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Food Freedom Radio – April 12, 2025

World Water Day is March 22, Laura talks to water educator Mitchell LeGrand and executive director Doug Niemela with https://www.h2oforlifeschools.org

Joey Baird of Gardening with Joey and Holly is Laura’s guest this week. Check out Gardening with Joey and Holly every weekend on AM950

Emily Krekelberg Extension Educator & Michael Romanski, livestock farmer talk about the First-ever Ag for All Conference www.mda.state.mn.us/ag-all-conference-2025

Laura is joined by farmer and pastor Bryan Allen Demeritte today.

Talking about the revitalization of oat farming in Minnesota and northern Iowa today.

Embodied Permaculture with Dan McTiernan of https://earthbound.fi/ Oxford 2024 Word of the Year was Brain Rot. Let's envision a better word for 2025. Thrutopia – Not utopia or dystopia but Thrutopia. How do we get from where we are to where we want to be? First we need to be in our bodies. On today's…

Host Laura Hedlund talks about the winter solstice with Liz Johnson from Magus Books and Herbs and Steven who tells us about this winter solstice event: https://givebutter.com/qx1HCT

This week host Laura Hedlund highlights Cause Cart (https://cause-cart.com/)

To start the show Laura Hedlund is joined by Dr. Ganga Hettiarachchi, Soil & Environmental Chemistry proefessor at Kansas State. She is one of the world's leading scientists in the fields of trace metal and nutrient chemistry in soils. Then Laura is joined by herbalist Liz Johnson from Magus Books and Herbs as they talk…

Music, Democracy and Freedom – a spiritual conversation as host Laura Hedlund talks about Bad Bunny and his impact on the election with three guests: Stephen Adubato is contributor to The Bad Bunny Enigma: Culture, Resistance, and Uncertainty and a journalism fellow at COMPACT Magazine and a professor of philosophy in NYC. Lee Hawkins is…

Featured on this week’s show hosted by Laura Hedlund: The Metro Food Justice Network believes, “TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE AT THE SPEED OF TRUST” featuring the voices of DeVon Nolan, Allyson Green, Melvin Giles, Timothy Page, Sairoong Brunner and Lataijah Powell More info at: https://mgjn.org/

Laura Hedlund is joined by John Peterson of Ferndale Market, a 3rd generation family turkey farm that raises free range turkeys. Order your Thanksgiving turkey today at https://ferndalemarket.com/

Annastacia Belladonna-Carrera  Executive Director for Common Cause Minnesota; Lilly Sasse  Director of  We Choose Us Minnesota Action and Shea Hanson ACLU Let People vote and People Power talk about election integrity and lifting up free and fair elections.

Laura Hedlund is joined by Calvin Manduna, Senior Trade Policy Analyst IATP Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. He talks about Climate Change and the Global food system  and a new report  https://www.iatp.org/climate-change-risks-food-trade.

Katie Puffer talks about the Monarch Festival happening this weekend. Dr Abby Gold and Laura talk about the recent report saying the majority of American Baby and Toddlers fail international nutrition and labeling standards – www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/16/2782

This week host Laura Hedlund speaks with Scott Gosnell, who translated On Magic by 16th century philosopher Giordano Bruno.

Description: Host Laura Hedlund plays back clips of the 2018 Governor’s forum hosted by the Farmers Union. It features then Congressman Tim Walz, a few months before he was elected Governor. Just before those clips, Laura also speaks with Gary Wertish, president of the Minnesota Farmers Union.

Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Princess Titus, co-founder of Appetite for Change and co-author of the book Appetite for Change Soulful Recipes from a North Minneapolis Kitchen.

This week host Laura Hedlund talks about PFAS/forever chemicals with Jaydee Hanson, policy director for the Center for Food Safety

This week host Laura Hedlund is joined by Scott Elkins, executive director of the Land Stewardship project. They talk about their potluck taking place July 25 at their Minneapolis office and other topics! Learn more at landstewardshipproject.org.

Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Paul Lightfoot., General Manager of Patagonia Provisions. In the 2nd half of the show we welcome Jon Kreidler of Tattersall, a craft spirits distillery.

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Host Laura Hedlund is joined by Michelle Bruhn, author at Forks in the Dirt (forksinthedirt.com)

Host Laura Hedlund is joined by President of the MN Farmers Union, Gary Wertish. Learn more at: https://mfu.org

Host Laura Hedlund highlights Project Sweetie Pie (https://www.projectsweetiepie.org/) with Catherine Fleming, Laura Orland and Parker Rechsteiner. Then Laura is joined by Liz Johnson of Magus Healing Center to talk about working with plants (https://www.magusbooks.com/healing_center.asp).