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Real Organic Podcast — 284 episodes
Zephyr Teachout: Reorganizing Food Systems For Real Food
Chuck Benbrook: The Supreme Court’s Big Win for Bayer-Monsanto
Marion Nestle: Food Politics in the Age of MAHA
Hugh Kent: The Science Of Life On An Organic Farm
Suzanne Simard: When The Forest Breathes
Dr. Ann López: California Farmworker Reality Tours
Jim Cochran: Growing Real Organic Strawberries in California
Omar Dieguez: My Hunger Strike Against Driscoll's Berries
JM Fortier At Farmer Friday: Growing Vegetables For Profit
Bill McKibben: Here Comes the Sun for Farmers
StarWalker Organic Farm: Pasture Raised Organic Beef For All
Brisa Ranch: Small Farms As Distributors
Maria Rodale: Family Lore And Organic Farming Trials
Allan Savory: Using Livestock To Reverse Desertification In National Parks
Barbara Damrosch: A Life In The Garden
Sally Fox: Organic Cotton Chemical Dyes
Max Goldberg: Threats to Organic - Hydroponics & Regenerative Confusion
Chuck Benbrook: Chemicals In Food DO Make People Sick
Nancy Matsumoto: Women And Alternative Food Systems
Eliot Coleman on the Market Gardener Podcast
Bob Scowcroft: A Carrot Caper Birthed The Organic Label
Will Brinton: Rethinking Carbon Sequestration - It's The Plant Canopy!
Deborah Koons Garcia: Future Of Food 20 Years Later
Tom Philpott: Corporate Control And The Future Of Food
Helen Atthowe: Living Pathways for Mulch, Fertility and Habitat
Leonard Diggs: Building Community-Based Farms for the Future
Michael Pollan: “Eat Food” Came From Joan Gussow
Karen Washington: Food Justice and the Power of Community
Hugh Kent: Saving A Real Organic Farm Through Direct Marketing
Eliot Coleman: The Self-Fed Farm
"Eat Food": The Amazing Work Of Joan Gussow
Emily Oakley: A Standalone Label for Real Organic Project
Saving Real Organic: Linley + Dave At Churchtown
Bob Quinn: Healing Earth By Growing Food As Medicine
Naomi Oreskes: The True Cost Of Doubt
Abby Rockefeller: Sewage Sludge Activist
Adam Nordell + Johanna Davis: PFAS Contamination + Organic
Barbara Kingsolver: Food Systems + Truth-Telling With Joan Gussow
Larry Jacobs: Lawsuits + Labeling In USDA Organic
Cameron Molberg: Real Organic Poultry At Scale
Dick Schwartz: IFS and the Middle Way
Emily Oakley: Small-Scale Farming In A Changing World
Steve Ela: Organic Isn't Linear Thinking
Episode Swap: JM Fortier Interviews Dave Chapman, Round Two
Nicole Dehne: When Certification Meets Conviction
Eli Pipkin: Mastering Whole Grain Bread
The Real Story Of Whole Grain Bread with Michael Pollan + Dan Barber
Paul Hawken: Reversing Ecological Collapse
EMarion Nestle: Follow the Food Money
Dan Barber: Farming Flavor First
Kate Mendenhall: Defending Organic Integrity Nationwide
Peter Segger: Farming Small, Thinking Big
Julie Guthman: Big Tech's Takeover Of Organic
Austin Frerick: Grocery Store Monopolies
JM Fortier: Farms For Food Sovereignty
Ladd Harris: Feeding NFL Athletes Real Organic Food
Anthony Suau: Filming the Chemical Takeover
Sharon Lerner: Eating PFAs - Forever Chemicals In Our Food
Hugh Kent: Hydroponics Is Not Organic
Matthew Ingram: Counterculture's Role In Organic Food
Scott Myers: Organic Grain Against the Odds
Tina Owens: Nutritional Dark Matter
Liz Graznak: Surprise! 25% Of Your Market Is Gone
