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, host, Theresa Marquez speaks with Sara Tedeschi and her daughter, Rose Bruce and the discuss nutrition and farming, the Farm to School m...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa Marquez speaks with Kari Hamerschlag the deputy director of the food and technology program, based in Berkeley, California. Kari ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
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This week Theresa speaks with Vince Hundt, organic farmer and expert on grass based agriculture and shade for grazing. Vince is a fourth generation...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Rootstock Radio host, Theresa Marquez speaks with Katherine DiMatteo,Executive director of Sustainable Food Trade Association. The Susta...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Hal Hamilton founded and co-directs the Sustainable Food Lab. Hal helps lead projects on water and crop diversification, as well as occasional supp...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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 This week Theresa Marquez talks with Barry Estabrook author of two books Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Guide to Sustainable Meat and Tomatoland: How Mo...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Haberman is a creative engagement agency with a clearly defined mission: to tell the stories of pioneers who are making a difference in the world. ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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This week host, Theresa Marquez, speaks with Kevin Mahalko, farmer and grazing education specialist. Managed Grazing is a farming method in which l...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Join Theresa this week as she talks with Ellen Barnard, a community organizer and social enterprise business owner who is passionate about empoweri...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Join Theresa as she touches base with author and activist, Frances Moore Lappe and she speaks about her experience with Democracy Spring.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa interviews Lane Selman in Portland, OR. Lane has been an Agricultural Researcher at Oregon State University since 2005.  In this ...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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McDonald's claims that their potatoes are produced sustainably, but rural residents in central Minnesota know differently: pesticide drift from pot...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
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This week Theresa speaks with Christine McCullum-Gomez, PhD, RD, LD. Chris is a writer, speaker and consultant with areas of expertise in community...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Maria Rodale is the CEO and Chairman of Rodale Inc. She is an activist and a businesswoman who has made promoting the benefits of an organic lifest...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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The Savanna Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on production agroforestry in the Midwest US. We work in collaboration with far...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa speaks with Cynthia Lair. Cynthia has self-published two cookbooks, given a TEDx talk on "How to Cut an Onion", and performs impr...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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In the 1960s Zimbabwean wildlife biologist-farmer Allan Savory made a significant breakthrough in understanding what was causing the degradation an...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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This week Theresa speaks with award winning nutrition expert, Ashley Koff. Ashley helps create better health for all in the US fueled by better nut...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Robert Wolf is an American writer, journalist, and entrepreneur. His non-fiction writing focuses on everyday life, frequently that of farmers and o...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Malik Kenyatta Yakini is an activist and educator who is committed to freedom and justice for African people in particular and humanity in general....

  • Added: Jan 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00