Common Caws for Sustainability Podcast

Food Sustainability - Earth We're Just Livining in It - Ep. 2 part 2 (Miniseries)

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Christy and Vivian introduce the importance of food agriculture and benefits of self-planting in our communities. They interview Cherry Liu, the Beacon Food Forest Outreach Coordinator, who describes more in depth about the history of farming and how she began working for the Beacon Food Forest. Cherry describes how individuals should opt for local food sources and self-farming for fresh produce rather than big supermarket companies.

  • Urban farming organizations to follow in the Seattle area:
    • Black Star Farmers @blackstarfarmers
    • Black Farmers Collective (Yes Farm) @blackfarmerscollective
    • Salsa de la Vida @salsadelavida
    • Danny Woo Community Garden @dannywoogarden
    • ACRS Farm @acrsnews
    • Percussion Farms @percussionfarms
    • Nurturing Roots Farm @nurturingrootsfarm
    • Cherry's Cottage @cherryscottage
    • Rural farms in WA to follow:
      • Kamayan Farm-Ariana de Lena, Filipina-owned farm in Carnation @kamayanfarm
      • Small Axe Farm, Black-led farm in Sammamish @blackfarmerscollective
      • Sweet Hollow Farm-Vero Vergara, multiracial queer worker-owned cooperative farm in Woodinville @sweethollowfarm
      • Good Rain Farm-Michelle Weeks, Indigenous-led farm in Camas @goodrainfarm.
      • Asian American-owned farms in the US to follow:
        • Farmer Mai-Mai Nguyen (Sebastopol, CA)
        • Namu Farm-Krystyn Leach (San Francisco, CA)
        • Shao Shan Farm-Scott Chang-Fleeman (Bolinas, CA)
        • Electronic Resources:
          • "Hope in a Changing Climate" by Dr. John D. Liu, about reversing desertification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLdNhZ6kAzo&t=124s
          • Leah Penniman, keynote address on ancestral farming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQJP8QP-Ng&t=116s
          • The Indigenous Science of Permaculture: https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-nature/the-indigenous-science-of-permaculture?fbclid=IwAR3yxc-GbWxDEWDFjMHBQshGh81NjsbaZdgZ3WHmLxHh-H_WOx-LsxFLmWU
          • Asian American farmers: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/young-asian-americans-turn-farming-means-cultural-reclamation-n1072036

            • Contact us at [email protected] or [email protected].

            Cherry’s contact: [email protected]

            Beacon Food Forest: https://beaconfoodforest.org/volunteer

            https://beaconfoodforest.org/

            Follow Campus Sustainability Offices:on Instagram @uwbsustainability or @sustainabilityatcascadia

            Check out our websites uwb.edu/sustainability or cascadia.edu/bassp

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