David Weinstein: Past, Present, And Future Of Organic
Jennifer Pett-Ridge: Carbon Cycling on Organic Farms
Dr. Elena R. Álvarez-Buylla: The Science of GM Corn Risks
Ronald Valentin: The Natural Power of Biological Control
Bernward Geier: Doing Right In The Wrong System
Chuck Benbrook: What Monsanto Knew About Glyphosate
Nora Taleb: A Farmer-Led (R)Evolution
Warren Weber: Youthful Optimism And Embracing The Unknown
Will Allen: Chemicals, Cotton and CAFOs in California
Do Hydroponics Belong In Organic? Anthony Suau Interviews Dave Chapman
Scott Park: A Normal CA Farm Farmed Abnormally
Anna Jones-Crabtree at Chuchtown: Farming With Nature
Renee Lertzman: Successful Activism With Project Inside Out
Tim Wise at Churchtown: The Battle For The Future Of Food
Frances Moore-Lappé: Power, Democracy, and Food
Martin Frick: Fixing Food First
Paul Holmbeck at Churchtown: Getting Organics On The Offensive
Eliot Coleman at Churchtown: We Must Do It Again
Larry Jacobs + Sandra Belin: Building Organic Supply Chains With Integrity
Paul Muller At Churchtown: Cultivating Affection
Anthony Suau: The Making Of Organic Rising
Bonus - Linley Dixon at Churchtown: Farmer Uprising
ECoalition of Immokalee Workers: Building Successful Movements + Boycotts
Bonus - Dave Chapman at Churchtown Dairy: Real Organic Project
Hugh Kent At Churchtown: Losing Our Agriculture
John Bobbe: Aiding And Abetting Organic Grain Fraud
Marcelo Gleiser: Escaping Extinction - There's No Place Like Earth
Eliza Martin Daley: Teaching Food, Flavor, and Agriculture To Kids
Daniel O'Connell: Industrial Ag's Rapid Degradation of California
Mark Squire: An Early Food Co-op Stays True To Course
Judith Redmond: Becoming An Activist Farmer
John Ikerd: Why Animal Confinement Is The Norm
Mark Schatzker: Blocked Cravings + The Failures Of Food Enrichment
Jesse Cool: Inspiring The Next Generation Of Ingredient-Driven Food
Vincent Stanley: Making A Living During The Anthropocene
David Bronner: Origins of Regenerative Organic Certification
Lisa Held: Walmart, Walanthropy, And The Food System
JM Fortier Interviews Dave Chapman
Glenn Elzinga Pt 2: Raising Better, More Nutritious Beef
Mwatima Juma: Chemical Companies Pressure Farmers In Africa
Arnie and Ron Koss: Changing Organic From The Inside Out
Nora Taleb: Global Players Rule Our Food System
Tim Wise: Today's Green Revolution In Africa and Iowa
Will Rosenzweig: Crafting A Positive Impact Food System
Glenn Elzinga Pt 1: Good Grazing On Public Lands
Kat Taylor: Funding The World We Want
Hans Herren: Controlling Pests With Biology
Alice Waters: Organic Food In Our Schools Now
Barbara Gemmill-Herren: Big Chem's Eyes Are On Africa
Zephyr Teachout: Today's Antimonopolist Movement Has Legs
Hugh Kent: How The USDA Supports Bad Agriculture
Seth Godin: No Society Thrives With Monopolies
Allan Savory: Desertification's Causes, Problems + Solutions
Austin Frerick: Modern Day Robber Barons Rule Our Food
JM Fortier: Envisioning A Hyper Local Small Farm Revolution
Zephyr Teachout + Dave Chapman: Live Panel w/ Matt Sheffer At Churchtown Dairy
Dave Chapman + Anna Jones-Crabtree: Notes For The Climate Underground
Eliot Coleman: Denying Our Understanding Of Real Organic Practices Robs The World
