Deep dives on agriculture, the food system, and money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Each episode, long-time worldbuilding duo Lauren Harris and Adryn Erickson pair with Farm to Taber's plant medicine PhD, Dr. Sarah Taber to interview experts on topics like Ancient Trade Routes or 3D Printing in Space, then use what they learned to brainstorm a sci-fi or fantasy world listeners can use and make their own.
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DIY isn't enough: systematic change with Cory Doctorow
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This episode, Cory Doctorow comes on to talk about how profits are political: individualistic DIY solutions aren't enough, and it takes large-scale political changes to level the playing field. We talk about how rank-and-file people can mobilize to advocate for ourselves, even when we're up against food and tech giants that seem unbeatable. • Menti…
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Food logistics for the people! Pt. 2 of interview with Errol Schweizer [TRAILER]
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Here's the rest of the interview with Errol Shweizer! You can listen to the whole episode on Patreon. Transcript for the trailer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Deep dive: food distribution with Errol Schweizer
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There's a saying in food justice: "There's plenty of food to feed everyone! The problem is distribution." But when we talk about reforming the food system, farms get all the spotlight. We rarely focus on distribution- even though we know it's the key to solving hunger. How does food get from the farm to people? Who decides where crops should go? Wo…
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Bonus episode: Chicken farming & money [TRAILER]
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This is a short clip of a bonus episode for Patreon followers. Subscribe to Farm to Taber on Patreon for the full episode! • Today we talk contract broiler farming! This is the type of farming famous for "giant barns full of chickens that the farmers don't own." If you've ever wondered why farmers would keep farming in a way that "everyone just kno…
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Ag & tech workplace culture with the Nightingales
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I ran into the Nightingales a few years ago on Twitter. They've spent years working to make jobs more humane (and even succeeding!) It quickly became clear that we're running into a lot of the same workplace problems in our respective industries. But how? I'm in agriculture, and they're in tech! What's going on? We talk about how sucky jobs in any …
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Mailbag Q&A with Hanah Ehrenreich [TRAILER]
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Full episode on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Indigenous food systems of the Midwest: interview with Dr. Susan Sleeper-Smith
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When sustainability advocates talk about Indigenous agriculture, it's often framed as folksy, timeless, hyperlocal, and incompatible with the modern world. Nothing could be further from the truth! Historian Susan Sleeper-Smith joins us to talk about the reality of how the Miami, Shawnee, Haudenosaunee, and other Indigenous communities in North Amer…
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F2T is on a mission to prove that the global grain trade is super interesting actually. This episode features grain futures, and bugs! Wall Street! How the grain trade gave birth to both laissez-faire economics and the French Revolution! Full episode is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/farmtotaber Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.…
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In this episode, Maria joins us to talk about what really happened in the 2022 panic over food supplies. We're gonna debunk food supply myths that actually make food insecurity worse, and we're gonna make grain futures and crop yield data FUN. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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King Cotton, Jim Crow, and Pellagra
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Accounts of the US food system take it for granted that it used to all be nice little family farms, until agribusiness suddenly changed it all in the 20th century. But corn monoculture, feedlots, and cheap bulk commodities didn't come out of nowhere in modern times- they've always been the core of US agriculture! This episode traces the origins of …
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Farms and personal finance with Katy Stevick [TRAILER]
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This is a trailer for a bonus episode. Join Farm to Taber on Patreon for the full episode here: patreon.com/farmtotaber It's so easy to think of agriculture and finance as a large-scale, impersonal realm: import-export balances, federally-backed loans, and enormous capital flows. And those are all important! But let's take a step back and remember …
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The History of US Agriculture: How Jim Crow paid off for the Midwestern family farm
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Episode cover photo: “Roy Merriot getting ready to move a transportable house. He is a tenant of a 160 acre loan company farm which has recently been sold, and is now holding a ‘quitting farm’ sale. This is the third farm he has lost in the last ten years.” Russell Lee, photographer, December 1936, from Farm Security Administration – Office of War …
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A former John Deere combine repair tech joins on to talk right to repair! For the full episode, join me on Patreon: patreon.com/farmtotaber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Carolina Rice with Dr. Tim Fritz
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Transcript Dr. Tim Fritz, historian at Mt. St. Mary's 1940s home video of Carolina rice workers Stono rebellion Photo of rice crew from Library of Congress, "Rice harvest at Mulberry Plantation, Berkeley County South Carolina." Bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Star Trek & Agrarianism! [TRAILER]
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The first bonus episode digs into why there's so much agrarianism in scifi, and what is it doing there? Full episode is on Patreon! patreon.com/farmtotaber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Power Bee unto the Queen - Build Episode
