Podcasts about food connect

In this episode of the Strong Jon Fitness Podcast I get to chat with Brooks Coleman. Brooks is an online health and fitness coach who specializes in helping busy professionals lose fat and maintain a healthy lifestyle. He shares his unique journey from finance to firefighting and ultimately to fitness coaching.  The conversation delves into the challenges of balancing work and personal life, the appeal of online coaching, and the importance of mindfulness and stress management techniques. They discuss how to recognize progress, align personal goals with values, and navigate the different seasons of life while prioritizing health and wellness.  In this conversation, Brooks and Jon explore the complexities of emotional eating, the importance of building awareness around food choices, and the strategies to manage cravings and habits.  Takeaways Setting boundaries is crucial for work-life balance. Mindfulness practices can help manage stress and improve focus. Aligning goals with personal values enhances commitment. Self-awareness is essential for making lasting changes. Building awareness of feelings can help align actions with values. Having contingency plans can provide flexibility in eating habits. Recognizing the difference between cravings and habits is crucial. Emotional eating is a normal response to stress and feelings. Setting intentions around food can reduce guilt and anxiety. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Brooks Coleman and His Journey 03:09 Transitioning from Finance to Fitness Coaching 06:06 The Appeal of Online Coaching 08:52 Balancing Work and Personal Life 11:54 Mindfulness and Stress Management Techniques 14:45 The Importance of Recognizing Progress 17:57 Aligning Goals with Personal Values 20:53 Navigating Life's Seasons and Priorities 26:50 Building Awareness and Flexibility in Eating Habits 29:56 Dropping Anchor: Managing Emotional Storms 32:54 Understanding Cravings vs. Habits 38:57 The Role of Emotional Eating in Our Lives 43:55 Intentional Indulgence: Setting Boundaries with Food ---- Connect with Brooks: https://www.instagram.com/thebrookscoleman/ https://www.skool.com/datafit ---- Apply For 1-1 Coaching: https://bit.ly/FITPARENT Instagram https://www.instagram.com/strongjonfitness/

When Robert Pekin lost his family's fourth generation farm twenty years ago, he went into exile. The grief and shame led him on a journey to explore positive ways forward for farming in Australia. That feeling triggered a passion for creating a fairer food system for all farmers and for exploring ways to help people connect to those who grew and processed their food. He believed that this disconnection and the increasing impact of climate change meant a solution was urgently needed. Enter Food Connect, a social enterprise that Robert, with his partner Emma-Kate, a few local farmers and a small group of motivated mums kick-started in 2005, using the principles of Community Supported Agriculture. Food Connect's vision is to create a world where everyone has access to healthy, fresh, ecologically-grown food that is fair to growers, eaters, and the planet. We want to transform the food system, and we believe the next step towards this vision is to create a working local food hub for the regional food economy, that is owned by the community.

Guest: Kayla Birdsong Chief Executive Officer Fresh Food Connect is a national non-profit that started in Denver that was formed to improve access to healthy homegrown food.  One in three Coloradoans or one in four kids in Colorado will face food insecurity this year.  During the pandemic one in three households started growing some part of their own food.  Up to now, there has been no way to get that extra crop into the hands of the families that could use the food and the extra has gone to waste.  Fresh Food Connect has started a mobile app that will allow small gardeners to donate any of their homegrown food, take it to their closest participating food non-profit, that non-profit then distributes the food to those who need it.  Last year they had 2,700 gardeners nationally and collectively they donated 75,000 pounds, which helped 45,000 people.        https://freshfoodconnect.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Little About Natalie Armstrong:Natalie Armstrong is the author of “The Essential Guide to Marketing Your ADR Practice”. She is frequently invited to speak around the globe on the successful marketing strategies of the resolution and legal industry. As a consultant to many of the premier providers in the ADR industry, Natalie Armstrong and her company, Marketing Resolution, have designed and developed hundreds of business development plans and marketing strategies for private practices, firms, educational institutions, authors, organizations, and associations around the world.Natalie has received certificates in both Mediation and Arbitration from the Institute of Conflict Management and International Mediation from both Tulane University School of Law and Humboldt University School of Law in Berlin Germany. She has received nearly 150 hours of training in numerous national and international mediation, arbitration, and communication courses. Mrs. Armstrong-Motin's professional education background is in conflict resolution, sociology, and criminal psychology. Natalie was Vice President of the Southern California Mediation Association and Chair of the Membership Committee, a member of the Board of the London Club, and has served on the Board of the California Dispute Resolution Council. For the American Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Section, she served as Vice-Chair of the Practice Development Committee, as the Co-Chair of the Standing Committee for Practice, Business and Skills Development, and is currently a Vice-Chair of the Marketing Committee.Natalie Armstrong is the founder of the Will Work For Food initiative bringing timely topics to attorneys, mediators, and arbitrators each week and raising money for food banks worldwide (more than $270k to date).Connect with Natalie Armstrong:WebsiteLinkedInYouTubeWill Work for Food Connect with  your host, JP:TwitterInstagramFacebookWebsiteShow:LinkedInEmail:  jpmcavoy@conductlaw.comPhone:  1-833-890-8878THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR:Conduct Law

