Posted in Podcasts on 02. Jun, 2010
Our host radio station, UMFM, is undergoing some renovations this summer and we’re in need of a bit of a break. Look forward to new episodes of Shaking the Tree coming soon. In the meanwhile, check out one of our episodes from earlier this season.
Posted in Food Justice, Manitoba on 12. May, 2010
Co-hosts Troy Stozek and Stef McLachlan talk to Simon Hon and Coral Moloney of the Landless Farmers Collective, Paolo Riva and Naomi Audio of Urban Eatin’ Gardeners Co-op and Jim Beckta of IRCOM about urban agriculture. Discussion is based around opportunities and challenges related to farming on public land in the city, teaching people how to grow food in their own yards, and empowering often experienced newcomers and refugees with the space to grow food in the core of downtown Winnipeg, respectively. (more…)
Posted in Food Justice, Manitoba on 06. May, 2010
Co-hosts Troy Stozek and Stef McLachlan talk to Fred Tait about his farm and involvement with the National Farmers Union and Beyond Factory Farming, and how agro-business and government policies threaten agriculture in Canada. (more…)
Posted in Food Justice, Podcasts on 28. Apr, 2010
This week’s Shaking the Tree Radio heads overseas as Stefan Epp takes you to India and Bangladesh to explore some of the challenges to achieving food security. (more…)
Posted in Environmental Justice, Food Justice, Manitoba, Podcasts on 22. Apr, 2010
In this episode Stef and Troy talk with Bernard von Schulman from Victoria and Mary Contrary from Calgary about their urban chickens and then go to visit a backyard chicken farm in urban Winnipeg! (more…)
Posted in Environmental Justice, Manitoba on 14. Apr, 2010
In this show guest hosts Agnes Pawlowska and Rob Officer discuss the possibilities for ecotourism if the East Side is a UNSECO World Heritage Site. (more…)
Posted in Environmental Justice on 08. Apr, 2010
In this episode, Troy and Stef talk to local dumpster divers Geoff Heath and Danielle Mondor and Kayla Knarnar from Vancouver. (more…)
Posted in Food Justice, Manitoba on 31. Mar, 2010
The fate of the East Side of Lake Winnipeg has been a hot political issue in Winnipeg for several years. Lately, the Progressive Conservatives have been raising this as an issue again, attacking the NDP for its position on the issue. This week, Stef McLachlan and Troy Stozek talk about one of the last remaining tracts of boreal forest in the world. The guests include Susan Casey-Leftowitz from the Natural Resources Defense Council in the US, Ron Thiessen from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and Suzanne McCrae from the Boreal Forest Network. (more…)
Posted in Food Justice, Manitoba, Podcasts on 24. Mar, 2010
Shaking the Tree Radio brings the local and the international together with this week’s focus on fair trade. Special guests include Darryl Reid of the Green Bean Coffee Company, Jennifer Foreshaw of Ten Thousand Villages, and Zach Gross from the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation. Discussion is based around definitions of fair trade, the social justice issues surrounding fair trade purchases, community benefits and control surrounding fair trade as well as the growth and promise of this industry. (more…)
Posted in Food Justice, Podcasts on 17. Mar, 2010
Hosts Troy Stozek, Dean Rennie, and Dayna Kroeker spend this week talking about changes in our food system.This week’s show focuses on changes in the food system, and features a panel discussion on the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Food Inc’ that was recently held in Winnipeg.
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