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Laura talks about carbon sequestering.

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Laura is joined once again by Sue Nelson as they discuss the effects of food waste and how to reduce its impact.

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“Iroquois Valley has built a portfolio of more than 110 farmland investments, impacting over 30,000 acres across 20 states. More than extractive investment, this Farmland REIT seeks to the broken food system and begin the healing process for the next generation of farmers and responsible investors. Farmer Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin shares how vital Iroquois Valley has…

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The Hinnenkamps were not planning to start a food business. Then their child was diagnosed with Eosinophilic esophagitis – a serious food allergy. Clo Clo now offers frozen pizza good for all – Vegan, gluten-free, non-gmo and allergy-friendl. More at: https://clocloveganfoods.com/

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Michelle Bruhn, co-author of Small-Scale Homesteading: A Sustainable Guide to Gardening, Keeping Chickens, Maple Sugaring, Preserving the Harvest, and More joins Laura today.

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Monte returned to the show for his second appearance on October 30, 2021 with more great stories for Paul and the listeners.

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This week Laura is joined by Scott Elkins of the Land Stewardship Project.

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Host Laura Hedlund speaks with Minnesota state representative Brad Tabke about Minnesota’s recent legislative session.

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Lucinda Winter executive director sustainable farming association  https://sfa-mn.org  and Marjorie Hegstrom  with www.greenlandsbluewaters.org  Talk about River Days of Action Friends of the Mississippi River, “clean water crops” food resource list:  https://fmr.org/updates/water-legislative/where-buy-food-drinks-made-clean-water-crops River Days of Action “Universal Action” on the farm bill:  https://1mississippi.org/riverdays/#action

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JOY & JUSTICE tour coming again this June. Jim Embry earned a leadership award from the James Beard Foundation in 2023 and is the owner Sustainable Communities Network.

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Food Sovereignty Coordinator & Farmers Market Manager Destiny Jones shares about opening https://www.nacdi.org/four-sisters-farmers-market

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Welcome to our SHE Kindness Campaign! This is the focus of our new Alliance for Sustainability, what we will be integrating into all of our work moving forward. You can read more about our full vision for SHE Kindness in our Greenprint. Our SHE Kindness Campaign will embed our co-created, comprehensive and integrative understanding of…

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Laura’s guest is Terry Gips, President and Co-Founder of Alliance for Sustainability.

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Welcome to our SHE Kindness Campaign! This is the focus of our new Alliance for Sustainability, what we will be integrating into all of our work moving forward. You can read more about our full vision for SHE Kindness in our Greenprint. Our SHE Kindness Campaign will embed our co-created, comprehensive and integrative understanding of…

Dean Dovolis updates us on East Phillips Urban Farm.   https://www.epnifarm.org/

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Laura is joined by Dusty Hinz of Agrarian Seed and Garden.

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Laura talks about the Seward Coop CSA Fair.

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With Michael Chaney Project of Sweetie Pie, Jasmira Colon and Didier Bolanos Gonzalez  Climate Community Liaisons for Hennepin County’s new Department of Climate and Resiliency, Didier Bolanos Gonzalez  Climate Community Liaison, and Liv Jascor of the University of Minnesota Extension

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Forever Green Bio-economy Dr Nick Jordan professor of agronomy and co-director of https://forevergreen.umn.edu/talks about how perennials like Kernza, woody crops like Hazelnuts as well as annual cover crops can transform American Agriculture

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Laura is joined by guest Leah Gardner with Hunger Solutions Minnesota.

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Laura Hedlund talks about Climate Resilience in agriculture.

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Laura talks with Rich Biske, Director of Protection at the Nature Conservancy of MN.

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Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Lutunji Abram, who shares the story of https://lutunjispalate.com

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Are we outsourcing our food? Host Laura Hedlund shares info about https://www.austinfrerick.com and Lori Stern with https://marbleseed.org discusses the problems of concentration in the US food system.

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Food Freedom Radio spotlights the Land Stewardship Project.

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Ukrainian and sustainability consultant Klaudia Shevelyuk  discusses https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org  and https://www.undp.org/facs/conscious-food-systems-alliance    Host of AM950’s Being Curious  (Sundays 2-3 PM). Then Kelly Wagner joins Laura Hedlund to talk about food, consciousness and war.

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Laura is joined by Kathy Zeman of the Minnesota Farmers’ Market Association. Just because summer ends doesn’t mean the markets stop!

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Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Erin Martin with https://consciousagingsolutions.com  and Teresa Wolfe of https://teresawolfe.com

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Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin of http://treerangefarms.com

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Food Freedom – Host Laura Hedlund is joined by John Peterson with https://ferndalemarket.com and farmer DeAnna Lozensky with http://www.guardiangrains.com.

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Ryan Slabaugh  with https://www.thinkregeneration.com/ Lydia Lazar https://www.acresusa.com/

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Laura and co-host Matt Frank are joined by Janssen Hang of the Hmong American Farmers Association and Lucas Humblet of Yawelyahsi-yo.

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This week host Laura Hedlund welcomes David Stelzer, founder of Azure Standard, as he shares his story about creating independent food distribution across America

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This week host Laura Hedlund welcomes Michele Marchetti  Deputy Director at The Cornucopia Institute talks about Who Owns Organic

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This week host Laura Hedlund welcomes Emily Minge with Land Stewardship Action.

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Laura talks with biologist Elizabeth Sahtouris about local living economies.

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Laura is joined for a discussion of the People’s Garden in North Minneapolis.

