriculture. 34:00 - Further readings:Liz CarslileFarm (and Other F Words), Sarah MockJulie GuthmanDispossession, Pete DanielSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #78 Notes1:15 - Inspiration for their new book, Enflamed.2:40 - On Deep Medicine and why this book needed to happen.8:30 - What is inflammation, exactly?14:00 - On defining colonialism historically and presently. 19:00 - On the cultural and larger systems issues with the healthcare system.26:30 - The limitations of addressing inflammation with the current state of the food system.35:00 - On abolition, colonialism, and health.40:00 - Decolonizing medicine.55:00 - Interview Takeaways.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #77 Notes1:00 - On The Global Alliance for The Future of Food3:00 - Case studies of work GAFF.8:00 - Defining True Cost Accounting and why it matters.12:00 - Why is this different than GAP accounting? And how are externalities accounted for in True Cost Accounting?16:00 - How is True Cost Accounting embedded in regulatory frameworks?21:00 - How would true cost accounting be applied to more conventional businesses? And how would it impact them?27:30 - How does True Cost Accounting affect prices?34:30 - How is GAFF getting involved in the UN Food Systems Conference?37:00 - How do you pitch True Cost Accounting as a new norm?40:00 - How does True Cost Accounting relate to climate change?43:00 - What we can do to support True Cost Accounting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #76 Notes0:30 - What does the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa do?2:00 - What is Food Sovereignty?3:15 - The influence of powerful and influential benefactors of the green revolution in Africa.8:15 - What was the Green Revolution? What did it want to do, and what have the outcomes been?15:45 - How are food sovereignty organization pushing back on the Green Revolution narrative?20:00 - Closing thoughts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Follow The Checkout on Facebook - Instagram - Twitter. Stream The Checkout on Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Stitcher - Google Podcast Episode #72 Notes1:00 - How did Brandworkers come about?2:00 - How is Brandworkers structured?4:00 - What are some of the issues affecting food system workers in NY?6:30 - What is labor organizing like in facilities?9:00 - What sectors and businesses are you working in currently?13:30 - What are some major victories you’ve had?17:00 - On collective bargaining and unionizing.24:30 - How has COVID impacted campaign strategies?29:30 - How have priorities changed with a new administration in the White House?31:00 - What do you hope to accomplish in the next few years?34:00 - What does a fair and just food system look like to you?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #71 NotesInterview #1 with Lisa Gregory and Carl Miller of BCTGM1:15 - Food industry experience2:00 - Working on the Nabisco bakery production line.4:00 - Lisa’s role at BCTGM Union.5:00 - What has it been like working in food manufacturing during COVID?9:00 - How many union members fell ill during COVID?11:30 - On organizing efforts at their food manufacturing facility.17:00 - The effects of working under onerous management.18:00 - On PRO-ACT and how it would help unionizing efforts.22:00 - What has inspired the current wave of strikes at Nabisco?28:00 - What’s at stake with these union organizing efforts, and how you can help. Mike Burlingham, Portland Local 364 of BCTGM33:30 - On Mike’s work experience at Nabisco.35:30 - What does it mean to be a baker? What’s the job like?37:00 - What is it like working in the facility during COVID?42:00 - How have business decisions made affected jobs and livelihoods of the workers?47:00 - What has inspired the current wave of Nabisco strikes?55:00 - How you can support the organizing efforts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Errol Schweizer is the Host of The Checkout and has over 25 years of food industry experience, including retail operations and purchasing, CPG, farmers markets, community organizing, and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #69 Notes0:45 - How did you get started in the food business and Miyoko’s Creamery?4:00 - What were gaps in the market for dairy-free cheeses?7:00 - How did you develop these dairy-free cheeses?11:00 - What was consumer’s initial reaction to the products?17:00 - On inequities in the funding and financing landscape.21:00 - On what’s working and what’s not in the plant-based food industry.25:00 - What is your vision for the food system?30:00 - On a just transition for workers and food businesses in a plant-based food system.35:00 - Lessons learned in the food industry.39:00 - Book Recommendations!The Homemade Vegan Pantry, Miyoko ShinnerThe Vegan Meat Cookbook, Miyoko ShinnerArtisan Vegan Cheese, Miyoko ShinnerAfro Veganism, Bryant TerrySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #68 Notes0:45 - From impact investor to Cool Beans CEO.4:15 - How did you re-discover the frozen food aisle?8:00 - Why did Cool Beans decide to focus on plant-based foods?15:00 - The Four Waves of plant based foods.18:00 - On competing in the plant-based foods sector.22:00 - On the ethics of plant-based foods.25:00 - On converting conventional grain production to grass-based products.34:00 - Book Recommendations!The Water Will Come, Jeff GoodellThis Is The Way The World Ends, Jeff NesbitSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #67 Notes0:45 - Tell us about your role at Tisch Center for Food, Education, and Policy.2:15 - On Tisch Center’s research and advocacy work.3:30 - On food insecurity in New York.9:50 - How has COVID impacted food insecurity and your positions on policies impacting this?18:45 - Policy goals around universal lunch programs.28:30 - On the Food Ed Coalition.35:00 - Policy positions regarding nutrition for school lunches.40:30 - Food, well being, and food education.