Robert Pekin is the CEO & co-founder of Food Connect, the self-described ‘systems enterprise' in Brisbane. You might remember Rob from episode 28 with his brilliant partner Emma-Kate Rose, when we talked at length about their back-story and their soon to be successful $2m equity crowd fund. And from episode 88 last year, with Kungalu and Birri-Gubba Woman Gaala Watson, on an imminent native grains - and milling - breakthrough, and a transformation in governance led by First Nations. Well, when I was in Brisbane for Convergence recently, I dropped in. Rob walked me around this old industrial property as it further transforms into Australia's first multi-function Food Hub, now hosting over 40 enterprises - each outstanding stories in their own right. This was just a quick visit. I'd just recorded with mutual friend Amanda Cahill for what became episode 134, and cycled up to the Shed for a look and some lunch together. I wasn't going to record this either, but as I was being blown away all over again by Rob, alongside Chair of the Food Connect Foundation, Wiradjuri man from Dubbo NSW, Uncle Kel O'Neil, I had to pull out the recorder and share it with you. I've recorded this spatially too, so you'll hear Rob & Kel as they were standing around me. Hope you enjoy that effect. So join us at the Shed, for the conclusion to our Queensland series, and more beginnings for Food Connect. This conversation was recorded at the Food Connect Shed on 14 July 2022. Title slide image: Rob Pekin (bottom) and Uncle Kel O'Neill (top) against the backdrop of the Food Connect Shed (pics sourced from their websites). You can see more photos on the episode web page. Music: Regeneration, composed by Amelia Barden, from the soundtrack of the new film Regenerating Australia, available for community screenings now - https://theregenerators.co/regenerating-australia/ Find more: Food Connect Shed - https://www.foodconnectshed.com.au/ Food Connect Foundation - http://foodconnectfoundation.org.au/ Hear my previous conversations with Rob, with Emma-Kate Rose in episode 28, and Gaala Watson here in episode 88 - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/088-a-native-grains-native-mills-resurgence-part1 Read a transcript of our conversation including time stamps on the episode web page – ttps://www.regennarration.com/episodes/137-a-transforming-military-industrial-complex And you can now gain access to all of the presentation recordings at Convergence, including Rob with Gaala Watson, via RCS Australia for $150 - https://www.rcsaustralia.com.au/the-rcs-story/rcs-convergence-conference/ Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making this episode possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them to help keep the podcast going. Just head to the website at https://www.regennarration.com/support If you'd like to become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners and receive other benefits, head to the Patreon page at - https://www.patreon.com/RegenNarration Maybe even wave the flag by picking up something from The RegenNarration shop - https://www.regennarration.com/shop You can also support the podcast by sharing an episode with a friend or colleague, or rating or reviewing the podcast. Thanks for your support!

