Rootstock Radio

We’re ringing in the 49th anniversary of Earth Day with a special Rootstock Radio conversation with Chef Mary Cleaver about hosting an Earth Dinner, local food in NYC, climate change, and more.

Cheyenna Layne Weber shares her pursuit of art and activism that elevates the needs of people and the planet over profits. It's called the "solidarity economy."

We're visiting with Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First about whether we can feed the world without destroying it, why a "free market" isn't actually free at all, how hunger isn't a scarcity issue, and why democracy is vital to a healthy food system.

Today we're chatting with Kendra Klein, senior staff scientist at Friends of the Earth, which recently released an exciting study (and video) showing how organic diets reduce pesticide exposure in the body.

Naomi Starkman, founder and editor-in-chief of Civil Eats, explains why journalistic integrity around food and agriculture is so important, and how they strive to be part of the solution to fixing the broken systems around food and media.

Struggling to get your kids to eat their veggies? Try teaching them food gratitude, says Betty Izumi, RD, of Harvest for Healthy Kids.

Author and organic farmer Bob Quinn is pioneering sustainable agriculture and alternative energy on his farm in Montana, and a key factor is the ancient wheat-like grain Kamut.

Can you understand something like food without considering politics, economics and social conditions? Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern doesn’t think so. Catch her insights on this week’s episode of Rootstock Radio.

Liz Carlisle, author and lecturer at Stanford University, talks conservation, land stewardship, farming community in Montana, and legumes on this episode of Rootstock Radio.

Terry Oxford of UrbanBeeSF keeps bees on San Francisco rooftops, and today she discusses why current beekeeping practices simply are not cutting it: for bees, for humans, and for our planet.