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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.
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Food Freedom Radio – January 23, 2021

Food Freedom Radio – January 23, 2021

This week’s guest is Rick Juliusson of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society.
43:1521/01/2021
Food Freedom Radio – January 9 2021

Food Freedom Radio – January 9 2021

44:1709/01/2021
Food Freedom Radio – December 19, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – December 19, 2020

43:1521/12/2020
Food Freedom Radio – December 5, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – December 5, 2020

Peter Westerhaus, founder and president of Achieving Cures shares his life story; Dr. Alexander Core-Ruts of the U of M talks about his experiences with Peter and his own work.
43:1705/12/2020
Food Freedom Radio – November 21, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – November 21, 2020

Master gardener Larry Cipolla joins Laura to discuss his tomato seeds; executive director Carley Kammerer of Wildflyer Coffee talks about the mission of their company along with Valerie, an employee of the company.
43:1223/11/2020
Food Freedom Radio – November 14, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – November 14, 2020

Author Beatrice Adenodi joins Laura to discuss her book Mindless Behaviors.
43:1614/11/2020
Food Freedom Radio – November 7, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – November 7, 2020

Laura is joined by John Peterson of Ferndale Market in Cannon Falls as they discuss the history of the business and how John raises his turkeys and other products.
43:1705/11/2020
Food Freedom Radio – October 24, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – October 24, 2020

Keefe Keeley of the Savanna Institute is Laura’s guest today.
43:1924/10/2020
Food Freedom Radio October 17, 2020

Food Freedom Radio October 17, 2020

42:2317/10/2020
Food Freedom Radio October 10 2020

Food Freedom Radio October 10 2020

Activists Emma Wolters and Anas Mohamed along with singer Moyana Olivia join Laura this week.
43:1410/10/2020
Food Freedom Radio September 26 2020

Food Freedom Radio September 26 2020

43:2426/09/2020
Food Freedom Radio – September 12, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – September 12, 2020

Laura speaks with farmer Kathy Connell and economics professor Ryan Pesch from the University of Minnesota-Moorhead.
43:0912/09/2020
Food Freedom Radio – August 29, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – August 29, 2020

Diane Duvall of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society joins Laura to discuss their memories of the State Fair and favorite recipes.
43:1327/08/2020
Food Freedom Radio – August 22, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – August 22, 2020

52:5322/08/2020
Food Freedom Radio – August 15, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – August 15, 2020

52:5317/08/2020
Food Freedom Radio with Laura Hedlund – August 8, 2020

Food Freedom Radio with Laura Hedlund – August 8, 2020

43:1508/08/2020
Food Freedom Radio – August 1, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – August 1, 2020

James McDonald of the USDA and Theresa Keaveny of the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota join Laura this week.
43:1701/08/2020
Food Freedom Radio – July 25, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – July 25, 2020

Lisa Fitzpatrick of Duluth Climate Mobilization and community activist Vicki O’Day of Imagine Relevance join Laura this week.
43:1325/07/2020
Food Freedom Radio – July 18, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – July 18, 2020

Laura’s guests this week are Sarah Goldman and Bob Martin of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.
43:1818/07/2020
Food Freedom Radio – July 11, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – July 11, 2020

This week’s guests: Ken Roseboro, one of the country’s leading reporters on GMOs; Sina Pleggenkuhle of the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market.
43:2211/07/2020
Food Freedom Radio – June 20, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – June 20, 2020

Sam Grant, executive director of https://mn350.org and Karen Clark with https://www.eastphillipsneighborhoodinstitute.org/about-the-urban-indoor-farm
43:2220/06/2020
Food Freedom Radio – June 13, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – June 13, 2020

Ice Demmings with https://midtownglobalmarket.org  and Cante Suta Francis Bettelyoun with the Native American Medicine Garden
44:2013/06/2020
Food Freedom Radio – June 6, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – June 6, 2020

52:5406/06/2020
Food Freedom Radio – May 30, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – May 30, 2020

43:0130/05/2020
Food Freedom Radio – May 23, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – May 23, 2020

43:1623/05/2020
Food Freedom Radio – Minneapolis Farmers Market – May 16, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – Minneapolis Farmers Market – May 16, 2020

May 16  Minneapolis Farmers Market and https://www.iatp.org/about/staff/tara-ritter
43:1518/05/2020
Food Freedom Radio – Wendy Pilot Talks Factory Farming – 05.09.2020

Food Freedom Radio – Wendy Pilot Talks Factory Farming – 05.09.2020

53:4809/05/2020
Food Freedom Radio – May 2, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – May 2, 2020

Today on the show: Paul Sobocinski from Land Stweardship Project – landstewardshipproject.org Courtney Tchida from MN State Horticulture Society – northerngardener.org
52:4902/05/2020
Food Freedom Radio with Victoria Erhart, Alana Bliss & Elizabeth Dahl – 04.25.2020

