Rootstock Radio

Series produced by Charles Knower

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Follow hosts Theresa Marquez and Anne O’Connor as they expose the realities of our broken food system and explore solutions put forward by our country's brightest change makers. Rootstock Radio is a 29 minute weekly radio show available for broadcast or as a podcast.

Hosted by Theresa Marquez (right) and Anne O’Connor (left), the show focuses on food, farming, and family. Each show illuminates and educates listeners about the good food movement— the challenges faced, the change makers and grassroots initiatives that provide promising sparks—and provides solid information about what each of us can do to work toward a healthy, sustainable, and just food system. 
A pioneer of the natural foods movement, Theresa Marquez is currently the Mission Executive for Organic Valley. Theresa is always questioning the status quo and digging for the truth, so she created Rootstock Radio to pose these questions to the world and to urge its citizens to work together and take control of their impact on the planet.
 
Anne O’Connor is the Director of Public Affairs at Organic Valley and Organic Prairie, where she oversees the teams committed to promoting the cooperative’s mission through various communications and education strategies. She comes to Rootstock with a background in journalism and a love for a good story.
Rootstock Radio is a production of Organic Valley and has been produced at Blue Orbit Studios since March of 2015.
Contact Charlie Knower, radio producer: roostockradio@gmail.com or 608-620-8785.
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Hosted by Theresa Marquez (right) and Anne O’Connor (left), the show focuses on food, farming, and family. Each show illuminates and educates listeners about the good food movement— the challenges faced, the change makers and grassroots initiatives that provide promising sparks—and provides solid information about what each of us can do to work toward a healthy, sustainable, and just food system. A pioneer of the natural foods movement, Theresa Marquez is currently the Mission Executive for Organic Valley. Theresa is always questioning the status quo and digging for the truth, so she created Rootstock Radio to pose these questions to the world and to urge its citizens to work together and take control of their impact on the planet. Anne O’Connor is the Director of Public Affairs at... Show full description


153 Pieces

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This week, Anne O’Connor, speaks with Tom McDougall, founder of 4P Foods. Through distribution of quality food to people living in food deserts, 4P...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa speaks with Cathryn Couch. Cathryn is an entrepreneur, chef and activist committed to creating healthy, just and sustainable comm...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa speaks with Fred Kirschenmann, a longtime leader in sustainable agriculture, shares an appointment as Distinguished Fellow for th...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa speaks with Nancy Hirschberg. Nancy is one of the “originals” — part of a small group at the vanguard of corporate sustainability...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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In part 2 of her interview, Theresa speaks with pesticide expert Charles M. "Chuck" Benbrook. Chuck is an American agricultural economist and forme...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, Theresa speaks with pesticide expert Charles M. "Chuck" Benbrook. Chuck is an American agricultural economist and former research profes...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Brent and Regina Beidler prove that mission-driven agriculture works. For many organic farmers, the decision to transition away from conventional m...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa speaks with Evan Lutz, CEO and Co-Founder of Hungry Harvest. Hungry Harvest We believes that no food should go to waste and no pe...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa speaks with Sean Sherman founder of Sioux Chef a team of Anishinaabe, Mdewakanton Dakota, Navajo, Northern Cheyenne, Oglala Lakot...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Anne O’Connor speaks with Danielle Nierenberg, an American activist, author and journalist. In 2013, Nierenberg co-founded Food Tank: The...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Jim Slama founded FamilyFarmed at a time when few people recognized the term “Good Food movement,” and demand for locally, sustainably, humanely, a...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Join Theresa today as she speaks with Melinda Hemmelgarn - The Food Sleuth - dietician, author, speaker and nationally syndicated radio host.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Theresa interviews John Ikerd this week. John retired as Professor Emeritus from the University of Missouri in 2000.  Since then John has written s...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Join hosts, Anne and Theresa, as they reflect on the 100th episode of Rootstock Radio

  • Added: Jun 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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In part 2 of this series, this week Theresa speaks with Paul DeMain, managing editor of Indian Country Communication, Inc. an independent, Native-o...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa speaks with Paul DeMain, managing editor of Indian Country Communication, Inc. an independent, Native-owned, reservation based bu...

  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Join host, Anne O’Connor, this week as she speaks with Woody Tasch, the founder and chairman of Slow Money, a nonprofit that has facilitated the f...

  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Join host, Anne O’Connor, this week as she speaks with Simran Sethi, journalist and educator focused on food, sustainability and social change. Her...

  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, co host, Anne O’Connor speaks with Lena Brook Food Policy Advocate with Natural Resource Defense Council. Lena uses her background in ad...

  • Added: May 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, co-host, Anne O'Connor, speaks with Harry Rhodes, Executive Director of Growing Home.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00