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Handpicked: Stories from the Field

Presented by the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Handpicked: Stories from the Field is a podcast series that showcases research that drives positive change in our food systems—ways we produce, gather, eat, understand and dispose of our food. Produced and hosted by Amanda Di Battista and Laine Young, the series presents compelling, real-life stories of food practitioners, such as farmers, policymakers and activists. Episodes follow researchers and community partners in their efforts to make their food systems more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable.

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Season 4, Episode 5 – Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change – “Agroecology in Kenya”

May 26, 2024

Season 4, Episode 5– Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change – “Agroecology in Kenya” 

Contributors 

Co-Producers & Hosts: Olga Awuor, Laine Young & Charlie Spring  

Featuring: Clark Siaji, Caleb Omolo, Andres Kathunzi 

In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we present an episode of the Voicing Change Podcast called, ‘Agroecology in Kenya'. Voicing Change team member and radio journalist Olga Millicent Awuor interviews two community leaders in agroecological and permacultural food production in the Migori County area. They consider alternative modes of farming as pathways to greater food sovereignty, especially for marginalized groups including women and youth. How can movements and practices for agroecology support decent livelihoods while restoring ecological diversity and resilience, and what are the barriers to change in Kenya, where agrifood policy tends to encourage monocultural production for export? 

Voicing Change Team: Enock Mac'Ouma, Andres Kathunzi, Evelyn Nimmo, Renata Kempf, Brenda Rotter, Laureen Silva, Alessandra de Carvalho, Murilo Siqueira, Andrew Spring 

 
Sound Design & Editing: Narayan Subramoniam 

Support & Funding 
 Wilfrid Laurier University 
 The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems 
Balsillie School for International Affairs 
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 

Music Credits
Ali Razmi 
Keenan Reimer-Watts 

Resources 

Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG 
Whose Land 
Voicing Change  
Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems 

Rongo University 
CedErva 
Rongo University 

Agroecology at the FAO 

Growing Small featuring Caleb’s forest garden (YouTube) 

Wachna Greenworld CBO (Facebook) 

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Email: Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca 

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