Handpicked: Stories from the Field

Season 4: Episode 6 – Handpicked Presents Voicing Change - Team Reflections on Podcasting for Social Change    Featuring:   In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present the last of this season featuring the Voicing Change podcast, in an episode called ‘Team Reflections on Podcasting for Social Change’ in which the whole Voicing Change team got together (virtually!) to reflect on some of the lessons learned in the process of co-developing a methodology for transnational and interdisciplinary podcasting. Responding to the question “What does ‘voicing change’ mean to you in the context of being part of this academic Community of Practice?”, team members from Canada, Kenya and Brazil discuss a number of emerging lessons, including how we co-construct meaning, the conditions necessary to elicit- and truly hear- others’ voices, and thoughts on the opportunities- and challenges- of the podcast format as a way for academics to really value the voices and experiences of our interlocutors. Voicing change, it seems, is change itself.    Contributors  Co-Producers & Hosts: Laine Young [https://fledgeresearch.ca/about/who-we-are/staff-and-associates/laine-young/] & Charlie Spring [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/about/staff-profiles/charlotte-spring.html]  Sound Design & Editing: Narayan Subramoniam     Guests  Enock Mac’Ouma, Andres Kathunzi, Olga Millicent Awuor, Eve Nimmo, Brenda Rotter, Laureen Silva, Alessandra de Carvalho, Renata Kempf, and Andrew Spring.     Support & Funding Wilfrid Laurier University [https://www.wlu.ca/]  The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] Balsillie School for International Affairs [https://www.balsillieschool.ca/] Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)    Music Credits  Ali Razmi Keenan Reimer-Watts  Resources  Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG [http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland] Whose Land [https://www.whose.land/en/] Voicing Change [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/research/voicing-change.html]  Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] CedErva [https://www.cederva.org/] Rongo University [https://www.rongovarsity.ac.ke/]     Connect with Us:  Email: Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca [Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca]  Twitter/X: @Handpickedpodc [https://cac-word-edit.officeapps.live.com/we/@Handpickedpodc]   Facebook: Handpicked Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/HandpickedPodcast/]

Season 4, Episode 5– Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change – “Agroecology in Kenya”  Contributors  Co-Producers & Hosts: Olga Awuor, Laine Young [https://fledgeresearch.ca/about/who-we-are/staff-and-associates/laine-young/] & Charlie Spring [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/about/staff-profiles/charlotte-spring.html]   Featuring: Clark Siaji, Caleb Omolo, Andres Kathunzi  In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, ‘Agroecology in Kenya'. Voicing Change team member and radio journalist Olga Millicent Awuor interviews two community leaders in agroecological and permacultural food production in the Migori County area. They consider alternative modes of farming as pathways to greater food sovereignty, especially for marginalized groups including women and youth. How can movements and practices for agroecology support decent livelihoods while restoring ecological diversity and resilience, and what are the barriers to change in Kenya, where agrifood policy tends to encourage monocultural production for export?  Voicing Change Team: Enock Mac'Ouma, Andres Kathunzi, Evelyn Nimmo, Renata Kempf, Brenda Rotter, Laureen Silva, Alessandra de Carvalho, Murilo Siqueira, Andrew Spring   Sound Design & Editing: Narayan Subramoniam  Support & Funding  Wilfrid Laurier University [https://www.wlu.ca/]  The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] Balsillie School for International Affairs [https://www.balsillieschool.ca/] Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)  Music Credits Ali Razmi Keenan Reimer-Watts  Resources  Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG [http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland] Whose Land [https://www.whose.land/en/] Voicing Change [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/research/voicing-change.html]  Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html]  Rongo University [https://www.rongovarsity.ac.ke/] CedErva [https://www.cederva.org/] Rongo University [https://www.rongovarsity.ac.ke/]  Agroecology at the FAO [https://www.fao.org/agroecology/overview/en/]  Growing Small featuring Caleb’s forest garden (YouTube) [https://youtu.be/0HfanLuaK2s?si=xreG_B_gZYdYO0yg]  Wachna Greenworld CBO (Facebook) [https://www.facebook.com/p/Wachna-Green-World-CBO-100071015344281/?paipv=0&eav=AfYJjIpxYo9kcj2w1eZMAZb1GAeEirUjVvUpcT_5yI4WGssRtpmTStmhJBplADEju0c&_rdr]  Connect with Us:  Email: Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca [Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca]  Twitter/X: @Handpickedpodc [https://cac-word-edit.officeapps.live.com/we/@Handpickedpodc]   Facebook: Handpicked Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/HandpickedPodcast/]