Seventeen years ago, Rob Pekin decided to radicalise the way we shop for and distribute fresh food. His concept for a new food system was based on community, connection and localisation – and the result is an Australian-wide food systems revolution called Food ConnectBorn and bred on a dairy farm in western Victoria, Rob began to imagine a different kind of food system after he lost the family farm and fell into a depression.“The food connect model started out as a multi-farmer community-supported agriculture project. It was really my attempt as a pretty busted-up dairy farmer, disgruntled with the world and how it worked, saying – well, if I'm going to do something on a solutions side of things, I have to address probably the biggest source of misuse of power, which is in the distribution side of things.”In the latest episode of the Sense-making in a Changing World podcast, I chat with Rob about his journey and the Food Connect vision.  Hear more in this earlier interview with Rob's partner and Food Connect co-creator, Emma Kate Rose. (interviewed on Episode 14)What they've created is an is an inspiring  highly networked localised ethical and regenerative  food system -  one that nourishes growers, consumers, producers, the earth and foregrounds indigenous voices.Before we begin, I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the unceded lands from which I'm speaking with you, the Gubbi Gubbi, and pay my deep respect to their elders past present and emerging. I'd like to recognise care for country, the waters and biodiversity for millenia.Don't forget to give the podcast five stars! Rating the podcast helps promote the podcast to others so we can share the stories of permaculture and the amazing people we interview.This podcast is supported by the Permaculture Education Institute.Thanks to Rhiannon Gamble for editing, and Kim Kirkman for the introductory music.

Today my guest is China Darrington, the ​​Director Advocacy and Public Policy for Thrive, Peer Support Recovery. She shares her story of surviving human trafficking from a very young age, how she fell into addiction what happened and what she did to achieve 18 years of abstinence. We talked about her experience with the 12 Steps, therapy, and the other tools she uses to heal her trauma. She also shares her thoughts on Buddhist practices, how she lost 80lbs, and the work she does not to help other women heal from trauma.   Highlights: If you make it to 5 years, the relapse rate drops to 15% or less. The Self-Care Snacking Strategy How she lost 80lbs Healing Your Relationship to Food Connect with China! Visit Website: https://thrivepeersupport.com/ Watch on YouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNuRolkOZ7X8fCEFCDYd5tg     Lightning Round Answers:  Book recommendation: Get Up: A 12-step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos Bucky Sinister Favorite Quote: “Never Give Up Hope” and “Can't be critical and curious at the same time” Self Care Practice: Daily Meditation, Movement, “Self Care Snacking” What I wish I knew: “Being perfect isn't required to recover”   Subscribe So You Don't Miss New Episodes!   Listen On:   https://apple.co/30g6ALF   https://odaatchat.libsyn.com/spotify   https://bit.ly/3n0taNQ     Watch Full Episodes!   https://bit.ly/2UpR5Lo

Since 2014, Food Connect has tackled the problems of rampant food waste and hunger with a logistical solution: connecting people in need of food with people who have excess food

Robert Pekin lost his family's 4th-generation farm, and in despair, walked away from everything and into the wilderness. After much soul-searching and trial and error, he developed a new way to link food producers more directly with those who eat the produce (R) CW: mentions suicide

Robert Pekin lost his family's 4th-generation farm, and in despair, walked away from everything and into the wilderness. After much soul-searching and trial and error, he developed a new way to link food producers more directly with those who eat the produce (R) CW: mentions suicide

This is an excerpt from episodes 88 and 89, parts 1 and 2 of A Native Grains and Native Mills Resurgence. It features around 15 minutes of each episode, patched together with Rob's closing lines from the Extra to episode 88. So first up, you'll hear Rob Pekin and Gaala Watson from the legendary social enterprise Food Connect. We chat about how Gaala and Rob came together here, and the connection between social enterprise and Aboriginal systems of governance. Then we go on to explore how their early experiments with a ‘custodial enterprise' model are reaping big rewards – from a change to their leasing model, to this brilliant milling and baking initiative. In the back half of this excerpt, you'll hear Ian Congdon and Courtney Young, the young farmers pivotal to this changing of the face of farming, and the food and economic systems generally. We talk of their vision, and their experiences of the growing demand for what they're up to. We chat about their doubts, how incredibly this story has come together, and their reflections on where to take it from here. You can hear the rest of our conversations in the main episodes, ‘A Native Grains and Native Mills Resurgence' – Part 1: https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/088-a-native-grains-native-mills-resurgence-part1 and Part 2: https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/089-a-native-grains-native-mills-resurgence-part2 (you'll see some great photos here too). Title slide pic: hand chiselling the new locally made mill (supplied). Music: Faraway Castle, by Rae Howell and Sunwrae. Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going. Get in touch any time by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening!

