40 min
Decommodifying Our Food System and Embracing The Commons Commons Groundswell
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Episode Notes
In this episode, we speak with Molly Anderson, professor of food studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. We talk about what it means to hold land in the commons, the false narrative that industrial agriculture is feeding the world, and why decommodification is necessary if we want to transform our food system.
About Molly Anderson (from https://www.middlebury.edu/college/people/molly-anderson):
Molly Anderson directs the Academic Program in Food Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont and teaches on hunger and food security, fixing food systems, and sustainability. She is involved in food system reform and planning at the local, state and regional scales; participates in the regional Food Solutions New England network and the national Inter-Institutional Network for Food, Agriculture & Sustainability. She is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) and was a Coordinating Lead Author on the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science & Technology for Development. She has worked as a private consultant for domestic and international organizations, with Oxfam America, and at Tufts University, where she was the founding Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Graduate Program. Molly earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Systems Ecology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. and M.S. in natural resource management and a certificate in Latin American Studies from Colorado State University.
The music you heard in this episode:
“But I will play” by SHUNGU
“Spring” by Midnight Poncho
Hosted by Natalie Ashker Seevers
Produced by Natalie Ashker Seevers and Benjamin Seevers
Mastered by Sean Conrad
Published on March 2, 2023
Episode Notes
In this episode, we speak with Molly Anderson, professor of food studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. We talk about what it means to hold land in the commons, the false narrative that industrial agriculture is feeding the world, and why decommodification is necessary if we want to transform our food system.
About Molly Anderson (from https://www.middlebury.edu/college/people/molly-anderson):
Molly Anderson directs the Academic Program in Food Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont and teaches on hunger and food security, fixing food systems, and sustainability. She is involved in food system reform and planning at the local, state and regional scales; participates in the regional Food Solutions New England network and the national Inter-Institutional Network for Food, Agriculture & Sustainability. She is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) and was a Coordinating Lead Author on the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science & Technology for Development. She has worked as a private consultant for domestic and international organizations, with Oxfam America, and at Tufts University, where she was the founding Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Graduate Program. Molly earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Systems Ecology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. and M.S. in natural resource management and a certificate in Latin American Studies from Colorado State University.
The music you heard in this episode:
“But I will play” by SHUNGU
“Spring” by Midnight Poncho
Hosted by Natalie Ashker Seevers
Produced by Natalie Ashker Seevers and Benjamin Seevers
Mastered by Sean Conrad
Published on March 2, 2023
40 min