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #66 Notes1:00 - On unionizing efforts at No Evil Foods.7:30 - Motivation around the initial unionization drive.17:00 - How did the other employees respond to unionization?21:45 - On the mechanics of union-avoidance industry.23:00 - On PRO-ACT.28:00 - What was the work dynamic? What did it feel like to work at the facility?29:30 - What happened after the unionization effort failed?42:00 - What happened when you left the company? 56:00 - How you can support. Takeaways and lessons learned.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #64 Notes0:30 - What is the mission and vision of Brooklyn Packers?2:15 - What is Brooklyn Supported Agriculture?3:15 - On selecting farm and food suppliers.5:00 - How is a worker-owned cooperative different than a typical corporate business? And what are the pros and cons?8:45 - How do you competitive as a cooperative?10:00 - Impacts of COVID-19 on the business.14:00 - How is your cooperative financed?17:45 - History of cooperatives in Brooklyn.21:20 - How does Brooklyn Packers contribute to food sovereignty?23:00 - Book recommendations!Collective Courage, Jessica Gordon NembhardThe Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBoisSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #63 Notes0:35 - First off, how did you become a Rocket Scientist?3:45 - How did your science background influence your interest in BBQ?7:15 - How and why is the BBQ is such a strong cultural tradition in the black community?9:30 - On BBQ in Virginia and the birth of BBQ.15:00 - On Southern Food and how it’s essentially black and indigenous in origin.18:00 - Authentic BBQ and the techniques used.20:30 - On the diasporic spread of BBQ techniques.28:00 - What is the difference between a Chef, a Cook, and a Pitmaster?33:00 - How does mainstream media white-wash BBQ culture?45:30 - On the displacement of black communities and how this ties to BBQ. 49:15 - Why is BBQ a quintessential American food?1:00:00 - Book recommendations!Black Hand in the Pit - Howard Conyers (to be released)The Half Has Never Been Told - Edward BaptistThe Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley and William DankoFor Freedom’s Sake - Chana LeeDispossessions - Pete DanielThe Color of Law - Richard RothsteinThe Devil You Know - Charles BlowThe 4-Hour Work Week, Tim FerrissSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #62 Notes0:35 - First off, how did you become a Rocket Scientist?3:45 - How did your science background influence your interest in BBQ?7:15 - How and why is the BBQ is such a strong cultural tradition in the black community?9:30 - On BBQ in Virginia and the birth of BBQ.15:00 - On Southern Food and how it’s essentially black and indigenous in origin.18:00 - Authentic BBQ and the techniques used.20:30 - On the diasporic spread of BBQ techniques.28:00 - What is the difference between a Chef, a Cook, and a Pitmaster?33:00 - How does mainstream media white-wash BBQ culture?45:30 - On the displacement of black communities and how this ties to BBQ. 49:15 - Why is BBQ a quintessential American food?1:00:00 - Book recommendations!Black Hand in the Pit - Howard Conyers (to be released)The Half Has Never Been Told - Edward BaptistThe Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley and William DankoFor Freedom’s Sake - Chana LeeDispossessions - Pete DanielThe Color of Law - Richard RothsteinThe Devil You Know - Charles BlowThe 4-Hour Work Week, Tim FerrissSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #60 Notes1:00 - What were some of the issues and conditions that resulted in this strike?7:00 - On sexual harassment and racial bias in the workplace.14:15 - On protecting employees from customer harassment.19:00 - Pay disparities 25:00 - What were the immediate demands when you went on strike?31:00 - How did the strike spread from the production centers to the retail stores?33:15 - Negotiating with Juiceland management.41:00 - What’s the current status of the strike?47:00 - What can listeners do to support your efforts?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #58 Notes1:00 - Esther West, open mic on Latinx coop growth in the US.Books and ResourcesLatinX Coop Power in the US, UW Center for CoopsCollective Courage, Jessica Gordon NembhardDemocracy at Work InstituteSustainable Economies Law CenterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #57 Notes1:00 - How did you get interested in food systems research?6:15 - What were the conditions of homesteaders and settlers in the frontier in the 19th century?10:15 - On the myth of the idyllic small family farm.18:30 - How 4H social engineered of the rural frontier.28:30 - On how 4H deepened racial divides and inequities.35:00 - On 4H and the history of eugenics.44:15 - How to overcome the myth of the ‘independent farmer’ and iconism.49:00 - How to create a just, fair, resilient