Handpicked: Stories from the Field

Season  5  Episode  3   –   "Only  as good as the organizing that accompanies it " :   Filmmaking as Food System Solidarity, a Conversation with Raj Patel   Featuring : Raj Patel     In this special episode of  Handpicked: Stories from the Field ,  we  sit down with renowned author, activist, and filmmaker Raj Patel for an intimate, wide-ranging conversation about food justice, climate change, and...

Season  5  Episode  2   - " Taking power into their own  hands   " :  Women Leading Food Systems Change in Canada's North, Ecuador, and Uganda   Featuring :   Dr.  Alison Blay-Palmer, Dr. Andrea Brown, and Carla Johnston   In this episode of  Handpicked: Stories from the Field , we take listeners behind the scenes of a special International Women's Day panel hosted by the Laurier Centre for Sustai...

Season 5, Episode 1 - "Food as Fertile Ground for Change" Cultivating Community: Food Justice in the Bow Valley and Beyond Featuring :   Dr. Lauren  Kepkiewicz , Avni Soma, Syma Habib, Jun  Cacayuran , Melissa West Morrison, &  Dr. Tatenda Mambo   In this  episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field,  our conversation comes from the Bow Valley in Alberta, where a group of organizers, researchers...

Season 4: Episode 6 – Handpicked Presents Voicing Change - Team Reflections on Podcasting for Social Change     Featuring:    In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present the last of this season featuring the Voicing Change p odcast , in an episode called ' Team Reflections on Podcasting for Social Change '   in which the whole Voicing Change team got together (virtua lly!) to...

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 radi...

Season 4: Episode 3 – Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change – " Agroecology in Canada and Brazil "     Featuring: Dr Andrew Spring, Dr Eve Nimmo, Dr Erin Nelson   In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, 'Agroecology in Canada and Brazil ' in which we hear from three researchers investigating what agroecology means and looks l...

Season 4: Episode 3 – Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change - "Forests, Food, and People- Part 2"   Featuring:  Dr. Eve Nimmo, Dr. Jennifer Baltzer, Dr. Zach Ngalo, and Dr. Andre Lacerda   In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, "Forests, Food, and People – Part 2". This is the second of a two part episode where Voicing Chang...

Season 4: Episode 2 – Hand picked Presents: Voicing Change - " Forests, Food, and  People- Part 1 "   Featuring:   Dr. Eve Nimmo, Dr. Jennifer Baltzer, Dr. Zach Ngalo, and  Dr. Andre Lacerda   In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called,  "Forests, Food, and People – Part 1". This is the first of a two part episode where our gue...

Season 4: Episode 1 – Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change - "Introducing Voicing Change"   Featuring: Dr. Andrew Spring, Dr. Eve N immo, Enock Mac'Ouma   In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we  present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, "Introducing Voicing Change." This episode introduces the project, "Voicing Change: Co-Creating Knowledge and Capacity for Sustain...

Featuring : Naomi Robert   In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we speak with Naomi Robert, a Research & Extension Associate at the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at Kwantlen Polytechnique University and a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University on her new project call ed "Beyond GDP: Lessons for Redefining Progress in Canadian Food System Policy ". Naomi discusses the p...

Featuring Dr. Evelyn Nimmo In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we sit down with Dr. Evelyn Nimmo, a Research Associate with the LCSFS and the President of the Center for the Development and Education of Traditional Erva-mate Systems (CEDErva) in Paraná, Brazil. Dr. Nimmo shares the ongoing process of applying for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Globa...

Featuring  Dr. Erin Nelson, Dr. Sarah Larsen, Heather Ne w man, Brent Preston   In this episode of Handpicked : Stories from the Field , Dr. Erin Nelson from the University of Guelph interviews some of her community partners. She speaks with Dr. Sarah Larsen, Research Director at the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, and two participants in its f armer-led r esearch p rogram, Hea t her Ne...

  Hosted by:  Dr. Marylynn Steckley   Produced in collaboration with : Dr. Sonia Wesche , Victoria Marchand, & Dr. Josh Steckley     In this episode of Handpicked : Stories from the Field , we present an episode of the Indigenous Health and F o od Systems Podcast called, " Environmental Dispossession , Land, and the Environment " This podcast is hosted by Dr. Marylynn Steckley from Carleton Univer...