Don't be confused by the music, friends! Today I'm sharing my interview on Jenny Zentz's podcast called "The Intertwined Life." You get to hear me asking the questions each week-but on this episode - you'll hear me share my heart about why comparison and chasing a better body can be so stressful and how Jesus offers a better way to live. Take a listen! What topics would YOU like to see covered on this show? Send your suggestions to: heather@compared to who (dot) me (take those spaces out first, of course!) Connect with Jenny Zentz: http://jennyzentz.com/podcast/ Listen to Jenny on the Compared to Who? show: I'm No Longer a Slave to Food Connect with Compared to Who: https://www.comparedtowho.me

Welcome to Part 2 of A Native Grains & Native Mills Resurgence, featuring the young farmers changing the face of farming in Australia. Ian Congdon, Courtney Young and family are farmers, mill makers, artists and business people, and they're exploring how all this connects with culture, creativity, and the regeneration of country and community. If you haven't yet listened to last week's episode with Gaala Watson and Rob Pekin from Food Connect, the trailblazing social enterprise and legendary community food hub in Brisbane, no fear. You can listen in reverse order, as it were. So given you're here, stick around for this incredible story. It's a serendipitous chain of events deep and wide across Country, that includes connections with elders, native grains off Bruce Pascoe's farm, this podcast, and this young farming couple who wondered if they could build the first Australian mill in who knows how long, and how that might help leverage the sorts of systemic changes so many of us would like to see. Join Courtney, Ian and I, on what happened to be settlement day for their own farm, and would you believe, the day they finished their first mill! Title slide image: Ian, Courtney and family (supplied). You can see some other terrific photos on the episode webpage. This episode was recorded on Monday 28 June 2021. Music: The System, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra Faraway Castle, by Rae Howell and Sunwrae Get more: Woodstock Flour - https://www.woodstockflour.com.au/ Courtney's website - https://www.courtneyyoung.com.au/about And to listen to Part 1 of this series, A Native Grains and Native Mills Resurgence, featuring Gaala Watson and Rob Pekin from Food Connect – https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/088-a-native-grains-native-mills-resurgence-part1 You can hear my conversation with Tyson Yunkaporta, that Courtney refers to, on episode 70 - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/070-sand-talk And as it happens, that one was just after my conversation with MarkTaylor from Miller and Baker - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/069-communities-were-built-around-this And hats off to Andrew Heyn from New American Stonemills and Don Hearn from the Noteworthy charity, the organiser of the Angie McMahon gig at Little Pork Deli, Barham. Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! Get in touch by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening.

On today's episode, Ami Kassar sits down with Megha Kulshreshtha to learn all about her nonprofit, Food Connect! Megha is the Founder and Executive Director of Food Connect, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the gap between surplus food and hunger through collaboration and technology. Food Connect has helped distribute over 3 million on-demand meals through their last mile transport and logistics support in the hunger relief space. Megha has over 10 years of experience in data, technology, and process solutions. She started her career in Finance as a Data Analyst and then as a Portfolio Analyst for US Equities at Aberdeen Asset Management. For the last 7 years, Megha has dedicated her technical background towards streamlining inefficiencies in the hunger relief space. The Food Connect app has helped over 800+ food vendors across the country donate their surplus food in real time. Over 750+ shelters have received free food donations through the app. Currently, Food Connect helps deliver on average 30,000+ meals a week. Megha continues to lead Food Connect's product testing and development to help track and understand real time shelter needs. Food Connect's work has been recognized nationally in the hunger relief space for its innovation in collaboration, integrations, and food equity initiatives. Recorded 07/13/2021.

