Episode #122 Notes1:00 - How did you get interested in supply chains?8:45 - What’s the vision for Point of Origin?11:00 - Colonization and the food system.15:10 - Why is food getting so expensive?18:00 - The war in Ukraine and it’s impact on food and the supply chain.21:00 - IMF, structural adjustment, and colonization.28:00 - Examples of what can be done improve and make supply chains more just.34:50 - What’s next for Point of Origin.

Episode #119 Notes1:00 - On Alexander Farm in Texas.3:15 - On the farm’s historical connection to The Pony Express.9:00 - The family’s connection to cowboys.17:30 - Tracing the lineage of the farms’ historical roots, and the existential threat to their farm currently.56:00 - What you can do to help support their farm.

Episode #117 Notes1:00 - Tim’s background and experience in international agriculture.2:30 - Defining the Green Revolution and Tim’s recent findings.5:30 - On donor funded studies and implications.11:00 - On Ag Tech, philanthropy, and African agriculture.21:00 - On the war in Ukraine, and potential impact on African agriculture.32:00 - On GMO discourse.37:00 - Scientists and Agroecology.43:00 - Closing thoughts.

Episode #116 Notes1:00 - What led you to write Healing Grounds?4:00 - Why focus on Regenerative, rather than Organic?6:00 - What is the significance of land, land stewardship, and indigenous land ownership in the US?10:00 - What is beyond the soil of Regenerative Agriculture?13:15 - On slavery and food.18:30 - On the Green Revolution and Food Sovereignty.18:00 - What’s been the response from some of your new food products?28:00 - On immigrants and agroecology.36:15 - On the potential for small farm and racial solidarity.Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and The Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, Lis Carlisle

Episode #115 Notes1:00 - On Adam’s experience in the food industry.4:15 - Adam’s background in science and molecular engineering.6:15 - On creating flavors and formulations for industrial foods.10:30 - What is the process of developing new flavors and formulations for food companies?14:00 - Mitigating “off-notes”.15:30 - How Voyage Foods develops food products without GMO’s.18:00 - What’s been the response from some of your new food products?21:00 - On labelling Voyage Foods’ unique products. Also, legal liabilities.24:45 - Why should more people have a better understanding of food science?30:00 - Resources for food science

1:00 - How did you end up studying racism and political economy?3:50 - What is your definition of Neo-Liberalism?8:30 - On racial capitalism in the food industry.16:00 - How do you identify Neo-Liberal policies?18:45 - How is Neo-Liberalism different than Libertarianism?26:00 - On Black Radical Tradition.30:00 - On thinkers and scholars on racial capitalism.40:00 - On contemporary protests and how it ties to Black Radical Tradition in the US.41:00 - On the concept of Class Suicide.50:00 - Book Recommendations!Policing the Crisis, Stuart HallBlack Marxism, Cedric RobinsonThe Wretched of the Earth, Frantz FanonTheory of Global Capitalism, William Robinson