Episode #64 Notes

0:30 - What is the mission and vision of Brooklyn Packers?

2:15 - What is Brooklyn Supported Agriculture?

3:15 - On selecting farm and food suppliers.

5:00 - How is a worker-owned cooperative different than a typical corporate business? And what are the pros and cons?

8:45 - How do you competitive as a cooperative?

10:00 - Impacts of COVID-19 on the business.

14:00 - How is your cooperative financed?

17:45 - History of cooperatives in Brooklyn.

21:20 - How does Brooklyn Packers contribute to food sovereignty?

23:00 - Book recommendations!

Collective Courage, Jessica Gordon Nembhard

The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois

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Episode #63 Notes

0:35 - First off, how did you become a Rocket Scientist?

3:45 - How did your science background influence your interest in BBQ?

7:15 - How and why is the BBQ is such a strong cultural tradition in the black community?

9:30 - On BBQ in Virginia and the birth of BBQ.

15:00 - On Southern Food and how it’s essentially black and indigenous in origin.

18:00 - Authentic BBQ and the techniques used.

20:30 - On the diasporic spread of BBQ techniques.

28:00 - What is the difference between a Chef, a Cook, and a Pitmaster?

33:00 - How does mainstream media white-wash BBQ culture?

45:30 - On the displacement of black communities and how this ties to BBQ.

49:15 - Why is BBQ a quintessential American food?

1:00:00 - Book recommendations!

Black Hand in the Pit - Howard Conyers (to be released)

The Half Has Never Been Told - Edward Baptist

The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley and William Danko

For Freedom’s Sake - Chana Lee

Dispossessions - Pete Daniel

The Color of Law - Richard Rothstein

The Devil You Know - Charles Blow

The 4-Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss

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Episode #62 Notes

0:35 - First off, how did you become a Rocket Scientist?

3:45 - How did your science background influence your interest in BBQ?

7:15 - How and why is the BBQ is such a strong cultural tradition in the black community?

9:30 - On BBQ in Virginia and the birth of BBQ.

15:00 - On Southern Food and how it’s essentially black and indigenous in origin.

18:00 - Authentic BBQ and the techniques used.

20:30 - On the diasporic spread of BBQ techniques.

28:00 - What is the difference between a Chef, a Cook, and a Pitmaster?

33:00 - How does mainstream media white-wash BBQ culture?

45:30 - On the displacement of black communities and how this ties to BBQ.

49:15 - Why is BBQ a quintessential American food?

1:00:00 - Book recommendations!

Black Hand in the Pit - Howard Conyers (to be released)

The Half Has Never Been Told - Edward Baptist

The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley and William Danko

For Freedom’s Sake - Chana Lee

Dispossessions - Pete Daniel

The Color of Law - Richard Rothstein

The Devil You Know - Charles Blow

The 4-Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss

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Episode #60 Notes

1:00 - What were some of the issues and conditions that resulted in this strike?

7:00 - On sexual harassment and racial bias in the workplace.

14:15 - On protecting employees from customer harassment.

19:00 - Pay disparities

25:00 - What were the immediate demands when you went on strike?

31:00 - How did the strike spread from the production centers to the retail stores?

33:15 - Negotiating with Juiceland management.

41:00 - What’s the current status of the strike?

47:00 - What can listeners do to support your efforts?

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Episode #58 Notes

1:00 - Esther West, open mic on Latinx coop growth in the US.

Books and Resources

LatinX Coop Power in the US, UW Center for Coops

Collective Courage, Jessica Gordon Nembhard

Democracy at Work Institute

Sustainable Economies Law Center

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Episode #57 Notes

1:00 - How did you get interested in food systems research?

6:15 - What were the conditions of homesteaders and settlers in the frontier in the 19th century?

10:15 - On the myth of the idyllic small family farm.

18:30 - How 4H social engineered of the rural frontier.

28:30 - On how 4H deepened racial divides and inequities.

35:00 - On 4H and the history of eugenics.

44:15 - How to overcome the myth of the ‘independent farmer’ and iconism.

49:00 - How to create a just, fair, resilient food system.

53:30 - Book recommendations!

Capitalism and the Web of Life - Jason Moore

Porkopolis - Alex Blanchette

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Episode #56 Notes

0:30- How did Worker’s Justice Project come about?

1:45 - What needs does WJP meet for the community?

3:00 - How are decisions made in your organization?

5:30 - What’s it’s been like to be an essential worker during COVID-19? Construction, home healthcare, etc.

9:15 - What are some of the campaigns WJP has worked on?

17:30 - HEROES Act and the Fund for Excluded Workers projects.

22:00 - What are the strategic program areas of WJP?

25:00 - US immigration policies effects on people’s lives and livelihoods.

29:00 - What changes are required in the food system to make things better for essential workers?

32:30 - What is the future of WJP and your members?

34:15 - How to support WJP and closing thoughts.

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Episode #55 Notes

1:00 - How did you get interested in food journalism?

3:30 - On writing style.

4:45 - Recipe development and food journalism.

6:30 - On the future of the veggie burger.

11:30 - On vegan cheese and category reinvention.

17:30 - Silicon Valley’s approach to alternative meat development.

21:00 - Is there such a thing as sustainable beef?

26:00 - On American meat consumption and rational goals.

28:20 - On the intersection of gender, race, meat, and COVID.

31:30 - Food activists in Puerto Rico.

38:10 - What’s wrong with resilience?

46:00 - Book recommendations!

Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency - Andreas Malm

How To Blowup a Pipeline - Andreas Malm

The Gentrification of the Mind - Sarah Schulman

Let The Record Show - Sarah Schulman

Conflict Is Not Abuse - Sarah Schulman

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