The Checkout: Grocery Nerds

The Checkout: Grocery Nerds

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The Checkout: Grocery Nerds episodes

  • Episode 113: Max Ajl & A People’s Green New Deal

    Episode #113 Max Ajl Notes

    :30 How did you come to write A People’s Green New Deal?

    7:30 What is the history of the global south’s movements and how the Green New Deal has watered these down?

    21:00 On vegan neo-colonialism.

    32:00 On the links between global capital and the plant-based industry.

    51:00 Can you tell us about the concept of Degrowth?

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    58 min
  • Episode 112: Kathy Finn of UFCW 770

    Episode #112 Kathy Finn, UFCW 770

    :30 Happenings of the labor movement in Souther California.

    2:15 What’s your role at UFCW, and how do you find yourself in this line of work?

    4:30 What is the current status of the current labor negotiations with grocery retailers, and can you describe some of the illegal activities they are engaging in?

    8:30 What are the policies and working conditions they have imposed?

    11:30 On hazard pay mandates.

    14:40 What is the appeal of unionizing through UFCW?

    18:35 Closing thoughts.

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    22 min
  • Episode 111: Pat Mooney on Who Really Feeds The World

    Episode #111 Pat Mooney Notes

    :30 On how small farms nourish 70% of the world’s population.

    3:00 On the study “Which Farms Feed the World and Has Farmland Become More Concentrated?”

    8:30 On Food Sovereignty and industrial agriculture.

    17:30 What do large, corporate food entities stand to gain from changing our narrative around food production?

    21:00 Can you tell us about the concept of Degrowth?

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    25 min
  • Episode 110: Professor Silvia Secchi and Iowa’s Industrial Agriculture

    Episode Notes

    1:00 - What is your area of study and research?

    9:20 - On the farming sector in Iowa.

    13:30 - On farm subsidies.

    17:40 - On the ethanol industry.

    23:00 - On producing for feed for factory farming and resulting externalities.

    32:00 - The role of policy in changing conventional agricultural practices in Iowa.

    38:00 - On farm workers in Iowa.

    40:30 - On President Biden’s plan to take on the consolidated meat industry.

    44:00 - On reforming the USDA to better serve non-conventional interests.

    50:00 - What would a climate friendly, safe food system look like in Iowa?

    54:00 - Recommended readings:

    Civil Eats

    The Counter

    Tom Philpot

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    1 hr
  • Episode 107: Workers Defense Project

    Episode #107 Notes

    1:00 - What is The Workers Defense Project?

    2:00 - Why is there a focus on construction workers?

    4:00 - How is Workers Defense Project organized? What’s it like working in this trade?

    10:00 - How is it different working construction in Texas, as opposed to other parts of the country?

    14:00 - What is the Theory of Change for Workers Defense Project?

    16:00 - Workers Defense Project’s approach to policy work in Texas.

    20:00 - Key campaign victories for Workers Defense Project.

    24:00 - What does Workers Defense Project want to achieve in the coming years?

    25:00 - How will COVID remain an area of focus regarding worksite safety?

    29:00 - Thoughts on PROACT.

    31:00 - Closing thoughts.

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    34 min
  • Episode 106: Talking Common Sense Solidarity

    Episode #106 Notes

    :30 Defining ‘Working Class’

    3:30 On Jarred’s research methods for Common Sense Solidarity

    7:50 High level findings from the report.

    15:00 On how gender plays into research findings surrounding politics and identity.

    20:00 On how political views change on racial lines.

    23:00 On how political views change on economic status.

    28:00 On how political views change with geography.

    34:30 Economically progressive vs. Socially progressive

    41:30 Closing thoughts

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    46 min

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Formerly The Checkout, Grocery Nerds is the leading source for insider commentary and analysis on the $1.1 trillion U.S. grocery industry. Founded by 30 year industry veteran operator,…