Soil Health IS Human Health with Real Organic
Sounds Like Impact: A newsletter for audio and action
Welcome to Sounds Like Impact!
This edition was guest curated by Dave Chapman, host of Real Organic.
Before diving in, please check out the following announcements:
ICYMI: The last edition was curated by Bridget Conley and Emily Shaw from Disrupting Peace.
Projects You Can Support:
Last newsletter, I announced the launch of the Kickstarter for Your Pain Was Born Here, created and directed by
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EARTHMOVERS, A trail podcast reclaiming the narrative comes from renowned outdoor athletes and equity advocates Alison Mariella Désir, Stefanie Flippin, and Verna NezBegay Volker. They have a shared passion for making the trail scene inviting and welcoming to people of color and others who are underserved in this space.
Today We Almost Died is a fictional narrative podcast about four roommates trying to survive the pandemic--and each other. This project was created by Brandon Gates, a recent AIR New Voices fellow.
#SLICommunity
Over two episodes, Jeff Umbro–host of Podcast Perspectives and CEO/Founder of The Podglomerate–sits down with NHPR’s senior editor Katie Colaneri and news director Dan Barrick to discuss:
How NHPR navigated and overcame challenges to its podcast reporting for The 13th Step, including physical threats, vandalism, and legal pressures.
Key lessons learned from NHPR maintaining journalistic integrity while ensuring staff safety.
The guiding principle of NHPR’s Document team and how “taking the time to tell the whole story leads to bigger impact.”
Reminder: To guest curate, be interviewed, advertise and more, click here.
🎧 #AudioForAction Guest Curator: Dave Chapman
Soil Health IS Human Health
Organic farmers recognize that healthy soil is the foundation for producing nutrient-rich food, clean water, and a healthy environment, all of which are vital for human well-being. That said, foods grown in healthy soils are being rapidly replaced by those grown in either toxic soils or those grown without soil at all, such as hydroponically or in containers filled with soilless substrates. We seek to give voice to these issues and the impending, negative transformation of the food system at the hands of industry in efforts to protect the health of all life on Earth.
-Dave Chapman, Host of Real Organic
Follow @realorganicproject on Instagram.
Real Organic Podcast, “Hugh Kent: Hydroponics Is Not Organic”
This is a great conversation about what we stand to lose when food isn't grown in the soil.
The Market Gardener Podcast, “30: Does Our Food System Need A Reboot? | Healing Our Food System with Dave Chapman”
A deep dive into the loss of nutrients in food and other food systems issues as global consolidation takes hold.
The Dr. Hyman Show,” Encore: How To Use Food As Medicine with Dr. William Li”
An exploration of how nutrient density in our food is enhanced by healthy soil practices.
Campfire Podcast, “Vandana Shiva | On Cultivating Fearlessness”
Irreverent and unapologetic, Vandana Shiva is the world’s most impactful activist working to get Big Chemicals out of our food and environment.
The Dr. Hyman Show, “Why Making Food Taste Better Makes it Healthier with Dan Barber” (Apple Podcasts)
Chef, author and seed breeder Dan Barber explains the relationship beterrn soil, flavor, and nutrients.
🚨 Calls to Action
Shop Certified: Look for the Real Organic Project label in stores and find a certified farm near you through our online directory.
Also, remember that while admittedly flawed, the USDA Organic program has a legally defensible set of standards, including the directive to grow food in soil. This legal definition makes it worth saving, even when faced with pressure from newer marketplace terms like “Regenerative” which is currently used by Syngenta, Monsanto, Cargill, McDonalds, and Pepsi. Buying USDA-certified organic food is still the best way to prevent farmworker exposure to harmful biocides.
Ask: When you shop, please “Just Ask” in your produce section about which USDA-certified organic fruits and veggies are grown in soil and which are grown hydroponically. Plenty of employees won’t know and may not even understand the question, but starting the conversation is important!
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