This is a special extra to episode 88 with Robert Pekin, founder of the award-winning social enterprise Food Connect. It features 10 minutes where Rob and I continued on briefly after Gaala left. Well worth the listen to some profound reflections on Rob's part. You can hear the main episode, ‘A Native Grains & Native Mills Resurgence, Part 1: Gaala Watson and Rob Pekin on custodial enterprise' - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/088-a-native-grains-native-mills-resurgence-part1 Title slide pic: Robert Pekin (supplied). Music: By Jeremiah Johnson. Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, and have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! Get in touch any time by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening.

You might remember Robert Pekin (with his partner Emma-Kate Rose) from episode 28. Rob's the founder of Food Connect, the trailblazing social enterprise and legendary community food hub in Brisbane. Since then, plenty has happened at Food Connect. The $2m equity crowd-fund – an Australian first - was successful. And Gaala Watson, a Kungalu and Birri-Gubba Woman born and raised in Brisbane, came on board as Chair of the Food Connect Foundation. That convergence of people, skills and cultures is bringing about a revolutionary addition to their set up, thanks to a serendipitous chain of events deep and wide across Country. That included connections with local elders, the native grains off Bruce Pascoe's farm, a young farming couple in NSW who wondered if they could build the first Australian mill in who knows how long, and this podcast. Back in episode 28, Rob and Emma-Kate talked about being a ‘systems enterprise' more than a social enterprise – aiming to change the inter-related food, farming and economic systems, along with the cultural stories underpinning how we organise those systems. Now Food Connect is starting to flip capital from an ownership to a custodial model. This lands squarely in Gaala's wheelhouse – where social enterprise aligns with Aboriginal systems of governance. And where this particular enterprise aligns with an enduring vision stemming from her father. Title slide image: Gaala Watson (off the Food Connect Foundation website) (Rob Pekin is the title slide image in the Extra to this episode). This episode was recorded on Friday 25 June 2021. Music: The System, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra. Get more: Tune into the 10 minute Extra to this episode, where Rob and I continue on a little after Gaala left. Food Connect Foundation - http://foodconnectfoundation.org.au/ Food Connect enterprise - https://foodconnect.com.au/ Bio's of Gaala and Rob (and Emma-Kate) - http://foodconnectfoundation.org.au/board/ Woodstock Flour on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/woodstockflour/ Hear Rob and partner Emma-Kate together on episode 28 - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/028-transforming-food-finance-society And my conversation with Mark Taylor at Miller and Baker on episode 69 - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/069-communities-were-built-around-this Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! Get in touch by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening.

In this episode we chat with Robert Pekin, founder and CEO of Food Connect. Food Connect began in 2004 as a social enterprise that provides a more sustainable business model for South East Queensland farmers and their city cousins.

Does activism always have to be so serious? Nup, says Emma-Kate Rose. Lighten up and let your hair down, let’s face our collective challenges in lycra! It was fitting that Emma-Kate was on her way to No Lights No Lycra as we recorded this convo, because her radical approach to balancing work and play is probably the most refreshing thing you’ll hear all day.After quitting her career in criminology inspired by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, Emma-Kate went on to crowdfund $2 million for Brissy Food Connect’s community hub with partner Rob Pekin. Impressive stuff. She’s also a mother, social entrepreneur, community builder, risk taker, intuition-follower, and big fan of ‘sticking to your knitting’.Emma-Kate shares her transition from avid consumer to climate activist, unexpected ways to mobilise community, how indigenous epistemology infuses Food Connect, creating careholders not shareholders, bleeding days, part time work and food sovereignty. Look, it's a pretty frivolous conversation ;)Get snacks and press play on the wonderful Emma-Kate Rose!SHOW NOTESAn urban start in Sydney The cycle of boom and bust in her own childhood home led to questioning “why people do bad things”.Her career in criminology before taking on the food systemBeing hit with the “tonne of bricks that is climate change”.Starting a local climate action groupStarting a car sharing businessSelling the cars and putting the family on public transport and bicycles.Encouraging  various economies to embrace de-carbonisation.Accidentally crowd funding $2 million to keep the wheels of Brisbane Food Connect turning and in the hands of community ownership.Manifesting intentions and creating visions despite having no money and no idea how.Questioning enough to move the needle rather than settling for business as usual solutions.Food Connect as a social enterprise that provides a platform for multiple values aligned businesses a chance to incubate into a supported environment.Offering office space to social entrepreneurs who need affordable  access to office space.Incorporating indigenous epistemology into their business Creating careholders not share holdersFun over ideologyWhy we're ready to have a national conversation about embracing Indigenous cultureReassessing our sense of time and urgency -- “Act now is required but do we do that at the expense of our relationships with our fellow human beings?"Walking the talk and building a life that really honours a balanced life: work, community contribution, joy.Whats a bleeding day? Escaping the trap of being earnest in your activismMaking the most of bringing people together while we canLINKS YOU'LL LOVEFood Connect BrisbaneIndigenous Epistemology: Descent Into the Womb of Decolonised Research Methodologies - Marcus Waters and Marva McCleanDark Emu - Bruce PascoeThe Next EconomySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading)