Food Freedom Radio with Victoria Erhart, Alana Bliss & Elizabeth Dahl – 04.25.2020

With Victoria Erhart of www.friendsschoolplantsale.com and Alana Bliss & Elizabeth Dahl of www.greenguilds.com
52:4725/04/2020
Food Freedom Radio – April 18, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – April 18, 2020

43:1520/04/2020
Food Freedom Radio – 04.11.2020

Food Freedom Radio – 04.11.2020

52:5011/04/2020
Food Freedom Radio – 03.14.2020

Food Freedom Radio – 03.14.2020

43:2014/03/2020
Food Freedom Radio – 02.29.2020

Food Freedom Radio – 02.29.2020

With Rob Wallace, author of Big Farms make Big Flu.
43:2029/02/2020
Food Freedom Radio – February 22, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – February 22, 2020

52:4822/02/2020
Food Freedom Radio – 02.15.2020

Food Freedom Radio – 02.15.2020

52:5315/02/2020
Food Freedom Radio – February 8, 2020

Food Freedom Radio – February 8, 2020

52:4709/02/2020
Food Freedom Radio – 02.01.2020

Food Freedom Radio – 02.01.2020

Dr Scott Kenney talks about potential of virus jumping from pigs to humans and George Broody from Land Stewardship Project talks about new white paper on climate change and agriculture.
52:4901/02/2020
Food Freedom Radio – 50th Anniversary of Earth Day 2020

Food Freedom Radio – 50th Anniversary of Earth Day 2020

Jillian Semaan Food and Environment Director  https://www.earthday.org join local activists.
52:4826/01/2020
Food Freedom Radio – Fake Organics & Polymet Update

Food Freedom Radio – Fake Organics & Polymet Update

Anne Ross with  https://www.cornucopia.org and Reporter Mike Hendricks with https://www.kansascity.com one of the biggest frauds in farm history and integrity in the food system.   Also Pete Marshall with https://www.friends-bwca.org talks about this week’s history decision
43:1720/01/2020
Food Freedom Radio – Emerging Farming Conference

Food Freedom Radio – Emerging Farming Conference

Mhonpaj Lee and May Lee join us to talk about https://bigriverfarms.thefoodgroupmn.org/emerging-farmers-conference
52:4812/01/2020
Food Freedom Radio – JOY and the Food Movement

Food Freedom Radio – JOY and the Food Movement

Sarita Parikh shares insights  https://www.jomanity.com
52:4804/01/2020
Food Freedom Radio – Eating Disorders

Food Freedom Radio – Eating Disorders

with https://www.livingproofmn.com
43:1604/01/2020
Food Freedom Radio – Woullet Bakery

Food Freedom Radio – Woullet Bakery

Woullet Bakery has new ownership  https://www.wuollet.com
53:5027/12/2019
Food Freedom Radio – Climate Change and Agriculture

Food Freedom Radio – Climate Change and Agriculture

with Tara Ritter from https://www.iatp.org
52:5914/12/2019
Congressman Tim Penny and Elena Byrne Plus Bernie Sanders at a Farmers Forum

Congressman Tim Penny and Elena Byrne Plus Bernie Sanders at a Farmers Forum

Congressman Tim Penny and Elena Byrne talk about https://www.local-feast.org   And Bernie Sanders at October 5, 2019 forum by Organic Farmers Association and Iowa Organic Association
46:2009/12/2019
Governor Arne Carlson and Holly Jenkins discuss the urgency of protecting water

Governor Arne Carlson and Holly Jenkins discuss the urgency of protecting water

Governor Arne Carlson and Holly Jenkins discuss the urgency of protecting water.   Polymet, CAFOS, monoculture industrial farming
52:5223/11/2019
Food Freedom Radio – 11.16.2019

Food Freedom Radio – 11.16.2019

On today’s episode of Food Freedom Radio Laura is joined by John Peterson of Ferndale Turkey, Emily Torgrimson of eatforequity.org and Benjamin Gross calls in two share his thoughts on a Richfield school throwing out 40 perfectly good lunches to shame student with more than $15 of cafeteria debt.
45:1415/11/2019
Groundwar.org – November 9, 2019

Groundwar.org – November 9, 2019

http://groundwar.org ‘s Andrew Nisker executive director of Beyond Pesticides Jay Feldman President of Minnehaha Landscaping– Russ Henry talk pesticides
52:4509/11/2019
Sugar & Halloween – October 26, 2019

Sugar & Halloween – October 26, 2019

Dentist Scott Shamblott and Dr Rachael Rapacz-md share smart sugar strategies for the Holidays
52:4426/10/2019
Food Freedom – Brett Olson – 10.19.2019

Food Freedom – Brett Olson – 10.19.2019

https://www.farmviabilityconference.com
52:4219/10/2019