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The Fair Food Program

30th May 2020 4

The social injustice surrounding food and farmworkers is something I’m especially passionate about and really dug into for my last book, Food Fix. Which is why I was excited to have my good friend, Kerry […]

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Exploitation of Farm Workers

28th May 2020 2

My good friend, Kerry Kennedy, joins me on The Doctor’s Farmacy to talk about farm and food industry workers and how they’re frequently underpaid and exploited. When the Fair Labor Standards Act was created in […]

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Is Your Food Grown by Oppressed Farmworkers?

27th May 2020 3

Social injustice is all around us. With the age of COVID-19, we see it in the higher rates of illness in our most underserved communities. On a larger, everyday scale we see it in the […]

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The Racist Roots of our Labor Laws

15th December 2019 22

Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to end racism in the […]

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The Decline Of The Black Farmer

14th December 2019 11

This week I’m joined by Leah Penniman on The Doctor’s Farmacy. Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire […]

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Why Health Disparities Exist

12th December 2019 3

This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m joined by Leah Penniman. Leah is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm […]

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Why Food Is A Social Justice Issue

11th December 2019 28

There’s a part of our food system that’s not being talked about: racial inequality. The division of land, government subsidies, and financial resources that are available favor white farmers. Meanwhile, many of our sustainable farming […]