The Checkout: Grocery Nerds
By Errol Schweizer
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Formerly The Checkout, Grocery Nerds is the leading source for insider commentary and analysis on the $1.1 trillion U.S. grocery industry. Founded by 30 year industry veteran operator, analyst and O.G. Grocery Nerd Errol Schweizer, Grocery Nerds has four priorities: to demystify the grocery business, including pricing, market segmentation and business operations in the real world-not via academia or public relations B.S.; to platform and hear from essential, front-line grocery workers; to engage with emerging brand innovators and trend leaders; and to hear from independent and cooperative grocery operators on how they are surviving and thriving in this competitive, complex and cutthroat industry. So, are you a Grocery Nerd too?
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#14: Kara Rubin's Grocery Journey From Whole Foods to Brand Building
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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#13 Andrea Abel's Fight to Improve Food Justice in Texas
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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#12: From Cashier to Author: Ann Larson's Industry Insights
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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#11: Alicia Kennedy's Journey: From Vegan Bakery to Food Critic
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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#10: The Future of Natural Sweeteners with CEO Aaron Henderson
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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#9 Exploring Mamdani's Grocery Plan and the History Behind It.
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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#8: How Saffron Road Disrupted Frozen Food with Authenticity and Innovation
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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#7 How Legislation Can Lower Food Prices and Support Small Grocers
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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#6: How Aldi Is Winning the US Grocery War
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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#5 Jose Oliva: Solving Food Industry Problems with HEAL Food Alliance
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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#4 Stacy Mitchell: The Threat of Corporate Power on Local Communities
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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#3 How Dr. Bronner's Is Redefining Business with Purpose
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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#2 How Goods Mart Built a Retail Ecosystem for Emerging Brands
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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#1. How Grocery Workers Are Organizing Against Corporate Pressure
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Episode 185: Burlap & Barrel
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Episode 184: Nasser Abufarha and Canaan Fair Trade
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Episode 183: Peter Gialantzis of Pod Foods
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Episode 182: The Regenerative Organic Certification
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May 20, 2024 |
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Episode 181: “Shoptalk #2”: Understanding Wholesalers
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May 13, 2024 |
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Episode 180: “Shoptalk”, with Co-Host Eve Cohen
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May 07, 2024 |
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Episode 179: George Milton On The UNFI SSA Controversy
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Episode 178: Robinson-Patman Act 101 with Daniel Hanley
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 177: Part Two: Mexico Takes on GMO Dogma
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Episode 176: Part One: The U.S.-Mexico GMO Corn Standoff
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Episode 175: HEAL Food Alliance Takes On The Farm Bill
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode 174: Phil Howard On Food Industry Consolidation
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Episode 173: Who Wants To Kill The NLRB? With Professor John Logan
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Episode 172: Grocery Update: Reinventing Retail and Food Processing
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Episode 171: Austin Frerick Takes On The Grocery Barons
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Episode 170: Magaly Licolli On Stopping Child Labor
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Episode 169: Why Your Groceries Are So Damn Expensive
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 168: Matriark Foods Is Reinventing Food Processing
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Episode 167: Common Ground
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 166: Why A Worker Cooperative “Works For All”
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 165: Ellen Cassedy on “Working 9 to 5”
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 164: Trader Joe’s United Returns To The Checkout
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Episode 163: COP28 Recap with Lauren Baker
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Episode 162: Finnish Retail Cooperatives, with Ryan Cooper
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Episode 161: Why Grocery Workers Oppose the Kroger-Albertsons Merger
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Episode 160: Chloë Waterman On Reforming Public Food Procurement
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 159: Public Sector Food Supply Chains With Dr. Sarah Taber, Part 2
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Episode 158: Chef Ora Wise On Fighting Food Apartheid in Palestine
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Episode 157: Dr. John Fagan’s Concerning New Findings About “Animal Free” Dairy
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Episode 156: Chef Reem Assil, Gaza and Hospitality For Humanity
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Episode 155: Talking Grocery and Public Food With Dr. Sarah Taber, Part One
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Episode 154: Why Anchor Steam Should Become A Worker Owned Co-op
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Episode 153: Kathy Finn of UFCW770 On Keeping Grocery Workers Safe
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Episode 152: Cooperation Now More Than Ever: Grocery Cooperatives At Scale - Part 2
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Episode 151: Cooperation Now More Than Ever: Grocery Co-ops in the Age of Crisis - Part 1
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Episode 150: Kim Stanley Robinson
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Episode 149: Urban Tilth
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Episode 148: Advocates For Urban Agriculture (AUA)
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Episode 147: Heather Terry of Goodsam Foods
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Episode 146: How Can Grocery Prices Come Down? Inflation Update with Errol Schweizer
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Episode 145: P. Wade Ross On Farming While Black In Texas
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 144: Grocery Inflation Update.
