Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast
Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast
Podcast Description
Oh Crop! explores the urgent connections between environmental justice, climate change, and public health through the lens of food systems.
Join host Kat Morgan, MPH for conversations with leading researchers, farmers, activists, and changemakers who are reimagining how we grow, distribute, and think about food. We dig into the root causes of our food system's biggest challenges and spotlight the innovative solutions sprouting around the world. Whether you're a sustainability professional, climate advocate, or simply someone who eats—there's something here for you.
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The podcast focuses on a variety of topics including climate resilience, food sovereignty, and health equity, with specific episodes addressing issues such as global food aid crises, the role of agroecology in Africa, and the intersection of climate science and food systems. For example, Episode 16 features Catherine Bertini discussing a fundamental rethinking of global food aid, while Episode 15 highlights Dr. Million Belay's insights on community-controlled agriculture.
Welcome to Oh Crop!, the food systems podcast serving up conversations at the intersection of food equity, climate change, and public health.
Join host Kat Morgan, MPH, for conversations with leading researchers, farmers, activists, and changemakers who are reimagining how we grow, distribute, and think about food. We dig into the root causes of our food system’s biggest challenges and spotlight the innovative solutions sprouting around the world. Whether you’re a sustainability professional, climate advocate, or simply someone who eats—there’s something here for you.
In this episode of Oh Crop!, host Kat Morgan, MPH, sits down with Dr. Peter Crane — President of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation and former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — and Christine Harris, Director of Oak Spring’s Rokeby Farm.
Recorded on the foundation’s 700-acre landscape in Upperville, Virginia, once the estate of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, the conversation explores what it takes to conserve plant diversity at different scales, including their Biocultural Conservation objectives, and why that work matters now for both climate resilience and food equity. The episode also covers important themes like linking ecologically grown local produce to community food banks to combat regional nutrition insecurity. Christine describes how Oak Spring's Rokeby Farm produces crops to nourish visitors and community members alike. Peter and Christine close by sharing what gives them hope, from the young growers and visitors finding their way onto the land to the families who have kept seeds in circulation for generations.
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