Errol Schweizer: Consolidation, Greenwashing, And The Growing Myth Of Local Food
Vandana Shiva: False Claims Of The Green Revolution, Then And Now
Tim Bowles: Climate Smart Agriculture Includes Tillage
Tim Bowles Part 1: Digging Into The Rhizosphere
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin: The Need For A Real Regenerative Movement
Patrick Holden: Organic Needs Top Down, Bottom Up, And In-The-Middle Action
Francis Thicke: A Journey To Real Organic
Alan Lewis: Food System Betrayal
Ben Dobson: The Politics Of Farming For Climate
Dave Chapman and Eliot Coleman: We Did It Before, We Can Do It Again
Karl Hammer: Imagining A Photosynthetic Food System
Zephyr Teachout at Churchtown: Break'em Up
Kristin Kimball: The Small Farm Revolution Needs Activist Eaters
Linley Dixon: Saving Organic: The First Five Years of The Farmer-Led Real Organic Project
Iriel Edwards: Why Is Race In This? USDA Discrimination, Land Access, And Collective Liberation
Dan Barber: The Power Of Deliciousness
Hugh Kent | Breaking Their Own Laws: Hydroponics And The Farce Of USDA Organic integrity
Joan Gussow: Last 50 Years Brought More Foods And Less Choice
Glenn Elzinga: Why Cattle Are Ruining Our Public Lands In Spite Of A Better Way
Tom Willey Part 2: Working Towards A Permanent Agriculture
Tom Willey: Merging Chemical-Regenerative With Organic
Dennesse Willey: When Organic Was Easy To Sell
Bryan O'Hara: Organic No-Till Vegetable Farming
Jeff Moyer: Organic Is, Was, And Should Be The Foundation of Regenerative
Steve Ela: Diversifying Crops, Sales Channels, And Research Dollars
Hannah Smith-Brubaker: Growing On-Farm Organic Research
Jim Riddle: Lobbyists Not Farmers Have Access To USDA
Dru Rivers: An Organic Activist's Manifesto
Mark and Kristin Kimball: Holistic Farming Goes Beyond Food Production
Peter Donovan: RedirectingThe Carbon Conversation Towards The Water Cycle
Zach Cannady: Farming To Strengthen Your Local Food Shed
Dave Mortensen Part 2: Big Ag's False Claims Of Environmental Consciousness
Dave Mortensen Part 1: Today's Drastic Rise Of Biocides
Dick Schwartz: Internal Family Systems + Social Activism
Hans + Barbara Herren: Our World Doesn't Need Pesticides
Steffen Reese: Spreading Organic Across The Globe
Kellee James: Trends And Challenges In The Organic Marketplace
EScott Park: Can Organic No-Till Vegetables Be Grown At Scale
Phil Foster: Organic No Till Experiments On California Veg Farm
Miguel Altieri: Agroecology As Science And Social Movement
Helen Atthowe: No-Till, No-Spray, Ecological Farming
Jake Guest: The Antiwar Movement's Influence On Organic
Alan Lewis: SocioEconomic Fallout Of Farmers Vs Chem Companies
Ben Dobson: Beware The Regeneration Of The Corn And Soy Model
Sarah Wiener: EU's Farm To Fork Aims To Increase Organic Acreage
Michael Pollan: Does The US Need A Third Kind of Agriculture?
Ariel Pressman: Free Certification + High Standards at Real Organic Project
Melissa Aronczyk: How Corporate Public Relations Coopts Environmental Sustainability
Eliot Coleman: Why Chemical Companies Trash Talk Organic
Charlotte Vallaeys Pt 2: Why Organic Is Worth Fighting For
Hugh Kent: Blueberries Are The Canary In The Coal Mine
Charlotte Vallaeys Pt 1: The Pitfalls Of Outcome Based Agriculture
Will Brinton Pt 2: Can Carbon Sequestration Ever Outpace Emissions?