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Episode 143: Ken Kolb on Retail Inequality
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode 142: Professor Shane Hamilton
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 141: Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and The Spirit of Soul Food
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 140: Grocery Update-Consolidation & Inflation
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Episode 139: Dr. Ricardo Salvador
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Episode 138: Starbucks Fires Award Winning Barista
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Episode 137: Professor Marion Nestle
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Episode 136: Matte Wilson on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 135: Perteet Spencer of Ayo Foods on Collective Entrepreneurship
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 134: Sarela Herrada of SIMPLi Foods on Building Regenerative Supply Chains
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode 133: Why BCTGM Local 100G Workers Are On Strike At Ingredion
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Episode 132: Roundtable Conversation on How Trade Spend and Slotting Fees Shape The Grocery Industry
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Episode 131: Lauren Ornelas on Why Amy’s Kitchen Workers Are Organizing
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Episode 130: Why Trader Joe’s Workers Want A Union
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Episode 129: Tevita Uhatafe on the Labor Movement
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Episode 128: Tommy Carden of Warehouse Workers For Justice
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Episode 127: Andrew deCoriolis of Farm Forward
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Episode 126: Kamal Bell of Sankofa Farms
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Episode 125: Grocery Update- Meat Industry Accountability & Profit Inflation
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Episode 124: Johnnie Kallas Talks Data and the Labor Upsurge
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Episode 123: FoodTank Presents Magaly Licolli & Gerardo Reyes
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Episode 122: Lindsey Allen & Point Of Origin
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 121: Cortlin Harrison On Unionizing Starbucks
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May 24, 2022 |
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Episode 120: Understanding Unionization with Bob Funk of LaborLab
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May 18, 2022 |
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Episode 119: Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik on How Texas Is Still Stealing Black Owned Farmland
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 118: Why Kim Kelly Wants Workers To “Fight Like Hell”
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May 01, 2022 |
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Episode 117: Timothy A. Wise On Rethinking The Green Revolution
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Episode 116: Liz Carlisle & the Deep and Diverse Roots of Regenerative Farming
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Episode 115: Adam Maxwell of Voyage Foods
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Episode 114: Dr. Steven Osuna on Racial Capitalism and Class Suicide
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Episode 113: Max Ajl & A People’s Green New Deal
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Episode 112: Kathy Finn of UFCW 770
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Episode 111: Pat Mooney on Who Really Feeds The World
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Episode 110: Professor Silvia Secchi and Iowa’s Industrial Agriculture
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Episode 109: Grocery Update: The Need For Anti-Trust, Part 2
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 108: Grocery Update: Understanding Anti-Trust Part 1
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 107: Workers Defense Project
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Episode 106: Talking Common Sense Solidarity
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Episode 105: Bakery Workers Standing Up to Cub Foods
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Episode 104: Grocery Update 2022: From Food Inflation to Food Insecurity
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode 103: Dr. Sarah Taber on Food Safety and Food System Viability
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Episode 102: RWDSU Local 338, Organizing Farmworkers in New York State
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 101: Manpreet Kalra On The Indian Farmers Uprising
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Episode 100: Magaly Licolli On Organizing Poultry Workers
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Cristina Lujan of BCTGM Local 37 & the Rich Foods Strike
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Lauren Baker on Agroecology
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Adnan Durrani On Building Halal Brands
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Episode 96: Kellogg’s Strike Recap with Victor Francia, BCTGM Local 50G
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Episode 95: Emily Cohen Ibañez and Fruits of Labor
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Episode 94: Edgar Franks, Empowering Farmworkers with Familias Unidas por La Justicia
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Episode 93: John Lewis and Keegan Kuhn Discuss Their Film,“They’re Trying To Kill Us”
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 92: Professor Alex Racelis on Agroecology and the Rio Grande Valley
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode 91: Why HelloFresh Workers Want A Union
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Episode 90: Grocery Update: USDA and EU Farm to Fork Policy
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Episode 89: Michele Simon On The Plant Based Industry
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Episode 88: Alan Lewis Takes On GMO Food Technology
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Episode 87: Dr. Bronner’s Ethical Supply Chain
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Episode 86: Grocery Updates: Defining New Food Technology + Food Worker Victories
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Episode 85: Starbucks Workers United
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Episode 84: Stuart Appelbaum of RWDSU: Organizing Farmworkers and Amazon Employees
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Episode 83: Joe Fassler Dissects Cultivated Meat
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Episode 82: On The Kellogg’s Picket Lines With BCTGM
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Episode 81: Chris Smalls on Unionizing Amazon
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Episode 80: Joe Fassler on Regenerative Agriculture’s Reckoning
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Episode 79: Notes on Food Apartheid in the U.S.
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Episode 78: Inflamed- A Conversation with Dr. Rupa Marya & Professor Raj Patel
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Episode 77: Lauren Baker on True Cost Accounting and The UN Food Summit
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Episode 76: Million Belay, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Episode 75: Errol Schweizer Keynote on Justice and Dignity in Supply Chains
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Episode 74: Sarah Jaffe On Why Work Won’t Love You Back
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Episode 73: Grocery Update: Understanding The Dairy Industry
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Episode 72: Labor Day Series: Brandworkers- Good Jobs, Local Food
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Episode 71: Labor Day Series: BCTGM Union Workers Strike Nabisco
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Episode 70: Grocery Update: Understanding Supply Chain Issues + Ethnic Aisles
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Episode 69: Miyoko Schinner of Miyoko’s Creamery
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Episode 68: Tyler Mayoras, Founder of Cool Beans
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Episode 67: Pam Koch on Universal Free School Lunch
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Episode 66: No Evil Foods Workers Speak Out
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Episode 65: Grocery Update: Fair Trade Spilled Milk. Guy Fieri Is Wrong On Workers. FDA’s New GMO Labeling Reg’s.