Season 4: Episode 3 – Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change – “Agroecology in Canada and Brazil”   Featuring: Dr Andrew Spring, Dr Eve Nimmo, Dr Erin Nelson  In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, ‘Agroecology in Canada and Brazil’ in which we hear from three researchers investigating what agroecology means and looks like on the ground. Dr Erin Nelson describes her own discovery of agroecology in Cuba and Ontario and how she realized that it’s about more than just a set of techniques but also about a change of mindset in how we use land and resources. Additionally, it calls for knowledge co-creation between the experiential knowledge of food producers and researchers- and using this knowledge to nourish social movements that can transform agrifood policy and practices. Dr Eve Nimmo describes the Indigenous knowledge roots of agroecology in Latin America and describes agroecology as a way to work with farmers growing food in traditional ways in Brazilian forests. Dr Andrew Spring links this to Indigenous stewardship in northern Canada. But does it produce enough food?  Contributors  Co-Producers & Hosts: Laine Young [https://fledgeresearch.ca/about/who-we-are/staff-and-associates/laine-young/] & Charlie Spring [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/about/staff-profiles/charlotte-spring.html]   Voicing Change Team: Olga Awuor, Enock Mac'Ouma, Andres Kathunzi, Evelyn Nimmo, Renata Kempf, Brena Rotter, Laureen Silva, Alessandra de Carvalho, Murilo Siqueira, Andrew Spring Sound Design & Editing: Narayan Subramoniam  Guests Dr Erin Nelson [https://socioanthro.uoguelph.ca/people/erin-nelson] Dr Eve Nimmo [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/about/staff-profiles/evelyn-nimmo.html] Dr Andrew Spring   Support & Funding  Wilfrid Laurier University [https://www.wlu.ca/]  The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] Balsillie School for International Affairs [https://www.balsillieschool.ca/] Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)  Music Credits  Ali Razmi Keenan Reimer-Watts  Resources  Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG [http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland] Whose Land [https://www.whose.land/en/] Voicing Change [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/research/voicing-change.html]  Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] CedErva [https://www.cederva.org/] Rongo University [https://www.rongovarsity.ac.ke/] Agroecology at the FAO [https://www.fao.org/agroecology/overview/en/] National Association of Small Farmers [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Small_Farmers] (Cuba) Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario [https://efao.ca/]    Connect with Us:  Email: Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca [Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca]  Twitter/X: @Handpickedpodc [https://cac-word-edit.officeapps.live.com/we/@Handpickedpodc]   Facebook: Handpicked Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/HandpickedPodcast/]

Season 4: Episode 3 – Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change - “Forests, Food, and People- Part 2”  Featuring:  Dr. Eve Nimmo, Dr. Jennifer Baltzer, Dr. Zach Ngalo, and Dr. Andre Lacerda  In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, “Forests, Food, and People – Part 2”. This is the second of a two part episode where Voicing Change team member Eve Nimmo interviews three forest researchers in Southern Brazil, Migori County, Kenya, and Northern Canada about relationships between forests, food and people. In this episode we hear about threats facing forests and forest communities- and how those communities and their allies are fighting back.     Contributors  Co-Producers & Hosts: Laine Young [https://fledgeresearch.ca/about/who-we-are/staff-and-associates/laine-young/] & Charlie Spring [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/about/staff-profiles/charlotte-spring.html]   Voicing Change Team: Olga Awuor, Enock Mac'Ouma, Andres Kathunzi, Evelyn Nimmo, Renata Kempf, Brena Rotter, Laureen Silva, Alessandra de Carvalho, Murilo Siqueira, Andrew Spring Sound Design & Editing: Narayan Subramoniam     Guests  Dr. Eve NimmoDr. Jennifer Baltzer Dr. Zach NgaloDr. Andre Lacerda    Support & Funding  Wilfrid Laurier University [https://www.wlu.ca/]  The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] Balsillie School for International Affairs [https://www.balsillieschool.ca/] Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)    Music Credits  Ali Razmi Keenan Reimer-Watts     Resources  Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG [http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland] Whose Land [https://www.whose.land/en/] Voicing Change [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/research/voicing-change.html]  Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] CedErva [https://www.cederva.org/] Rongo University [https://www.rongovarsity.ac.ke/] Embrapa [https://www.embrapa.br/en/international]     Connect with Us:  Email: Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca [Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca]  Twitter/X: @Handpickedpodc [https://cac-word-edit.officeapps.live.com/we/@Handpickedpodc]   Facebook: Handpicked Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/HandpickedPodcast/]

Season 4: Episode 2 – Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change - “Forests, Food, and People- Part 1”  Featuring: Dr. Eve Nimmo, Dr. Jennifer Baltzer, Dr. Zach Ngalo, and  Dr. Andre Lacerda  In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, “Forests, Food, and People – Part 1”. This is the first of a two part episode where our guests will tell us about relationships between forests, food and people in different places. You’ll hear about the different types of forests that our guests work in, how people use these forests, and how the forests are managed. Voicing Change team member Eve Nimmo interviews three forest researchers in Southern Brazil, Migori County, Kenya, and Northern Canada.  Contributors  Co-Producers & Hosts: Laine Young [https://fledgeresearch.ca/about/who-we-are/staff-and-associates/laine-young/] & Charlie Spring [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/about/staff-profiles/charlotte-spring.html]   Voicing Change Team: Olga Awuor, Enock Mac'Ouma, Andres Kathunzi, Evelyn Nimmo, Renata Kempf, Brena Rotter, Laureen Silva, Alessandra de Carvalho, Murilo Siqueira, Andrew Spring Sound Design & Editing: Narayan Subramoniam  Guests  Dr. Eve Nimmo Dr. Jennifer Baltzer Dr. Zach Ngalo Dr. Andre Lacerda  Support & Funding  Wilfrid Laurier University [https://www.wlu.ca/]  The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] Balsillie School for International Affairs [https://www.balsillieschool.ca/] Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)  Music Credits  Ali Razmi Keenan Reimer-Watts    Resources  Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG [http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland] Whose Land [https://www.whose.land/en/] Voicing Change [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/research/voicing-change.html]  Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems/index.html] CedErva [https://www.cederva.org/] Embrapa [https://www.embrapa.br/en/international] Rongo University [https://www.rongovarsity.ac.ke/]  Connect with Us:  Email: Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca [Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca]  Twitter/X: @Handpickedpodc [https://cac-word-edit.officeapps.live.com/we/@Handpickedpodc]   Facebook: Handpicked Podcast [https://www.facebook.com/HandpickedPodcast/]