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The Triple Bottom Line
by Matt Hinds
Discussions with farmer and exercise coach Matt Hinds about community wellness
Episodes
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Designing Better Market Places
There’s a relationship between design of marketplaces and the success of local businesses, including food system related operations. Here I go into the dynamic in the particular place that I am working in, but the concepts are near universal I suspect. Walkability via non motorized paths, smart...
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Hydration and Microbial Solution for Growing Vegetables
There have been some struggles and lessons learned the hard way out here on Family and Friends Farm in Petaluma California this summer. I discuss observations in adequate irrigation, considerations for affordably improving the soil, including making and using “JADAM” microbial solution, and other...
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Indigenous Fire Management
Living in Ca, the threat of fire is present, as summer is beginning to bake our grasslands. We’re all concerned and trying to do our best preventative maintenance. However I’m puzzled by what seems an unnecessarily tenuous and arduous situation. I dove into some local history and was challenged…
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Selling Produce Locally
Here I talk about my experiences building a customer base or outlets to sell vegetables as a small scale grower, at local farmers markets.
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No Till Vegetable Growing
Here’s a bit about the strategy we are using to prepare ground for growing vegetables while building soil at Family and Friends Farm. We start by covering ground with tarps for a few weeks. Then pull it off, add a layer of compost, work it in, then plant into it. After 2 successions of plantings…
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Family and Friends Farm: Plans and Methods
I’ve started a small produce farm on family land, using minimalistic methods. Here I ramble about the farms founding, and some of the early decision making considerations, and initial methodology.
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Season 3 Intro
I’ve had a significant life change which has brought me back to my hometown of Petaluma Ca. I’m starting a vegetable farm, and have been getting acquainted with local affairs across the spectrum of issues. This season will involve discussions centered here and now, and how the triple bottom line...
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Social Media and Food Givaways
A critique of using corporate online media sources and food giveaways as part of a regional food security strategy.
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Bellevue Farms 22’ Season Report
Ins and outs of managing this urban farm market in Wilmington, DE
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Bellevue Farm Market
Details and data about managing our urban fam market
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Managing Bellevue Farm and Market
A rundown of whats been involved in managing this urban farm and market.
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Regional Food Security Strategy
Ramblings on data I’ve gathered around strategies for building a regionalized food system in the greater Wilmington Delaware region
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Bellevue Farms Update
A look at some early season happenings and take aways from this urban farm and market.
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Bellevue Farms Management
Discussing what goes into managing the Bellevue Farm and Market, an urban farm that hosts and is a vendor at a seasonal farmers market. I talk about what went in to gaining this ground, about balancing the budget and future prospects.
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What Wilmington DE can do for Regional Food Security
I’ve joined the Delaware Urban Farm and Food Coalition’s Policy Committee. They are organizing a set of recommendations for the city of Wilmington. Listen for my commentary.
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Book Review: American Agiriculture: From Farm Families to Agribusiness
A review of historian Mark Wetheringtons account of American farm history, and the influences that led to challenges we face today with farming, including namely control, consolidation, and technology. The info in this book is critical to understanding so much about more broadly our food system,...
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Kiss the Ground Documentary Review
Just watched this documentary, and have some commentary on it. I appreciate the emphasis on soil management in relation to many of the challenges we face broadly in society, a relationship that is often overlooked. The promotion of best soil practices makes sense. I would just add as an…
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Global Food System Hiccup
Amid ongoing global crisis, which perhaps as it pertains to us in the US is ticking up, we are effected by the fallout. One effect, as some who are generally less focused on the food system are observing, is that food prices are increasing, while simultaneously there are threats of shortages. The...
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The Power of Green Veggies
ANDI scores of food micronutrient content have greens like kale, collards and chard atop the list. Here’s to the category of foods that I believe is a simple key to increasing wellness in individuals, but also a key focal point for initiatives aimed at addressing community wide wellness.
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War is bad
A lot more people have been interested in foreign policy the past few weeks, which could be good, but I wonder why now amid a steady amount of ongoing global conflicts. Hopefully there will be more determination to advocate for deescalation of armed conflicts and arms dealing overseas. Though the...
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A Career in Coaching and the Fitness Industry
At the beginning of this podcast project, I talked a lot about fitness. Since I am no longer in the fitness industry, or in sport coaching, I don’t have as much to say about it. In this episode I look back on some experiences that shifted my perspective on fitness.
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Veggie Plot Planning
Here I talk about our yearly vegetable plot growing plan, including special considerations, successional seeding, type specific growing times, allotting time for garden work through the season, harvest times and yield quantities.
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UBI
Why universal basic income is feasible and a correct directive for jurisdictions that want to be stronger from the bottom up.
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Local Healthy Fast Food
If we were to get the most bang for our buck in initiatives toward increasing access to healthy food for busy working families and food insecure individuals, seems to me support for starting up locally owned healthy fast food restaurants with delivery service should be considered.
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My Antonia
A classic book with implications for triple bottom line heroics that echoes through to today.
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Veggies Growing in the Winter
I’m out at the Bellevue Community Gardens, taking a look at what’s growing in late December, and talk about what veggies can be grown even as the days shorten and get colder.
