Season 4, Episode 5– Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change – “Agroecology in Kenya” 

Contributors 

Co-Producers & Hosts: Olga Awuor, Laine Young & Charlie Spring  

Featuring: Clark Siaji, Caleb Omolo, Andres Kathunzi 

In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, ‘Agroecology in Kenya'. Voicing Change team member and radio journalist Olga Millicent Awuor interviews two community leaders in agroecological and permacultural food production in the Migori County area. They consider alternative modes of farming as pathways to greater food sovereignty, especially for marginalized groups including women and youth. How can movements and practices for agroecology support decent livelihoods while restoring ecological diversity and resilience, and what are the barriers to change in Kenya, where agrifood policy tends to encourage monocultural production for export? 

Voicing Change Team: Enock Mac'Ouma, Andres Kathunzi, Evelyn Nimmo, Renata Kempf, Brenda Rotter, Laureen Silva, Alessandra de Carvalho, Murilo Siqueira, Andrew Spring 

 Sound Design & Editing: Narayan Subramoniam 

Support & Funding  Wilfrid Laurier University  The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems Balsillie School for International Affairs Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 

Music Credits Ali Razmi Keenan Reimer-Watts 

Resources 

Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG Whose Land Voicing Change  Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems 

Rongo University CedErva Rongo University 

Agroecology at the FAO 

Growing Small featuring Caleb’s forest garden (YouTube) 

Wachna Greenworld CBO (Facebook) 

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