This episode is an introduction to the vibrant community of organic and urban agriculture in Saint Petersburg, Florida and the Tampa Bay region. This community is striving to develop a more sustainable, resilient and equitable local food system using agroecological approaches. It features an interview with a community leader, Emmanuel Roux, who is the director of the 15th Street Farm in Saint Petersbure. Themes include community-based urban agriculture and food systems.

 This podcast continues an exploration of the concept of a Community Food System begun in Episode #16 via conversations with the grassroots groups of the Quay Community Garden and the Edible Landscape Project in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, who, along with other local community groups, are leading the development of a community food system and Climate Action for their region. In this Episode #17 we will learn about the group Edible Landscape Project. I was so lucky to live in this progressive community for 10 months in 2021 and become involved in several of their projects. Through a diversity of stakeholders and activities, this community is an excellent example of how the "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" in terms of growing a sustainable food system.

This podcast offers an introduction to the concept of a Community Food System and to the grassroots groups of the Quay Community Garden and the Edible Landscape Project in Westport, Ireland, who, along with other local community groups, are leading the development of a community food system and Climate Action for their region.In this Episode #16 you will learn about the Quay Community Garden. I was so lucky to live in this progressive community for 10 months in 2021 and become involved in several of their projects. Through a diversity of stakeholders and activities, this community is an excellent example of how the "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" in terms of growing a sustainable food system.

This episode visits Darina Allen of the Balleymaloe Cookery School, Organic Farm and Gardens in Ballymaloe, Ireland. She describes her personal and family's journey from being an organic farmer to chef to a world class cookery school to a food system leader which supports the diverse community of their Irish food culture and local food economy.

This episode returns to the island of Crete, Greece where we have an encore conversation in greater depth with Nikki Rose of Crete Culinary Sanctuaries, an advocate for community-based tourism that preserves organic agriculture, food culture, and traditional lifestyles.

This episode visits Colin Sage of the Cork Food Policy Council (CFPC) and the University College Cork (UCC), School of Human Environment in Department of Geography, in City Cork, Ireland. He describes the history, mission, activities and accomplishments of the CFPC and his role as its founding Chair to engage Cork community stakeholders in food policy development and implementation for promoting sustainability issues in their food systems.

This episode explores the concept of Community in Agroecology.  In addition, it features an interview from the Cloughjordan Community Farm in Ireland and describes their use of the Commuity Concept.