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Episode 64: Juneteenth Features: Brooklyn Packers & Brooklyn Supported Agriculture
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Episode 62: Juneteenth Features: Dr. Howard Conyers on The Black History of BBQ
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Episode 63: Juneteenth Features: Forty Acres Fresh Market
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Episode 61: Grocery Update: Food Processing, Gig Workers and GMO Labeling
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Episode 60: Why Juiceland Workers Went On Strike
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Episode 59: Grocery Update- Cultivated Meat, the Wage Shortage and Retail Automation
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Episode 58: Esther West on The Promise and Potential of Worker Cooperatives
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 57: Professor Gabriel Rosenberg
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May 27, 2021 |
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Episode 56: Ligia Guallpa of Worker’s Justice Project
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May 25, 2021 |
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Episode 55: Alicia Kennedy
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 54: Margaret Smith, The Common Market Texas
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May 17, 2021 |
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Episode 53: Grocery Update. May 14th, 2021: What is Agroecology? Why Fair Trade Dairy Fails & more.
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode 52: Megan Westgate and Linda Cognato of The Non GMO Project
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May 12, 2021 |
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Episode 51: Sylvia Mallari of People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty
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May 11, 2021 |
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Episode 50: Jon Allen Foster and Tristan Bock-Hughes of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 49: Grocery Update. May 7th, 2021: Dairy Pride Act? Organic Sector Growth & more.
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 48: Jose Vivero Pol on The Food Commons
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 47: Grocery Update. May 4th, 2021: Universal School Meals Now! + Why Maslow Was Wrong & more.
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May 04, 2021 |
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Episode 46: Professor John Logan on the Anti-Union Industry
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Episode 45: The Weekly Special. The Indian Farmers Uprising & more.
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Episode 44: The Weekly Special. Plant Based Foods, Labor Organizing & more. Dedicated to Jay Brito, RIP.
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Daniel Nicholson of NadaMoo!
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Episode 42: UFCW Local 770, Hazard Pay and The Struggle For Dignity
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Episode 41: Greg Fleishman
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Medicare For All
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Episode 39: Why We Need A Public Food Sector
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Episode 38: The Weekly Special. Pass the PRO-Act & more.
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 37: Amazon’s Racial Capitalism: The Cost of Free Shipping
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Montserrat Garibay
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Marita Canedo of Migrant Justice on “Milk With Dignity”
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Reginaldo Hasslet-Marroquin: Decolonize and Indigenize Regenerative Agriculture
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Karen Washington, on Farming, Food Justice and Community Organizing
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Farmer Rishi on Regeneration, Equity and Representation
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Claire Kelloway on Prop 22, Big Tech and Reviving the Anti-Trust Movement
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Winona LaDuke
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Part 3 of 3, Worker Ownership and the Solidarity Economy, By Errol Schweizer
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Episode 28: Part 2 of 3, The Collective Bargain. By Errol Schweizer
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Episode 27: Andres Bernal Talks Money
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Episode 26: The COVID Receipts. Part 1 of 3, By Errol Schweizer
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Episode 25: Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and The Fair Food Program
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Episode 24: Nishiki Maredia on Retail Innovation and Social Justice Organizing
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Episode 23: Ma'raj Sheikh and Good Food Policy Action in Chicago
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Episode 22: Michelle Akindiya of Farmshare Austin
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Episode 21: Benjamin Lorr and The Secret Life of Groceries
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Episode 20: Rev. Heber Brown of The Black Church Food Security Network
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Episode 18: Brian Yazzie On Cooking In Two Worlds
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Episode 17: Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez On Organizing Essential Workers
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Errol Schweizer on Taste Radio
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Episode 15: Chris Smalls and The People Vs. Amazon
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Episode 14: Leah Douglas on Covid19, OSHA and meat plant workers
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Episode 13: Dr. Naya Jones on Food Sovereignty and Collective Healing
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Episode 12: Lorig Hawkins of Middle Ground Farm
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Chris Maestro, Founder of Bierwax
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Episode 9: Alexa Delwiche, Center for Good Food Purchasing
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Episode 8: David Zuckerman: Gubernatorial Candidate and Lt. Governor of Vermont
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Episode 7: Tom Philpott On A Food System In Crisis… and How To Fix It.
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Episode 6: Farming While Black in Austin, TX with Tiffany Washington
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Episode 4: Jose Oliva on Building a Worker-Centered Food System, Part 2
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 3: Jose Oliva on Building a Worker-Centered Food System, Part 1
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Carla Vernón on Leadership, Equity, and Scaling Good Food
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Raj Patel on Food Sovereignty
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Sep 02, 2020 |