Will Brinton: Carbon Sequestration Is All About Plants, Not Soil
Linley Dixon: Why Chemical Companies Attack Organic But Join Regenerative
Emily Oakley: Growing Fertility On The Farm
Larry Jacobs: Choosing Biocontrols Over Pesticides In Mexico
Liz Carlisle Pt 2: Healing Grounds And Reciprocal Relationships
Liz Carlisle Pt 1: Agroecology And The Green Revolution
Vandana Shiva: The Poison Cartel Should Get Their Own Label
Paul Hawken Pt 2: In Favor Of Complex Systems
Paul Hawken Pt 1: Social Dynamics Of Food, Farming, and Climate Change
Javier Zamora: Helping Farm Workers Succeed In California
Ronnie Cummins: Connecting Organic Food + Climate Activism
Dru Rivers: Organic As A Farmer To Farmer Movement
Zach Wolf Pt 2: The Basic Rights Of Eaters
Zach Wolf Pt 1: Understanding On-Farm Carbon Cycles
Gary Hirshberg Part 2: Saving Organic Family Farms
Gary Hirshberg Part 1: Northeast Organic Dairy Farming Movement
Hugh Kent: The Broken Business Of Blueberries
Dan Barber Interviews Dave Chapman At Stone Barns
Guy + Matt Choiniere: Embracing Generational Changes On The Farm
David Zuckerman: Vermont's Political Farmer
Davey Miskell: Keep The Soil In Organic
Lisa Stokke: Food Democracy Now! And Forever
Hydroponic Debate: ROP's Dave Chapman Takes On The OTA
Liz Henderson: Radical CSAs And Fair Wages For Farm Labor
Eliot Coleman, Dave Chapman, And Jack Algiere At Stone Barns
Jack Algiere: Modeling A Food System That Inspires
Jesse Cool: The Customer Always Comes Last
Scott Park: Why Don't More People Farm Organically?
Doug Crabtree: Thoughtful Tillage Is An Important Tool
Ed Maltby: Organic Dairy Contracts Create A Code Of Fear
Rosie Burroughs: A Call For Transparency + Fair Prices In Dairy
David Weinstein: Owning And Fixing The Shortcomings Of Organic
Bob Quinn Pt 2: Lack of Research Dollars + Incentives Plague Organic
Bob Quinn Pt 1: Organic Grain Farming Vs. Chemical Grain Farming
Jim Durst: Fair Wages, Land Ownership, And Abundance Vs. Scarcity
Mark McAfee: Raw Milk Proves Direct Marketing Works
Lindsey Lusher-Shute: Technology + Cooperation to the Organic Rescue
David Bronner: Verifying Organic Supply Chains
Sidehill Farm: One Organic Dairy, Two Organic Businesses
Alan Lewis: Corruption and Anticompetitiveness in Dairy
Anna Jones-Crabtree: Our Organic Supply Chain Needs A Makeover
Bernward Geier: Asia - Where Organic Is Winning In The World
Bernward Geier: Europe - Where Organic Is Winning In the World
Amanda Starbuck: Corporate Consolidation + Our Food System
Earl Ransom: Big Dairy Always Intended To Exploit Small Farms
Paul Muller: Farmers Need Consumers To Help Rebuild Our Food System
Severine Von Tscharner Fleming: Who Controls Seaweed Farming?
