In this episode of Partisan Gardens, we share a conversation between Ryan Richardson, a writer and activist born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains, and Steven Stoll. Dr. Stoll teaches at Fordham University and is the author of Ramp Hollow, a celebrated agrarian history of Appalachia. Stoll seeks to revive the memory of agrarian life and its destruction through …
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On this episode of Partisan Gardens, we are sharing a vital summary of the ongoing mass farmer protests in India. For almost six weeks, Indian farmers have blocked the major highways leading into the capitol, New Delhi. More than 100,000 people are maintaining tent cities on the highways themselves, in conjunction with a broader movement that mobilized 250 million farmers …
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For our second episode, we visited the small city of Carbondale, Illinois. Carbondale is a shrinking college town at the southern edge of the state, with a long history of racist segregation. Since winter 2019, though, a broad range of residents has made a wager on a different future. Grasping climate change and white supremacy by the horns, they’ve laid …
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Welcome to the debut episode of Partisan Gardens. For our first episode, we wanted to take you on a tour through radically different ends of the food system. We will begin by speaking with two farmers growing vegetables for CSAs and schools, with an eye towards building autonomy and power. After that, however, we speak with someone working in a …
Read More »We are excited to announce a new radio program and podcast for WFHB- Partisan Gardens! Stay tuned for more information about an air date. In the meantime, please email [email protected] for information about volunteering with us, airing interviews, and potential content.
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