food system.53:30 - Book recommendations!Capitalism and the Web of Life - Jason MoorePorkopolis - Alex BlanchetteSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #56 Notes0:30- How did Worker’s Justice Project come about?1:45 - What needs does WJP meet for the community?3:00 - How are decisions made in your organization?5:30 - What’s it’s been like to be an essential worker during COVID-19? Construction, home healthcare, etc.9:15 - What are some of the campaigns WJP has worked on?17:30 - HEROES Act and the Fund for Excluded Workers projects.22:00 - What are the strategic program areas of WJP?25:00 - US immigration policies effects on people’s lives and livelihoods.29:00 - What changes are required in the food system to make things better for essential workers?32:30 - What is the future of WJP and your members?34:15 - How to support WJP and closing thoughts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #55 Notes1:00 - How did you get interested in food journalism?3:30 - On writing style.4:45 - Recipe development and food journalism.6:30 - On the future of the veggie burger.11:30 - On vegan cheese and category reinvention.17:30 - Silicon Valley’s approach to alternative meat development.21:00 - Is there such a thing as sustainable beef?26:00 - On American meat consumption and rational goals.28:20 - On the intersection of gender, race, meat, and COVID.31:30 - Food activists in Puerto Rico.38:10 - What’s wrong with resilience?46:00 - Book recommendations!Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency - Andreas MalmHow To Blowup a Pipeline - Andreas MalmThe Gentrification of the Mind - Sarah SchulmanLet The Record Show - Sarah SchulmanConflict Is Not Abuse - Sarah SchulmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #54 Notes1:00 - How did The Common Market get started?3:00 - Common Market business model.3:50 - Working with foundations.5:00 - Common Market stakeholders.8:00 - On working with farmers and suppliers.11:30 - On expanding CM to Georgia and Texas.19:00 - On Houston hip hop20:45 - COVID’s impact on CM’s operating model.30:00 - On sourcing locally in Texas, which is highly seasonal.35:00 - On a fair and just food system.36:30 - Book recommendations!Taste of Country Cooking, Edna LewisParable of The Sower, Octavia ButlerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #52 Notes1:00 - What are GMOs?5:25 - On the prevalence of GMOs.11:00 - Gene editing vs. gene silencing.14:30 - Private sector, financing, and GMOs. 19:00 - What’s the motivation to bring new GMOs to market?24:30 - Labelling for GMOs.29:00 - On The Non GMO Project.35:30 - How do folks become Non GMO certified? How easy or difficult is it?38:45 - Certified Organic & Non GMO; differences and similarities.45:00 - Social justice and equity in and around the Non GMO Project.58:20 - Book Recommendations!Monocultures of The Mind, Vandana ShivaGMO Myths and Truths, John FaganTo Speak for The Trees, Diana Beresford-Kroeger The Gene: An Intimate History, Siddartha MukherjeeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #51 Notes1:00 - What does food sovereignty mean?1:30 - What are the goals and vision for the People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty?3:20 - How are decisions made in the coalition?4:25 - What inspired the formation of the coalition?5:30 - What have farmers in countries like India, Philippines, Cambodia been experiencing recently?9:00 - What role do large institutional, international relief organizations play in supporting the global south?10:45 - On international and philanthropic relief organizations and unintended impacts in the southern hemisphere.16:00 - What is the UN Food Systems Summit, and why is it being boycotted by some organizations?27:00 - What is your coalitions alternative to our current food system trajectory?31:00 - Closing thoughts.People’s Coalition of Food Sovereignty PublicationsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #50 Notes1:00 - On food sector labor organizing.5:15 - On fast food management.7:00 - What instigated the formation of EWOC?13:30 - What’s the day-to-day during COVID?17:00 - On COVID’s effect on the lives of fast food workers.19:00 - On food service low-rates of unionization.31:00 - What’s the next 6 months looks like for the union and organizing at Taco Bell?35:00 - Are Taco Bell employees communicating about organizing at other locations?45:00 - On fast food as skilled vs. unskilled labor.51:00 - If you were running the restaurant, how would you run it?58:20 - From expendable to dignified.1:30:00 - Book Recommendations!Reverend BarberThe Fire Next Time, James BaldwinLeaves of Grass, Walt WhitmanThere Is Power In A Union, Phillip DrayIron Council, China MievilleSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #48 Notes0:30 - What do you mean by a “commons” and where does it orginiate?2:30 - On The Tragedy of The Commons, and why it’s BS.6:00 - What are some commons in our everyday lives that we might take for granted?9:00 - How is a food commons different than our current food system?15:50 - How do market relations interface with the commons?30:15 - What is preferable about a food commons?35:00 - What happens to the private market in a food commons system?42:30 - How do social movements and activism interface with food commons?48:00 - Book recommendations!Routledge Handbook of Food as a Commons, Jose Luis Vivero-PolFree, Fair, and Alive, David