Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:56 — 61.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In this week’s Eco Report feature, WFHB correspondent Zero Roze interviews the founder of one of the newer nonprofits in Monroe County dedicated to local urban agriculture and healthy food as a human right. Stay tuned to learn more about their innovative model from Gavin Everett …
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“Feeding Families Are What Really Matters”: How to Lower Food Insecurity in Bloomington
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:41 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSStory By: Madison Stratton “You know, abundance is our watchword and so we focus on taking the abundance that is in our world and giving it to those who don’t have abundance and making sure that they can move from survival to thriving,” said Jada Bee. According to the …
Read More »February 2021: The Uncaptured Garden- Steven Stoll on Agrarian Resistance in Appalachia
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:00 — 72.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn 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. …
Read More »November 2020: On the Side of Nourishment and Care
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:00 — 71.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome 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 …
Read More »Eco Feature July 18, 2019
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:00 — 22.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s feature report, WFHB’s Norm Holy talks with Dr Deepak Ray about climate change and crop yields — both here in Indiana, and in developing nations. Dr Ray researches food security on both a local and global level as part of the University of Minnesota’s Global …
Read More »Activate! – James Rusie: Area 10 Food Pantry at First Presbyterian Church
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:00 — 6.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreJim Rusie’s ethic for service runs deep in his family tree. Giving back was something that his mother instilled in him, his children, and grandchildren from an early age by example. She has won numerous awards for her service in the Martinsville community. Jim has continued his own service …
Read More »New Farm Bill Will Affect SNAP Benefits
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:24 — 6.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCongress is currently reconciling the Senate and House of representatives respective Farm Bills, both of which won largely partisan support. Among the proposed changes are increases in requirements for Hoosiers to qualify for SNAP benefits – formerly called food stamps. In today’s Feature Report, WFHB Correspondent Jonah Chester …
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