Robert Pekin lost his family’s 4th-generation farm, and in despair, walked away from everything and into the wilderness. After much soul-searching and trial and error, he developed a new way to link food producers more directly with those who eat the produce. *CW: mentions suicide

Robert Pekin lost his family’s 4th-generation farm, and in despair, walked away from everything and into the wilderness. After much soul-searching and trial and error, he developed a new way to link food producers more directly with those who eat the produce. *CW: mentions suicide

Podcast Skuter bekerja sama dengan Happfund, Star4Hire, Ikatan Wanita Pengusaha Indonesia, Food Connect, Top Karir dan Bahtera Intitama Perkasa menyelenggarakan webinar series yang kedua dengan judul "Stop Mimpi dan Wujudkan Bisnismu" kali ini menampilkan pembicara - pembicara seperti : Siti Aisyah (Owner Keripik Pisang Mister Dull & Sandal Polka) Johny Gunawan (CEO Hartanah Group & CEO Happfund, Indonesia No.1 Wealth Coach) Chef Ragil Imam Wibowo (Chef Owner of Nusa Indonesia Gastronomy, Segarra Beach Club, Warung Pasta, Locarasa, Dixie Easy Dininng, Spice Geg Jakarta - Bandung - Jogja - Bali)

Podcast Skuter bekerja sama dengan Happfund, Star4Hire, Ikatan Wanita Pengusaha Indonesia, Food Connect, Top Karir dan Bahtera Intitama Perkasa menyelenggarakan webinar series dengan judul "Perempuan Pengusaha, Peluang & Tantangannya Setelah Pandemi" menampilkan pembicara - pembicara menarik seperti : Masrura Ramidjal (Ketua Umum DPD IWAPI Jawa Barat & Pengusaha Biro Perjalanan Wisata & Transportasi) Ridhani Agustina (DhanyRose Boutique) Johny Gunawan (CEO Hartanah Group & CEO Happfund, Indonesia No.1 Wealth Coach) Chef Ragil Imam Wibowo (Chef Owner of Nusa Indonesia Gastronomy, Segarra Beach Club, Warung Pasta, Locarasa, Dixie Easy Dininng, Spice Geg Jakarta - Bandung - Jogja - Bali)

Would you value your fresh produce more if you knew the farmer who grew it? A former dairy farmer has started a social enterprise to put a face to the farmers behind our food.

