Author: Andrea Purdy

‘Kiss the Ground’ Documentary Available for Free to Schools and Teachers (EXCLUSIVE)

The award-winning environmental documentary: “Kiss the Ground” will be made free to educators, as well as a follow-up curriculum by the National Science Teaching Association, starting Jan. 28.

Narrated by Woody Harrelson, the Grade 6-12 version of the critically acclaimed eco-doc will include new sequences and a supplementary curriculum. Directors Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell will release a 45-minute educational version of the documentary that will be made free to all schools, students, teachers,and community educators via the documentary’s website.

Click to read the article at Variety!

Regenerative Agriculture Part 3: The Practices

This is part three of our regenerative agriculture blog series. The first blog introduced the philosophy of regenerative agriculture, and the second blog covered the principles of regenerative agriculture. This blog summarizes some of the practices that regenerative growers use, and the fourth blog will discuss the benefits of regenerative agriculture.

Click here to read the article at NRDC!

In Nebraska, he’s working to break up meat monopolies

“Graham Christensen comes from a long line of Midwestern farmers. Now, he’s setting his sights on improving the landscape for the next generation.”

This Grist interview summary does a wonderful job of breaking down the conversation around the lurking dangers of the industrial food production system and points to a more unified, regenerative future for our rural and urban communities.

Click here to read the article at Grist!

Episode 21 – Graham Christensen, regenerating our rural communities

This “Quest for Fire” podcast interview with GC Resolve’s Graham Christensen gets into all things concerning ag; from socio-economic pressures to racism, to poor policymaking and the environment. There were no boundaries in this conversation.Don’t miss this important podcast and tune into other conversations happening Romu Media LLC.

Click here to watch the interview at Quest for Fire!

Beneath the Surface: Unmarked Feds arrest Portland protestors; COVID & mutual aid

In this interview with Suzi Weismann KPFK 90.7FM, Rob Wallace, evolutionary epidemiologist, Graham Christensen, 5th generation family farmer and founder of GC Resolve, and Meleiza Figueroa, geographer and eco-researcher/activist come together to discuss how they’re working on ways communities can create mutual aid efforts — in the absence of government response – that can be extended as we head into a second, more extended lockdown. All three are involved with the group, Pandemic Research for the People (PReP).

Tune in to the recording at the 17:30 mark for the PReP team discussing issues of food insecurity, the ravaging of rural America from industrial agriculture, global commodity chains, and the urban/rural connection that links us all!

Click here to listen at KPFK!