Bonus Epsiode 2 - Paul Hawken: Drawdown to Regeneration
Francis Thicke: The Importance Of A Farmer-Led System
Melinda Hemmelgarn: Connecting Nutrition to Soil
Eliot Coleman + Dan Barber Discuss Organic vs. Regenerative
Kevin Engelbert: Calling Out Corruption In Organic Dairy
Paul Hawken: Regenerating "Take, Make, Waste" Systems
Leah Penniman: Ecological Healing Means Putting Land Back Into Indigenous Hands
Senator Jon Tester: Farmers Need Capitalism With Competition
Michael Pollan: Antitrust + Democracy At Your Dinner Table
Bonus: Helen Kees | Turn The Barn Lights Back On
Mark Kastel: An Organic Watchdog Goes After Big Dairy
Chellie Pingree: Failures + Opportunities of US Agricultural Policies
Dave Chapman: Founding Real Organic Project, A Farmer-Led Movement
Encore: All About Real Organic Project + The Real Organic Podcast
Kris Nichols Part Two: Carbon Sequestration Is Our Responsibility
Kris Nichols Part One: Farm-Geeking Out On Soil Biology
Michael Kilpatrick: Small Farms Can Earn Good Livings
Eric Sideman: Organic Means You Must Love Soil
Alan Lewis: Why Real Farm Food Is Rarely Found In Stores
Woody Tasch: Investing In Your Local Soil With Slow Money
Anne Ross: Investigating International Grain Fraud
Ben Dobson: Luddites, Take-nologists, and 4th Grade Climate Science
Jennifer Taylor: Infusing Farmers With The Organic Experience
Walter Jehne Part 2: The True Costs Of Cheap Food
Walter Jehne Part 1: Hydrology, Desertification, And Climate
Didi Pershouse: Water, Water, Water And The Soil Carbon Sponge
Nora Taleb: Lessons From Europe's Add-On Food Labels
Michael Phillips: Restoring Degraded Lands With Biodiversity + Fungal Networks
Bonus Episode - Paul Hawken: Food, Climate and the Time for Regeneration
Francis Thicke: Unpacking the Industrial Takeover of Organic
Annelise Orleck: Invisible Farm Workers + Unconscious Consumers
Karen Washington: Growing Diversity In The Farming Community
Fred Provenza: What Animals Eat And Why Should We Care?
David Grinspoon: Childhood's End: What Kind of Planet Changers Do We Want to Be?
John Ikerd Part Two: Scaling Organic Farms To Fit Communities And Nature
John Ikerd Part One: Industrial Food Can Never Be Sustainable
David Montgomery: Clever Modern Technology vs Ancient Soil Wisdom
Anne Biklé Part Two: From Soil to Gut
Anne Biklé Part One: Digging Into The Soil Microbiome
Bill McKibben: Winning the Climate Argument But Losing the Fight
Allan Savory: Regreening the Planet with Livestock
Arran Stephens: Fighting The Lobbyists Who Dilute Organic
Stuart Hill: Sustainable Farming, Intuitive Knowledge + Feedback Loops
Jean-Paul Courtens: To Till Or Not To Till On A Vegetable Farm
Enid Wonnacott: When the Organic Floor Became a Ceiling
Vincent Stanley: The Power of Private Companies Working to Protect Earth
Hugh Kent : Allowing Hydroponic Berries into Organic is a Mandate
Kat Taylor : How to Grow Good Money + Good Food for All
Onika Abraham : Voting With Your Fork Won't End Food Apartheid
Mark Schatzker: Deception + Dishonesty Are Flavoring Human Nutrition
Alice Waters: The Cost of Eating Fast Food Values
Paul Holmbeck: How Denmark Went Organic
Seth Godin: The Power of the Organic Story is Too Tempting for Big Ag
Joan Gussow: Tying Nutrition to Agriculture is Long Overdue
JM Fortier: Feeding the World with Small Organic Farms
Eliot Coleman: Real Organic vs. Chemical Farming
Emily Oakley: Living Next to a CAFO while Serving on the NOSB
Peter Whoriskey: Uncovering Fraud in Organic Meat, Milk, Eggs, + Grain
Al Gore: Climate, Agriculture, + Human Migration
Leah Penniman: Revolution Based on Land
Dan Barber: Chasing Fertility + America’s Absent Food Culture
Paul Hawken: Extractive Capitalism’s Toll on Food, Farming + Life
All About Real Organic Project + The Real Organic Podcast