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Food System Modeling And Profiteering
I’ve been doing some calculations on how to systematically feed a given population of people, from farm production, to processing, marketing and delivery. At each step looking at the number of workers needed, and setting a fair wage. Also accounting for startup and fixed costs to run each sector...
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Urban Renewal For All?
I visited Atl last week. There I walked through some devastatingly disinvested neighborhoods. I also saw one of the coolest neighborhoods I’ve ever seen: The Beltway, an old industrial section retrofitted to offer a wonderful place where you really can live, work and play. It made the question…
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County Food Security
I’ve been working to reach an agreement to fill a role with the county assisting with their farmers markets, plus initiating a growing operation on county land. This effort I think is interesting in a broader context around how to convince governments to invest more on food security initiatives...
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Future for Farmers Markets
Farmers markets are struggling to remain viable, while food insecurity grows. What will it take for them to survive? Should cares act money be spent to bolster infrastructure to convert farmers markets into permanent markets with community kitchens to process and add value and ease of eating of...
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How much food should we grow?
Considerations for macro level food system planning to improve population nutrition and economic performance for food system industries.
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Planning for small scale veggy farming
A bit about the planning process for small scale veggy farming
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Taxing Profits
Many of us sense there is more that can be done collectively to improve the wellbeing in our communities for everyone. However the question of “how are we going to pay for it” often halts any progress. Seems to me there are myriad fundraising approaches, like taxing profits, which would generate…
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Rotational Grazing
Discussion about my visit to Pops Old Place, a rotational grazing based farm in Hurlock, Md.
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Impactful Urban Farming
Considerations for making a measurable difference in neighborhoods with inadequate availability of high nutrient foods through urban farming.
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Season 2 Intro
A bit about what the Triple Bottom Line Podcast season 2 will be about. I’ll tell you some stories about my ventures in small scale farming for food security, and highlight themes that I’m observing echoing across wavelengths of perception, on topics including ecological and urban planning,...
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Tech Eclipse
New season of 3x begins with the dark reality of the tech eclipse, where our existence is getting sucked down into 2 dimensions
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Planning for Regionalized Food Systems
This is a recap of the recap of the Delaware Food Policy Seminar. Credit to all who are currently working on regional food planning, and hoping that we can come together more collaboratively through organizing into food hubs.
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Kranz Farm Month Review Pic Tour Audio
Here’s an audio recording that will have a picture slideshow connected with it (hopefully sometime later in the month). In it I talk about the goings on with Omnia Humanitas on the Kranz Farm at White Clay Creek State Park
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Defining and Building Foodsheds
In addressing food access issues, I believe strongly in building regional autonomy in the food system. But how do we define a region, and how would we plan for greater localized production to consumption. The use of the term “foodshed” can be used to define the concept, mathematically calculating...
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Delaware Food Policy Seminar Recap
An interesting event featuring food system stakeholders across sectors, with discussions centered around COVID responses to food related issues in the state. Highlights included efforts made by mostly volunteers coordinated by various agencies to offer food to those in need, who are aware that...
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Kranz Farm Month in Review (4/21')
Opening of markets, making, planting in and harvesting many beds of greens and roots, the barn cleanup nearly completed, progress made on prep for RFP response, new community relationships formed, and amazing volunteer help and work from staff, despite a tight budget.
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Delaware Council on Food Policy Seminar
This week the DCFFP held an annual seminar, gathering stakeholders from across the food system to discuss how theyve handled the last year plus given COVID. I have the opportunity to speak on a panel with other farmers. The main point im hoping to get across is that we have an unprecidented...
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Ideal Federal Infrastructure Plan
Inspired by ongoing talks around a federal infrastructure plan, I discuss what I believe to be an ideal bill. What im looking for is a spending criteria that utilizes a triple bottom line, regionalist approach, financed through a wealth tax, which I believe could lift the standard of living for...
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Federal Infrastructure Bill Proposed
Are we going to build back better? As I have been calling for a federal infrastructure bill (see previous episodes), I am excited to see that discussions are underway. Earlier in the month a 2 trillion dollar bill was proposed by the dems, including investments in a number of infrastructure…
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Kranz Farm Month in Review (3/21')
March was a big success on the Kranz Farm. We got alot of amazing help from volunteers, which enabled us to complete most of our goals for the month. Included were creating new market and packing spaces in the barn, amending and planting 30 4'x50' beds of greens and roots, beginning to free range...
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Waste Management to Fix the Food System
The final episode on fixing the food system “closes the loop,” discussing waste management challenges and opportunities. I focus on two particular types of wastes: plastics and food waste. Tones of plastic used at various sectors of the system ends up in the landfill, slowly breaking down,...
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Lenape Land Use Practices
I’ve been studying the Lenape, a group that inhabited the area around what is now the Delaware River, including what is now the Kranz Farm. Though not much detail can be found from their perspective, getting familiar with their land use practices, from development to agriculture, as well as land...
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Community Cafeterias for Food Security
I first heard of the municipal policy enacted in 93’ in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a few years back. The other day I randomly remembered about it, and began to wonder if the policy was still underway. Did the effort work to help food insecure families as it set out to? At a glance, it appears to…
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Fixing the Food System: Purchasing and Consuming
Those of us who have the means, and have access to “triple bottom line food” can help the many who do not currently have access by prioritizing locally grown and produced foods. This would positively influence public health, education and local economies. However the influence of consumerism to…
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