My guest this week on Sense-Making in a Changing World is my amazing friend and fellow community food advocate and [pr]activist, Emma-Kate Rose. Emma-Kate has always been such an inspiration to me, and when you hear the projects she's involved with, I think you'll understand why.She leads the ground-breaking community food enterprise, Food Connect, and is co-founder, with her partner Robert Pekin, of the Food Connection Foundation and the Food Connect Shed. The Food Connect Shed is a local space for the creative local food economy to shift towards healthier, fair and regenerative food system. This was an amazing achievement - bringing 500 community farmers and supporters to raise $2 million dollars in an equity crowdfunding campaign to purchase the warehouse they'd rented for 12 years. I am super proud to be one of the Food Connect Shed Careholders (not shareholders).Emma-Kate is also the Chair of the Queensland Social Enterprise Council, a fellow at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Program Director at The Next Economy. Emma-Kate turns business on its head, well actually, puts heart, ethics and care right at the centre. Actually way back in 2006 she started Brisbane's first Car Share enterprise. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Emma-Kate, and also hear how she has woven permaculture into thinking about their business and the future of food in the Brisbane region.I invite you to share this episode and can subscribe to my podcast here.Find out more about permacultureThere's lots of free permaculture resources on my Our Permaculture Life Youtube and blog. Learn how you can weave permaculture into your everyday and become a permaculture teacher through my free 4 part permaculture series . The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere - a great way to create a local, locally-based ethical living.To support free permaculture education for young people, women & local farmers in the majority world & refugee camps please donate to Ethos Foundation - the registered charity associated with the Permaculture Education Institute. And, if you are between 11-16, I welcome you to join the Global Permayouth who meet online each week, have local hubs and organise monthly online festivals.For an online introduction to kitchen gardening course based on permaculture thinking, I recommend our course: The Incredible Edible Garden .Morag GambleI humbly acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work, the Gubbi Gubbi people, and pay my respects to their elders, past present and emerging.Thank you Rhiannon Gamble for audio editing. Thanks Kim Kirkman for the music.

In this episode Pip editor, Robyn Rosenfeldt speaks with local food pioneers Emma-Kate Rose and Robert Pekin from Food Connect in Brisbane. Food Connect is a local food CSA, supporting local farmers and providing customers with access to good quality, organic local food at a fair price to farmers and to customers. They are revolutionising our food systems.

The third episode of Relatable is with an absolutely delightful couple, Emma-Kate Rose and Robert Pekin. E-K and Rob are from Brisbane Australia and run an incredible social enterprise business called, Food Connect. Food Connect's focus is on creating a fairer food system for farmers, the environment and the public. I helped E-K and Rob a few years ago with their marriage and we have become firm friends since then. In todays episode, they were generous enough to share with us what it was like to get help and the impact it has made on their relationship, marriage and business. You can find out more about the wonderful work they are doing with Food Connect here: https://foodconnect.com.au/ To download my free relationship masterclass click here and scroll to the bottom of the page: https://www.fionalukeis.com.au/ To join the waitlist for my next round of my online program Relatable, click here: https://www.fionalukeis.com.au/relatable-waitlist/

Are you grounded? Or, are you on edge, suffering from brain fog, and desperately seeking to get outdoors? In this episode of the Spiritual Life Management Podcast, Gretchen provides insightful information on the importance of grounding, also known as earthing. Discussed are tips and tools on how to keep yourself grounded during quarantine to create some zen in your life. Listen in and learn how you can keep yourself balanced, healthy, and focused.   Mentioned in this episode: Root Chakra Meditation Visualization Plant-based Food  Connect with me here: https://linktr.ee/GretchenSmithCoaching Follow Gretchen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gretchensmithcoaching/   I love to hear from my listeners, please drop me a comment.    I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd subscribe or like to help me reach a greater audience.    Thank you for your support!

Join us for another EarthX episodes with the CEO of Fresh Food Connect, Candace Chandra! Fresh Food Connect is a tech platform that allows small-scale urban agriculturalists to connect with the people who need their produce the most, and was launched as a way to lessen the impact of food deserts- urban areas with no easy access to fresh produce. It's important to remember that environmental issues go beyond just preserving habitats or species: if your family has no access to nutritious food you've got a lot more on your mind than trying to go green. If you would like to learn more about our nonprofit, click here: https://www.lastchanceendeavors.com If you would like to learn more about Fresh Food Connect, click here: http://www.freshfoodconnect.org

