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Food Freedom Radio envisions a food system respectful of water, soil, planet and people. We work towards a historic transformation. How do we move from food production being a source of economic, social and ecological destruction? How do we move towards a food system which is a source of clean water, healthy soil, and a toxin-free environment? Host Laura Hedlund. Laura earned a certificate in Urban Farming from PRI Cold Climate, helped to start a community garden in 2008 which is now part of the Open Door Pantry and grows blueberries, hazelnuts, gooseberries and more. She has worked at AM950 since 2004. She served as Deputy Press Secretary for Paul Wellstone’s 1990 US Senate campaign, Press Secretary for David Minge’s 1992 US Congressional Campaign, Public Relations Director for a 25,000 member Girl Scout council and she worked as television reporter.
Food Freedom Radio – November 23, 2024
To start the show Laura Hedlund is joined by Dr. Ganga Hettiarachchi, Soil & Environmental Chemistry proefessor at Kansas State. She is one of the world’s leading scientists in the fields of trace metal and nutrient chemistry in soils. Then Laura is joined by herbalist Liz Johnson from Magus Books and Herbs as they talk…
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Food Freedom Radio – November 16, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Natalia Mendez, Director of Marketing and Communications at Seward Community Coop. They talk about how Seward Coop can help you prepare for Thanksgiving!
43:4416/11/2024
Food Freedom Radio – November 2, 2024 – Music, Democracy and Freedom
Music, Democracy and Freedom – a spiritual conversation as host Laura Hedlund talks about Bad Bunny and his impact on the election with three guests: Stephen Adubato is contributor to The Bad Bunny Enigma: Culture, Resistance, and Uncertainty and a journalism fellow at COMPACT Magazine and a professor of philosophy in NYC. Lee Hawkins is…
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Food Freedom Radio October 25 2024
Featured on this week’s show hosted by Laura Hedlund: The Metro Food Justice Network believes, “TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE AT THE SPEED OF TRUST” featuring the voices of DeVon Nolen, Allyson Green, Melvin Giles, Timothy Page, Sairoong Brunner and Lataijah Powell More info at: https://mfjn.org/
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Food Freedom Radio – October 19, 2024
Laura Hedlund is joined by John Peterson of Ferndale Market, a 3rd generation family turkey farm that raises free range turkeys. Order your Thanksgiving turkey today at https://ferndalemarket.com/
43:1421/10/2024
Democracy Special Ep. 3 with Shea Hansen and Annastacia Belladonna-Carrera
Part 3 of 3 of our Democracy special hosted by Laura Hedlund features: Annastacia Belladonna-Carrera Executive Director for Common Cause Minnesota; Lilly Sasse Director of We Choose Us Minnesota Action and Shea Hanson ACLU Let People vote and People Power talk about election integrity and lifting up free and fair elections.
49:5821/10/2024
Democracy Special Ep. 2 with Shea Hansen and Bruce Klopfleisch
In part 2 of 3 of our Democracy special series hosted by Laura Hedlund she speaks with Shea Hansen and Bruce Klopfleisch. Bruce is a professor in the Political Science department at St. Cloud Technical & Community College and hosts Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch Sundays at 5 PM on AM950.
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Food Freedom Radio – October 12, 2024
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Democracy Special Ep. 1 with Joseph Cummings and Shea Hansen
This is the first episode in our three part series on protecting Democracy and highlighting the history of elections in America. Each episode will feature a variety of guests to help guide you through our electoral process.
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Food Freedom Radio – September 28, 2024
Laura Hedlund is joined by Calvin Manduna, Senior Trade Policy Analyst IATP Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. He talks about Climate Change and the Global food system and a new report https://www.iatp.org/climate-change-risks-food-trade.
44:0830/09/2024
Food Freedom Radio – September 14, 2024
Laura is joined by Jeannine Davison with https://amai.earth and Sue Marshall with https://netzro.us to tackle the problems of food waste, plastics and the climate crisis one cup at a time.
43:1314/09/2024
Food Freedom Radio – September 7, 2024
Katie Puffer talks about the Monarch Festival happening this weekend. Dr Abby Gold and Laura talk about the recent report saying the majority of American Baby and Toddlers fail international nutrition and labeling standards – www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/16/2782
43:1409/09/2024
Food Freedom Radio – August 31, 2024
This week host Laura Hedlund speaks with Scott Gosnell, who translated On Magic by 16th century philosopher Giordano Bruno.
44:1603/09/2024
Food Freedom Radio August 10 2024
Description: Host Laura Hedlund plays back clips of the 2018 Governor’s forum hosted by the Farmers Union. It features then Congressman Tim Walz, a few months before he was elected Governor. Just before those clips, Laura also speaks with Gary Wertish, president of the Minnesota Farmers Union.
42:1310/08/2024
Food Freedom Radio – August 3, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Princess Titus, co-founder of Appetite for Change and co-author of the book Appetite for Change Soulful Recipes from a North Minneapolis Kitchen.
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Food Freedom Radio – July 27, 2024
This week host Laura Hedlund talks about PFAS/forever chemicals with Jaydee Hanson, policy director for the Center for Food Safety
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Food Freedom Radio – July 20, 2024
This week host Laura Hedlund is joined by Scott Elkins, executive director of the Land Stewardship project. They talk about their potluck taking place July 25 at their Minneapolis office and other topics! Learn more at landstewardshipproject.org.
