Heartland Stories Radio is a weekly 29-minute radio show hosted by good food pioneer Theresa Marquez and sponsored by the Heartland Health Research Alliance (https://hh-ra.org/).
Each show, meet a new voice from the diverse activists and professionals on the road to change food, farming and public health. Solid information about what we all can do to assure a healthy and a just food system for the 21st century needs to come from a diverse set of voices.
"As a dedicated organic marketing professional, I have dedicated my 40-year career to protecting family farmers and facing our health crisis through a culture of healthy food," says Marquez. "I am inspired and dedicated to learn from professionals, using science to understand our problems - but sometimes the best common sense and inspiration comes from people on the ground daily facing problems and finding solutions that are often fun and creative. Our food system needs to change and my guests from all walks of life have that goal in common."
LeAnna Compagna is a third generation organic farmer in Middlebury, Vermont. Together with her husband they are farming on their own dairy farm as well as on LeAnna’s parents farm that became an organic farm in 2007, when her parents sold the herd of cows that had come with the farm and replaced it with a herd of organic Dutch Belted dairy cows. Tune in to learn more about:
LeAnna’s story of becoming an organic dairy farmer;
Small family farms;
Becoming a steward of the land;
All about organic dairy cows;
Why farming is a 24/7 job;
How inflation is hitting the daily operation of the farm.
17 Jan 2023
Piper Davis: The Story of Artisan Bread
Piper Davis is a celebrated baker and partner at Grand Central Bakery, a regional chain of 10 cafes and artisan bakeries in the Pacific Northwest. An avid baker, cook and good food provisioner, she is the co-author of “The Grand Central Baking Book” and is Board Chair of the national nonprofit Chefs Collaborative. Tune in to learn more about:
Piper’s childhood and her love of baking inspired by her mom - Grand Central Bakery founder, Gwyneth Bassetti;
The artisan bread revolution;
The power of deliciousness;
About Grand Central Bakery and their mission to produce delicious food and treat their employees well;
The tomato story and the challenges of purchasing local ingredients, from wheat to vegetables.
10 Jan 2023
How Pesticides are Threatening Our Children's Health (Re-run)
Dr. Philip Landrigan is a pediatrician and epidemiologist, as well as Professor, Director of the Global Public Health Program and of the Global Pollution Observatory at the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College. His research focuses on toxic chemicals in the environment and their effects on children’s health and development. Tune in to learn more about:
- Pesticides and children's health;
- Fetal programing, epigenetics & windows of vulnerability;
- What parents can do to protect their children's health;
- The Heartland Study (https://hh-ra.org/projects/the-heartland-study/).
Dr. Landrigan urges parents to "Vote for children", by asking their representatives what they are doing to protect their children from the rising health issues that a lot of them are facing like autism, learning disabilities and childhood cancer.
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