At Real Food Media, we believe each one of us has a story to tell, and that sharing our stories strengthens our communities and our movements. Our two podcast series bring you stories from the food movement through a powerful combination of “book smarts” and “street smarts” (or is it soil savvy?). Real Food Reads, our long-standing book club and podcast, interviews the authors of today’s most important books at the intersection of food, politics, and culture. And our newest podcast series,…
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"In 2021 is the first time in the country we had a huge women protest, like a sit-in protest. We occupied 55 days the presidential house. We demanded law reforms. And we did it! That's how I believe women can change the society." Anuka Vimukthi De Silva is a member of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform of Sri Lanka (MONLAR) and La Vía Campesina. The peasant youth who are fighting to…
"I'm always thinking about the natural seeds and the natural plants also because in Sri Lanka, we lost like a lot of varieties of our of native seeds... We’re trying to make an agroecology school in my land—that's my main goal." Anuka Vimukthi De Silva is a member of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform of Sri Lanka (MONLAR) and La Vía Campesina. The peasant youth who are fighting to…
“Multinationals are rampant in my country. They lure farmers to take climate resistant seeds by offering them loans [for] seeds, which are not Indigenous, by offering them TVs, radios, and solar panels... At the end, they lose their lands to the multinationals." Catherine Banda is a member of Kenyan Peasants League and La Vía Campesina The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and…
“La Vía Campesina is a network of social movements with a very horizontal structure. You could say we're a movement of movements." —Amaru Faustino Torrez Ruiz is a member of Climate Justice Collective and a youth delegate to La Vía Campesina from Nicaragua. The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping…
"Women and queer people have always existed and have been doing a lot of work that hasn't been visible. I think we have to change our relationship to production. That's the main thing. And women and queer people carry the knowledge around how this can be done." Sarasvati Shrestha is a youth delegate to La Vía Campesina from Sweden with roots in Nepal. The peasant youth who are fighting to remain…
"The Palestinian relationship with the land is not abstract… It's reciprocal. It's not about what we get from the land. It's about what we give to the land. We have a responsibility to care for the land and for each other." Yasmeen El-Hasen is a member of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) and La Vía Campesina. The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their…
"Everything to do with food is in women's hands most of the time. So it seemed to me, and to many others, that if we were going to build a movement which was actually transformative, it would have to include women at the center of it." Nettie Wiebe is a farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada, a long-time small farm activist, a member of the National Farmers Union, and one of the founders of La Vía…
“We see many youths being dragged into mining because mining is a priority in my country... So many people are shunning farming because there's money there. My dream is that those youth come back to the rural side because that's where the means of surviving are." Hendrick Mgcini Ndhlovu is a member of Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF) and La Vía Campesina. The peasant youth who…
Alicia Kennedy's No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating, delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined vegan and vegetarian cuisine in the United States—from tempeh production to vegan punk cafes. In this episode, Alicia talks to Anna Lappé about the feminist origins of her own veganism, how she eats in Puerto Rico, and how the cultural…
Can you believe five years have gone by since the last Farm Bill? It feels like a lifetime ago — SO much has changed politically. Bone up on your Farm Bill history and get ready to organize for a transformative Food & Farm Bill in 2023. This 2019 Real Food Reads interview with Dan Imhoff, farm policy expert and author of “The Farm Bill: A Citizen’s Guide,” is a great place to start. Follow Real…
