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It's Global Fertilizer Day (who knew?)! And to celebrate, we are joined by Steve Suppan whose paper on the use of nanotechnology in the fertilizer industry was released yesterday. This is a special episode of Uprooted, and our normal podcast schedule will continue next week.
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It's Farm to School Month! Erin McKee and Katie Costello talk about IATP's Farm to Institution program. Then Ben Lilliston joins the podcast to talk about the Local FARMS act that was just introduced in Congress.
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Dr. Steve Suppan
As farmers begin the fall harvest, a downstream result of their use of fertilizer blooms in Lake Erie, 700 square miles of algae, some of it toxic.
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Dr. Steve Suppan
Link to PDF of the full report with figures and endnotes.
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Ben Lilliston
Erin McKee VanSlooten
When we started our partnership with St. Cloud’s Reach Up Head Start program, Nutrition Services Coordinator Haley Anderson knew she wanted to source locally produced food for her kids–she just wasn’t sure how to do it. Building in nutrition education for kids and families was a straightforward process.
John Svihel in front of cantaloupe field
Josh Wise talks with Sharon Treat, IATP's Senior Attorney, who was at the last round of NAFTA talks in Ottawa. Sharon gives an update what has been happening at the talks, how trade talks are supposed to work, and offers an analysis on the reckless speed and nature of the negotiations so far.
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Shiney Varghese
By minimizing the use of external inputs and decreasing dependency on global commodity markets, agroecological approaches enable small farmers to survive some of the challenges posed by climate change, volatile prices and unfavourable government policies.
ANEC agroecology members
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Shiney Varghese
What should a post-TPP U.S. trade and investment policy look like, if it is to protect not only workers, farmers, consumers and the environment in the U.S., but also in other countries? What can individuals and organizations committed to water justice do to make sure that the rights to water, food and health of rural and urban communities in North America are upheld? These issues will be very much on the agenda at the next round of NAFTA talks, starting October 11.
Polluted water next to refinery