Bollier and Silke HelfrichRe-Enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, Silvia FedericiMutual Aid, Peter KropotkinGoverning The Commons, Elinor OstrumSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #46 Notes0:30 - What is Labor Studies, and what are your key focus areas?7:20 - What are the benefits of unionizing for workers?14:45 - Why has there been a decline in recent decades in private sector union jobs?27:40 - How are non-unionized jobs effected by the lack of unions when it comes to benefits, wages, working conditions, etc.40:30 - Gig workers, rapid hiring, and lack of unions.43:30 - On the union-avoidance industry.1:12 - Recommended readings!State of the Union, Nelson LichtensteinDying at Work, Jeff PheiferThe Fissured Workplace, David WellBullshit Jobs, David GraeberSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode #43 Notes1:00 - How did you get into plant-based ice cream?3:00 - Why make it a business?6:00 - Why are more customers moving toward plant-based dairy?9:00 - What makes what Nadamoo is doing different than other plant-based food companies?12:10 - What are your parameters around ingredient sourcing?15:00 - How do you decide on the flavors and recipes for Nadamoo?18:00 - On opening Nadamoo’s first scoop-shop.21:00 - What’s the Nadamoo culture like?25:00 - Biggest challenges of growing the Nadamoo company.28:00 - What are Nadamoo’s retail and wholesale relationships like?30:30 - How was Nadamoo financed?39:00 - Book Recommendations!Light Years, James SalterThe War of Art: Break Through The Blocks and Win Your Inner Battles, Steven PressfieldHigh Hanging Fruit, Mark RampollaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #42 NotesPart 1: John Grant1:00 - How many workers does your union represent and in what industries?6:00 - Municipal hazard pay mandates and retail reaction.15:30 - On labor activism on the ground.18:00 - On well being of workers during COVID and the role of trade unions and their continuation of organizing.24:00 - Outside of a union, what can other folks in the food sector do to support workers?28:45 - Why are trade unions so important for workers in the retail sector?30:45 - Closing thoughts.Part 2: Maria Hernandez32:45 - Tell us about your career in the grocery industry and the types of jobs you’ve had.36:45 - What store do you work at and what’s your experience with the recent store closure?39:40 - How wide spread have store closures been?42:30 - How has retail changed in your 25 years of retail experience?45:40 - How have store closures been communicated to retail staff?46:30 - How has your union been involved with these closures?50:45 - What kind of support is the community showing to retail staff?52:00 - What would you ask listeners to do to support your cause?58:30 - Closing thoughts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #41 Notes1:00 - Tell us about your background in the natural products industry?2:30 - What’s been the most challenging - and rewarding - part of working the natural products industry?4:30 - What are some of the products you’ve brought to market?6:00 - How have consumer preferences evolved in the last couple decades?7:45 - What attracts customers to certifications and high-attribute standards, like Organic and Regenerative Organic?9:45 - How does someone go about breaking into Consumer Packaged Goods?11:30 - What got you into confections and baked goods products?13:30 - What are your ingredient sources standards, and how do they set you apart?17:00 - What role can ethical CPG companies in evolving and repairing the food system?18:15 - What does the food industry need to do to address racial inequities, climate change, and food apartheid?23:00 - What do you look for when you’re investing in a food company?26:00 - What are some red flags that companies are not a good fit?29:00 - Case study on discrimination, anti-semitics, and hiring.33:30 - Suggested readings?Grant, Ron ChernowRamping Your Brand, James F. RichardsonTitan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Jr., Ron ChernowMediocre, Ijeoma OluoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode #39 Notes1:00 - Why did you become a doctor?3:15 - What were your main areas of study and what degrees did you earn?6:30 - How did your experience in public health impact your views on medicine and social change?6:45 - What are the challenges in the food system that you are trying to address?8:40 - How did you realize economic austerity measures were impacting public health?12:00 - How does food and environmental justice issues intersect with health?14:00 - What did you realize was underlying all the national public health crises?17:00 - Why can’t our current health system address these health crises?20:10 - What do you see elsewhere that our current healthcare system is lacking?23:50 - What do we mean by Medicare For All, and how would it function?26:30 - How would we pay for Medicare For All?30:45 - How would patient care improve under some of these changes? Also, what’s the difference between Medicare For All and Universal Healthcare?33:40 - What were your most popular policy platforms when you ran for governor?35:30 - Suggested Readings?Healing Politics: A Doctors Journey Into The Heart of Our Political Epidemic, Dr. Abdul Al-SayedAn American Sickness, Elizabeth RosenthalAmerica’s Bitter Pill, Steven BrillPharma, Gerald PosnerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.