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Food Freedom Radio – July 13, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by AM950 listener Judith Sims as they speak with Leila Philip who wrote the book Beaverland.
43:4413/07/2024
Food Freedom Radio Live At Pride (June 30, 2024)
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Food Freedom Radio – June 22, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Paul Lightfoot., General Manager of Patagonia Provisions. In the 2nd half of the show we welcome Jon Kreidler of Tattersall, a craft spirits distillery.
43:5724/06/2024
Food Freedom Radio – June 15, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Jim Embry who talks about Joy and Justice.
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Food Freedom Radio – June 10, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Michelle Bruhn, author at Forks in the Dirt (forksinthedirt.com)
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Food Freedom Radio – May 25, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by President of the MN Farmers Union, Gary Wertish. Learn more at: https://mfu.org
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Food Freedom Radio – May 18, 2024
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Food Freedom Radio – May 11, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund highlights Project Sweetie Pie (https://www.projectsweetiepie.org/) with Catherine Fleming, Laura Orland and Parker Rechsteiner. Then Laura is joined by Liz Johnson of Magus Healing Center to talk about working with plants (https://www.magusbooks.com/healing_center.asp).
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Food Freedom Radio – May 4, 2024
Brandon Klein and Gia Vitali talk about https://unitedwetransform.com an event Tuesday May 21 at St Paul River Center
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Food Freedom Radio – April 20, 2024
For this week’s show we talk about Seward Coop’s CSA Fair with three guests: Natalia Mendez with https://seward.coop Jacob Daniel Farms with https://jacobdanielfarms.square.site Amber Kersting with https://www.farmertofarmer.org
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Food Freedom Radio – April 6, 2024
This week host Laura Hedlund speaks with Jose Oliva, the campaign director of HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture and Labor Food Alliance). https://healfoodalliance.org/
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Food Freedom Radio – March 30, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund speaks with Maria Rodale, author of Love Nature Magic
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Food Freedom Radio – March 25, 2024
Ed Hahn with www.nationaleaglecenter.org talks Eagle Spring Hatch happening on March 23 & March 24
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Food Freedom Radio – March 16, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by two guests this week: Jenny Hotz of Green Earth Growers and Lois Braun, a Research Scientist in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota.
43:4218/03/2024
Food Freedom Radio – March 9, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Mykela Jackson, owner of Keiko’s Kitchen.
43:5911/03/2024
Food Freedom Radio – March 2, 2024
This week host Laura Hedlund is joined by Liz Johnson, owner of Magus Books & Herbs!
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Food Freedom Radio – February 17, 2024
Author of BARONS, Money, Power and the Corruption of America’s Food System https://www.austinfrerick.com on first half of the show and on the second half farmer Troy Benjegerdes and Laura talk about recent court case and EPA actions regarding Dicamba
46:0719/02/2024
Food Freedom Radio – February 10, 2024
A Cultural Corridor focused on Food in North Minneapolis! Michael Chaney and Catherine Fleming of https://www.projectsweetiepie.org/ talk about the Niagara Farm/Umbuntu Gardens, NorthStar Urban Farm & Food Corridor, Big Green, People’s Garden Initiative, Foster Green, 2031 Green Global Expo
44:1512/02/2024
Food Freedom Radio – February 3, 2024
Host Laura Hedlund was joined by Carrie Elizabeth Thompson and Jade Townsend from the urban farm, The Black Radish.
43:1405/02/2024
Milkweed Economics!
Dr. Wenqing Zhang, Angie Moen with Someday Isle, Minnesota and Debbie Dekleva with Monarch flyway discuss harvesting milkweed to both make money and enhance Monarch habitat.
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Food Freedom Radio – December 30, 2023
Host Laura Hedlund speaks with author Jenny Breen about the new “Food is Medicine report.”
43:1430/12/2023
Food Freedom Radio – December 16, 2023
Host Laura Hedlund is joined in the first half of the show by Sina Pleggenkuhle, engagement & inclusion director of the Minneapolis Farmers Market. In the second half of the show we welcome author Austin Frerick, who wrote the book, “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry.”
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Food Freedom Radio – December 9, 2023
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Food Freedom Radio – December 2, 2023
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Food Freedom Radio – November 18, 2023
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Food Freedom Radio – November 11, 2023
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Food Freedom Radio – November 4, 2023
Laura talks about perennial farming with Aubrey Streit Krug, Director of Perennial Cultures at the Land Institute.
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Dan Kittredge of the Bionutrient Food Association
Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Dan Kittredge of the Bionutrient Food Association.
43:4430/10/2023
Michael Happ of IATP – October 21, 2023
Host Laura Hedlund was joined by Michael Happ of the Institute of Ag and Trade Policy (IATP) as they talk about climate change and how agriculture contributes to it.
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Food Freedom Radio September 29 2023
Laura talks about carbon sequestering.
43:1430/09/2023
Food Freedom Radio – September 16, 2023
Laura is joined once again by Sue Nelson as they discuss the effects of food waste and how to reduce its impact.
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Food Freedom Radio – September 9, 2023
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Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT Investing in organic farmland
“Iroquois Valley has built a portfolio of more than 110 farmland investments, impacting over 30,000 acres across 20 states. More than extractive investment, this Farmland REIT seeks to the broken food system and begin the healing process for the next generation of farmers and responsible investors. Farmer Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin shares how vital Iroquois Valley has…
42:4528/08/2023