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What the Eff are Bees? Discussion with Dr. Sarah Taber
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In which Lauren and Adryn grill Sarah on her apiological knowledge, and what the eff is up with bees.Oleh Lauren Harris
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Wizard with a Corned Beef Sandwich (3D Printing in Space Build ft. Susan Martinez)
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In which Lauren, Adryn, Sarah, and special guest Susan Martinez of NASA create a science-fantasy world involving questionable solar mining practices, wizard cloning, a sidebar into Adryn's brain boner for Dyson spheres, and a potential foray into space piracy.Oleh Lauren Harris, Adryn Erickson, Sarah Taber, Susie Martinez
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3D Printing in Space (with NASA Engineer Susie Martinez)
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In which Lauren, Adryn, and Sarah thinly conceal their excitement at having a NASA Additive Manufacturing Engineer on the show, space radishes make a comeback, and the story of Food Safety's advent has its gut-rumbling beginnings in a shitty little story that put Pilsbury on the....F.O.D. map.Oleh Lauren Harris, Adryn Erickson, Sarah Taber, Susie Martinez
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Build Episode - Lightning Bolt their Ships (Electric Reefs)
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In which Lauren, Adryn, and Sarah waffle over genre, diss colonialism (again), and create a culture of displaced lightning mages living on the ocean. The writers consider writing in this world themselves...Oleh Lauren Harris, Adryn Erickson, Sarah Taber
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Electric Reefs - They're the Tits! (with Dr. Sarah Taber)
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In which Adryn finds a new way to annoy Lauren, and Sarah describes the advent of electric reefs (spoilers: it has to do with oil rigs), what makes current breakwater construction ineffective, and why municipalities are so hesitant to adopt electric reefs as protection for their coastlines. It's like no one told them electric reefs are the tits!…
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Cursed City Trade Route Build & Archivos Collaborative Worldbuilding
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The Story Soil Crew and guest Dave Robison chat about Dave's awesome collaborative worldbuilding app, ARCHIVOS, then brainstorm several cities along a fictional trade route, including one with an AnCieNT cUrsE~Oleh Lauren Harris
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Underrated Trade Routes of History (with Guest Creator Dave Robison)
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Sarah regales Lauren, Adryn, and Dave with her favorite trade routes that nobody talks about, plus some juicy worldbuilding tidbits like celery's slutty cousin, cocaine mummies, and why you should always bring a bird with you on long trips.Oleh Lauren Harris
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Poultices and Poison - Build Episode - Herby Space Monks!
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The Story Soil trio and guest host, herbalist Isaac Vars, brainstorm a science fiction world involving herby space monks. So, basically, Isaac. Listen in for the process of going from information to inspiration to full-on idea as we build the bones of a sci-fi system and religious group you can take and make your own.…
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Poultices and Poisons - A Discussion with Herbalist Isaac Vars
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Ever want to know what a trained herbalist would keep in his saddle bag, or how he might poison an evil witch king? In this episode, Lauren, Adryn, and Sarah interview their first guest--herbalist and spiritual cunning man, Isaac Vars of Deep Earth Arts and the Three of Cups Podcast.Oleh Story Soil Podcast, Isaac Vars
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Build Episode - Wizard Trees and Warp-Fire-Magic-Things
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Lauren and Adryn brainstorm a fantasy world with a wild warp magic that can only be stopped by a tree with special properties, reaffirm their love of Fire Babas, and learn a few clutch environmental details from a boozy Sarah.Oleh Lauren Harris
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Mini Episode - Chestnutpocalypse!?
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A story about the American Chestnut blight, and how it led to generational trauma that still affects us today. Plus a plot-bunny about post-apocalyptic dryads.Oleh Lauren Harris
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Agroforestry & the Ancient Cities of the Amazon - Discussion with Dr. Sarah Taber
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Crop scientist Dr. Sarah Taber explains how ancient Amazonians terraformed their cities and utilized agroforestry, and what this form of land management looks like for authors who want to make unique farming systems for their worlds that aren't based on the familiar Eurocentric paradigm.Oleh Lauren Harris
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Build Episode - Dyson Spheres and Jungle Fish
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Worldbuilding with Experts for Authors of Scifi and Fantasy Adryn and Lauren create a science fiction world inspired by the discussion on how plants grow in microgravity, while Sarah goes deeper into topics like bubbles as pollinators and why ethylene causes plants to act out Shakespearean death scenes.…
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Do Plants Grow in Zero Gravity? Discussion with Dr. Sarah Taber
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Crop scientist Dr. Sarah Taber answers questions about whether plants can grow in space, while fantasy author Lauren Harris and story builder Adryn Erickson interrogate her for all the details an SFF author could use for worldbuilding. Gamma-ray eating Hulk fungus is involved.Oleh Lauren Harris, Adryn Erickson, Sarah Taber
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Calling all worldbuilders! My name is Lauren Harris, a fantasy author and cohost of the Story Soil Podcast. If you’re a willing victim of the Wikipedia rabbit hole like me, chances are you love the story inspo of history, science, and anything obscure or shiny. Well, on story soil, my 20-year co-author, a rogue scientist, and I interview experts on…
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