Episode #11 - Welton Chang, CEO and Co-Founder of Pyrra Technologies
Former U.S. Army intelligence officer Welton Chang helps us gain an understanding of how the health of our media ecosystem directly influences our resilience as a society. Welton explains how we can insulate ourselves against bad actors who use information to cause harm, and how we can make sense of this unprecedented media environment, while explaining how the process of building trust through communication is essential for strengthening our overall civic health.
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Episode #10 - Richard Keiser, CEO and Founder of Common Energy
Listen to the American Resilience Podcast conversation with Common Energy CEO Richard Keiser to learn how to accelerate the transition to clean electricity generation and transmission and how we can create the amount of clean electricity needed.
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Episode #9 - Wayne Swanson, Farm Coach with Swanson Family Farms, Hampton, Georgia
Wayne Swanson is a farm coach who helps farmers and food producers find out what they do best, and then shows them how to profit from their skills and natural talents. He also operates his own family farm specializing in pasture-raised meats, without using commercial feed, steroids or hormones. Wayne talks about how he relies on his corporate experience to help farmers make a better living, how to get more kids into agriculture careers, and ways that farmers and non-farmers can access government funds that help them improve or conserve land.
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Episode #8 - Klaas Martens, Visionary Farmer and Systems Thinker, Penn Yan, New York
Klaas Martens, organic farmer and visionary thinker on systemic changes related to agriculture, talks about everything from crop insurance and food security to managing erosion, supporting soil health, improving public health and water quality in cities by changing the way we farm in rural areas, and how we can help farmers earn a living in the face of natural disasters that are getting more severe and more frequent.
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Episode #7 - Nyema Clark, Founder of Nurturing Roots Farm in Seattle, WA
ago on land rented from Bethany United Church of Christ in Seattle, where her nonprofit worked hard to make the soil productive, provided food for the community, and increased the value of the land. On March 1 she was notified they would have 30 days to vacate the land. While they currently seek a new place to farm, their experience is instructive for urban agriculture across the country, especially for young people trying to become farmers in cities.
American Resilience Project Founder Roger Sorkin discusses topics around energy, food security, and navigating the climate crisis. Learn more at amresproject.org.
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