Root Words
Episodes
Episodes of Root Words
Mark All
Welcome back to our fifth episode of a five-part miniseries exploring how a focus on local food builds relationships with people and the environment. If you haven’t followed this miniseries, you may want to go back and listen from episode 26,
Welcome back to our fourth episode of a five-part miniseries exploring how a focus on local food builds relationships with people and the environment. If you haven’t followed this miniseries, you may want to go back and listen from episode 26,
Welcome back to our third episode of a five-part miniseries exploring how a focus on local food builds relationships with people and the environment. If you haven’t followed this miniseries, you may want to go back and listen from episode 26,
In our last episode we explored the challenges that a global food system can have for local communities. On this episode of Root Words we’ll talk with Ken Meter, president of Crossroads Resource Center and Philip Ackerman-Leist farmer, author,
Root Words returns with a special five-part series to take a closer look at the growing effort to localize our food system. Localized food systems are gaining regional and national attention for the benefits that go beyond food production and c
Trailer
Root Words is coming back with a special 5-part mini series this October. We’ll talk with some folks that have dedicated themselves to rejuvenating the food system and community infrastructure as we dig a little deeper into why local food hubs
The green mountains are a forested landscape and many folks interact with forests for work and recreation. While about 6.5% of Vemont’s land area is human development, around 78% of the state is forested. Human activities and forests play dif
At the start of this year’s legislative session in Vermont we took a closer look at the campaign to make school meals universal. It’s one of the really important food access issues that the state house took on this year and with the legislativ
In this episode we go shopping, and explore some of the differences between shopping at the farmer's market and the supermarket, and of course we meet some farmers along the way. This episode was produced by Stephen Abatiell.Special thanks to
Before there was home delivery, before there were supermarkets, before there was refrigeration, even before people cooked their food, people fed themselves and their families by foraging their landscape. Collecting food, medicine, or provision
As we come out of winter, the energy of spring starts flowing in our forests again. Cold nights and warm days don’t just mean muddy roads, they mean the sap’s flowing again, and it’s sugar season. All over the state folks are boiling in outdo
About a quarter of children in Vermont have faced food insecurity over the course of the pandemic, but it’s estimated that one in ten Vermonters were already dealing with food insecurity before the pandemic. A patchwork of agencies and organi
About 79,000 students go in and out of classrooms each school day in Vermont’s public schools. Some may be learning to add and multiply, some to speak a new language, and some to fix a small engine, but all of them will get hungry, and need to
Tina Picz, a forager, food photographer and food stylist in the Mad River Valley addresses equity and justice in food systems through conversations she facilitates on her social media channels.These conversations center and uplift the voices o
This past week during an interview for root words I started getting a storm of messages coming in over my phone and it turns out that my brother Pete got a deer late one afternoon just before the snow storm came in. My father and I loaded up th
A lot of Abenaki folks as well as community partners are rebuilding Abenaki Foodways- growing, processing, and distributing Abenaki crops.On this episode we hear from a few Abenaki gardeners, Chief Shirly Hook of the Koas Abenaki and Michael D
Food Sovereignty is basically when a person or a people have agency over their foodways. Many people today do not have this agency, including Vermont’s indigenous communities. We heard from Chief Don Stevens of the Nulhegan band of the Abenak
Before there was home delivery, before there were supermarkets, before there was refrigeration, even before people cooked their food, people fed themselves and their families by foraging their landscape. Collecting food, medicine, or provision
On this episode of Root Words We’ll hear about Vermont’s deer hunting tradition. Hunting is important in Vermont, it’s even protected under the state constitution. It’s one of the oldest ways that people have connected with their food source a
Peacemaking was the original intent of Veteran’s Day. In 1926 congress passed the resolution to set aside the 11th of November honoring the Armistice of World War I with these words…“Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of thi
Saving seeds from this year's crop for next year is one of the oldest ways that communities have planned for and preserved their future.Seeds of renewal is adding a modern research component to plan for the future we face today, to build food
Trailer
Season 2 of Root Words is coming! This season we're going deeper into the ways that folks are experiencing their food system. Join us! Root Words is produced in the heart of Rutland County Vermont and is made possible by generous support fro
Vermont officially recognizes 4 Abenaki tribes today. The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki, the Elnu Abenaki Tribe, the Abenaki Nation at Missisquoi, and the Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation.Up until industrialization, an
In this episode we look at how we got to the global food system we have today, and the lessons that our past holds for a new, more local future. This episode was produced by Stephen Abatiell.Special thanks to Greg Cox, Jack Crowther, The Rutl
We hear from some farmers that have been inspired to pass on the knowledge of their mentors, and we hear about some innovative programs coming from Vermont's BIPOC farming community. This episode was produced by Stephen Abatiell and Scott Cour
Unlock more with Podchaser Pro
- Audience Insights
- Contact Information
- Demographics
- Charts
- Sponsor History
- and More!
- Account
- Register
- Log In
- Find Friends
- Resources
- Help Center
- Blog
- API
Podchaser is the ultimate destination for podcast data, search, and discovery. Learn More
- © 2024 Podchaser, Inc.
- Privacy Policy
- Terms of Service
- Contact Us