Hosted by: Dr. Marylynn Steckley Produced in collaboration with: Dr. Sonia Wesche , Victoria Marchand & Dr. Josh Steckley   In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field , we present an episode of the Indigenous Health and Food Systems Podcast called, "What are Indigenous Foods?" This podcast is hosted by Dr. Marylynn Steckley from Carleton University and is produced in collaboration with...

In this episode of Handpicked : Stories from the Field , your hosts speak with Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer about the UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity, and Sustainability. Dr. Blay-Palmer tells us about the priorities of the Chair (sustainable food production, Indigenous and traditional foodways, & transitions to just food systems ) and some of the projects supported through the n etwork. We also spea...

In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we talked to Jamie-Lynne Varney, a master's student in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University (SFU) who prepared the recent report, " Right to Food Framework for Tackling Food Waste and Achieving a Just Circular Economy of Food in Vancouver, B.C." This report was a collaboration between the Food Systems...

In this episode of  Handpicked: Stories from the Field ,  Mandy Bayha, Director  for Culture, Language ,  and Spirituality for the  Délįnę   Got'įnę  Government, talks with Dr. Andrew Spring  about the importance of traditional knowledge and language for community wellbeing and resilience  Délįnę , NWT.  Beginning with a conversation about community resilience in the face of major crises such as t...

In this episode of  Handpicked : Stories  from  the Field ,  guest producer Harrison Runtz  talks with  food systems experts Kelly Bronson, Irena  Knezevic , and Carly Livingstone  about  how new digital technologies are changing the ways we grow and get food.  They  look at  how big agri-businesses like John Deere  create visions of a technological future of foo d, examine  what  Amazon's entry i...

In this episode of Handpicked : Stories  from  the Field ,  Laine Young  speaks with A lexandra Rodriguez   about   Agricultura Urbana Participativa AGRUPAR , an urban agriculture project that  aims  to  address food insecurity and  improve  people's lives by creating more a sustainable food system   in Quito, Ecuador.  Using an intersectional lens, Laine and Alexandra's conversation  looks at  th...

Technology is changing all aspects of the food system, including how smaller-scale farmers and food producers connect with different markets. In this episode of Handpicked , Dr. Theresa  Schumilas  describes her work as the Director of  Open Food Network Canada , an open source software platform designed to help producers and eaters build better and more sustainable food systems. You'll hear about...

International agreements like the  Sustainable Development Goals , the  Milan Urban Food Policy Pact , and the  New Urban Agenda  c an be imagined as  shared blueprint s  for  change. However, agreements negotiated between international actors can be difficult to implement at local a nd regional scales. In this  episode  of  Handpicked , we talk to  food systems actors and researchers working to c...

In this episode of  Handpicked: Stories from the Field,  co-producer Dr. Andrew Spring takes us through part 2 of his conversation with Chief Lloyd  Chicot  and  Melaine  Simba of the  Ka'a'gee  Tu First Nation. Focusing on five  key themes —youth, community gardening, community mapping, land stewardship and waste management—they explore how participatory action research driven by communities can...

In this episode of  Handpicked: Stories from the Field,  co-producer Dr. Andrew Spring sits down with Chief Lloyd Chicot  and  Melaine  Simba  of the  Ka'a'gee  Tu First Nation  from the community of  Kakisa   in the Northwest Territories . Reflecting on their long partnership of collaboration, they  talk about how climate change is impacting food systems in Canada's North and how the ir  small co...

In th is   episode of  Handpicked: Stories from the Field , we sit down with Dr. Nevin Cohen, an Associate Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health and the Research Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute in New York City ,   to explore how  to measure food system change .  Because of the complexity of our food system s , there are hundreds of metrics th...

In the very first episode of  Handpicked: Stories from the Field , we will introduce you to our podcast and give you a taste of what you can expect from the upcoming season. We sit down with Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer and ask her some tough questions about food systems and the work of the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (LCSFS). We explore the concept of "sustainable food systems" in depth...