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Laura is joined by Zephyr James of the Autism Society of Minnesota as they preview the Autistic Community Summit on September 17, 2022. Keynote speaker Said Shaiye also joins the show to discuss his triumphs and challenges.

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Ben Lilliston Director of Rural Strategies and Climate Change at Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.  https://www.iatp.org Angela Tedesco author of Finding Turtle Farm, My 20 acre adventure in community supported agriculture https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/finding-turtle-farm

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Dan Cohen, founder of https://soltechealth.com is Laura’s guest today.

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The third People Power Hour with host Laura Hedlund, activist Shea Hanson, and Minnesota State Senator Erin Murphy!

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Melanie Hazelip   with MN Sec of State’s office https://sos.state.mn.us Annasticia Carrera-Beladonna https://www.commoncause.org/minnesota Ryan Perez, COPAL https://copalmn.org Judy Barton  https://www.hca-mn.org Hannah Merrill  Young Adult House Parties https://isaiahmn.org Shea Hanson https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/campaigns/people-power

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Shea Hanson and Jeff Peltola join Laura for the first People Power Hour.

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Laura talks with guests Anne Bikle and Dave Montgomery.

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Laura and co-host Keith Williams talk to farmer Mark Askegaard, miller Wes Gardner, and baker Michele Huggins about the processes of farming, producing, and baking locally.

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Laura talks about airway health with co-founders of REMplenish by REMasteredsleep.com Gunnar Hodnefield and Anders Olmanson. They are the inventors and marketers of the world’s first water bottle that helps reduce snoring.

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Laura talks with Courtney Tchida of the MN State Horticulture Society.

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This edition of the program discusses the Global Food System and activities at Seward CO-OP in Minneapolis.

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Laura talks about “food forests” with Russ Henry, President of Minnehaha Falls Landscaping and Giving Tree Gardens.  

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Host Laura Hedlund speaks with Minnesota reggae artist PeeWee Dread about the connection between food and music.

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Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Laurie Ellis-Young, author of  “Breath Is Life-Taking IN and Letting GO . . . How to Live Well, Love Well, BE Well” and as well as her psychologist husband  George T. Ellis, PsyD who talks about his experience working in Ukraine.

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This week host Laura Hedlund is joined by Rob Czernik of Jack’s Hardware and Farm Supply, Michael Chaney of Project Sweetie Pie, and John Evans – assistant director of Hennepin County Environment and Energy Department.

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Dr Emily Stein and Lindsey Campbell share the story of https://www.primaltx.com/primal  Their products on now on the International Space Station

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This week’s topic highlights the Minnesota documentary, Co-op Wars, which tells the story of the tumultuous early years of the Twin Cities’ natural food co-op movement.

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Host Laura Hedlund speaks with University of Minnesota Assistant Professor Abigail Johnson about the connection between microbiome and nutrition.

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Laura is joined by Ken Pentel of the Ecology Democracy Network, as they remember the late Pat Kerrigan.

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Lauren Baker with the Global Alliance for the Future of Food talks about this new report – https://futureoffood.org/insights/the-politics-of-knowledge-compendium And Ryan Slabaugh  shares information from     https://events.acresusa.com/e/2021-eco-ag-conference-trade-show

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The MN Court of Appeals says rules in favor of Edward R. Borchard’s natural lawn and now community is rallying to help pay legal bills – https://www.gofundme.com/f/you-can-fight-city-hallbut-itll-cost-you?qid=fddd250c2e0d2f3f19b2b2a9f23bdeec Also Laura talks with 2nd generation Milkweed entrepreneur Debbie Dekleva talks about https://www.sustainablemonarch.org

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Laura’s guest is Matt Frank of The Food Group MN.

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Host Laura Hedlund speaks with Jake Jarecki of Feed-Me Farms, a suburban farm located in the western suburbs of Minneapolis.

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This week host Laura Hedlund speaks with Sue Marshall of Net Zero (www.NetZro.US).

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Laura discusses the food production and climate crises with Sophia Murphy with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

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This week host Laura Hedlund has a conversation about Step One Foods.

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This week host Laura Hedlund speaks with Diane Haugen, CEO of CertifiedWoodProducts.net and Christopher McLaren, Chief Marketing Officer US at Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

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Amalia Moreno-Damgaard is Laura’s guest. Amalia is the author of Amalia’s Guatemalan Kitchen -Gourmet Cuisine and a forthcoming new book this fall, Amaiia’s Mesoamerican Table. She joins Laura discussing her life experiences, favorite recipes, and invites you to her book launch on October 7. Home

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Laura recaps FarmFest held in Redwood Falls this past week with keynote audio and her thoughts.

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Laura’s guest is E.G. Nadeau, who has extensively documented the origins and evolution of co-ops for nearly 50 years.

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Charles Pillsbury is Laura’s guest, discussing the ongoing Israeli/Palestinian conflict and how American corporations play a role.

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Laura previews the upcoming Black is Beautiful pop-up market with:  https://www.vanlicelemonade.com      https://www.lovekobico.com   https://www.ksrevolutionary.com https://www.saucesbysoso.com  https://wwwlovejoysbloodymarymix.com  https://www.thehumanofcolor.com

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This week Laura Hedlund is joined by Laurie Schneider of the Pollinator Freidly Alliance, Dr. Vera Krischik of the University of Minnesota and Lori Cox of Roots Return Heritage Farm. They discuss how to make our environment more friendly to pollinators and insects.

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Laura is joined by Greg Plotkin of farmland.org, as they discuss and expound on a recent town hall meeting held by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

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Chef Flo-K joins Laura along with community activists for Decolonizing Earth Day.

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