Monday, 24 March 2008

Down on the farm, on the radio

Back in October, I was at Bija Vidyapeeth, home of Navdanya's organic teaching farm and seed bank just outside of Dehradun, India. While I was there, Bija Vidyapeeth was host to Vasundhara, a huge gathering of farmers from all over India who came together to talk about farmers' rights, traditional regional crops, and seed saving.

Tonight, while cooking up a nice late winter supper of noodles, kale and chickpeas in a peanut sauce, I turned on CBC Radio and found that tonight's episode of Dispatches had a piece on Indian farmers' civil disobedience. Turns out it was recorded by David Kattenburg, a freelance journalist from Winnipeg who I met during Vasundhara. Next thing I knew, I heard my own voice talking about my research.



Missed it? No need to panic, because you listen here or download the podcast. (It's the second part after the stuff about Chavez and his Venezuelan baseball players.)

1 comment:

hopeful md said...

You ARE famous!! And oh-so-eloquent. No "um's" or awkward pauses even (which I would do of course). Well done, my uber-talented friend! Do let me know when you're in a position to hire a private physician. Although with your diet habits, you'll never get sick. Unless you get more bug infestations that is. Perhaps I'll need to specialize in tropical diseases.