Plate of Plenty

Maarten Smid

A show where you will discover how food shapes our lives through stories from people working with it every day.

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  1. Oct 27

    #4 - Evert Jan Robberts

    Evert Jan is an experienced agricultural development worker, a seasoned traveller and a writer. We talk about his own journey in the food system and what he is currently working on with the giant Asian honey bee. He co-wrote a newly released book about giant Asian honey bees called “Bees & Trees”, available for ordering through NTFP: info.philippines@ntfp.org. For people who want to know more about what we discussed, Evert Jan recommended these sources: Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo FreireEntangled Life: How Fungi Make Our World - Merlin SheldrakeBiology of the Honey Bee - Mark L. WinstonThe Honey Trail - Grace PundykThe World of Bees - Rudolf SteinerHoney Identification - Rex SawyerNative Honey Bees of Southeast Asia and Conservation Challenges - Eric Guerin (https://th.boell.org/en/2020/02/13/native-honey-bees-southeast-asia-and-conservation-challenges)Brother Adam and the Buckfast Bees (https://woodstockenglishhoney.com/the-story-of-brother-adam-and-his-buckfast-bee/)The Global Pollen Project (https://globalpollenproject.org/)Kiss the Ground for Regeneration (https://kisstheground.com/)SPUN: Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (https://www.spun.earth/) He also uploaded a couple videos of the honey harvesting process: https://youtu.be/dYw4yHH_3J0?si=1tzZN-Z0ZAnq23Sqhttps://youtu.be/QvIbV9qas2I?si=Z062ohPuWSM4roZzIf you enjoyed this episode please like this episode, follow the show and share it with people you think will appreciate this. By helping the show grow, you are contributing to future episodes. Thank you for your support.

    #4 - Evert Jan Robberts

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A show where you will discover how food shapes our lives through stories from people working with it every day.