Emma-Kate Rose has over three decades of experience in working in business, social justice, environmental sustainability, food system advocacy, and political activism. In 2006, she co-created a start-up developing a car sharing service in Brisbane and after selling it in 2008, she joined Food Connect, a social enterprise aiming to create a world where everyone has access to healthy, fresh, ecologically-grown food that is fair to growers, eaters, and the planet. With Emma-Kate, we talked about the need to re-localise food production and distribution closer to cities, the challenges of managing a fair and sustainable food system in today’s political environment, the importance of trust, and how to turn climate despair intro creative energy. For all the references mentioned in this episode: http://gosimone.org/food-sovereignty/episode-7-emma-kate-rose-on-creating-a-sustainable-food-system-and-turning-climate-despair-into-a-creative-energy/

Today I am joined by business and life partners, Emma-Kate Rose and Rob Pekin. While receiving relationship counseling, they were introduced to an understanding of the mind that had a major impact, not only in their relationship, but in their lives as a whole. Emma-Kate and Rob explain why they no longer fight against nature, and instead, embrace the unknown. As they share their experiences, they highlight how living openly, curiously, and authentically can lead to surprising and delightful results. Emma-Kate Rose and Robert Pekin are co-owners of the well known Brisbane social enterprise, Food Connect. Emma-Kate and Rob are on a mission to democratise the food system to address many of the social and environmental problems with food access, distribution, and treating growers and workers fairly. They recently raised over $2 million with their community of 513 “Careholders” through an equity crowdfunding campaign to buy their warehouse, becoming Australia’s first community-owned local food hub.

Welcome to episode 36, the 2nd since becoming The RegenNarration. Michael Shuman is an economist, lawyer, author, entrepreneur, and globally recognised expert on community economics. He is also one of the architects of the crowdfunding reforms that became the “JOBS Act,” signed into law by President Obama in April 2012. Michael is re-writing the story of business and development, to one that makes much more sense if your interest is in creating more prosperous, equitable and regenerative societies. It all revolves around local business. And moving away from the ‘protectionism' inherent in the massive public subsidies that often prop up large transnational companies. A dollar spent in local business, Michael argues, compared to a dollar spent in non-local business, generates on average 2-4 times the income, jobs, and other positive knock on effects. Observations like these, and the stories of communities and cities putting this into action, have only become more compelling since his 2006 book ‘The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition'. Michael and Anthony talk here about some of his life's work and observations – what's changed, what still needs to change, and how do we go about that change? How do we get global finance to go to more of the right places, how do we grow where there really are no limits, and what is the sort of economy that can bring about what we're really after in life? Michael conducted a workshop at local Perth landmark, City Farm, in February. We caught up during the lunch break for this conversation. Music: Let Them Know, by Public Opinion Afro Orchestra And the acoustic tune accompanying the introduction is by Jeremiah Johnson. Due to licencing restrictions, our guest's nominated music can only be played on radio or similarly licenced broadcasts of this episode. We hope podcast licencing falls into line with this soon. Get more: http://michaelhshuman.com - Michael's website, which includes info on Michael's most recent book, published by Chelsea Green – ‘Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Move Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity'. With thanks to Gilbert and Village Well for having me along to City Farm for the day. For more on Village Well, and its Place School, visit http://www.villagewell.org. And for the story of the first social enterprise in Australia to successfully engage the new equity crowd funding laws, raising more than $2m, tune in to episode #028 to hear Rob & Emma-Kate from Food Connect - https://soundcloud.com/regennarration/028-transforming-food-finance-society-with-food-connects-rob-pekin-emma-kate-rose. Thanks to all our supporters for enabling the production of this podcast. Please join them by donating or becoming a podcast partner via our new website https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thank you, and thanks for listening!

LISTEN TO THE DISTRICT LIVE ON WHIP | T/TR 7-8PM EST TUESDAY 11/27 | Join hosts Tony, Maya, and Amelia for the District, your one stop shop for state and local news and politics! The 6ABC Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade celebrates its 99th year, Eagles player Malcolm Jenkins donates bail money for nine people, the Food Connect app aims to end hunger, and more on this episode of the District. Skip to a topic: 4:25 - The Cold Can't Stop The Philadelphia Tradition Of The Thanksgiving Day Parade https://whyy.org/articles/the-cold-cant-stop-the-philadelphia-tradition-of-the-thanksgiving-day-parade/ 17:40 - Malcolm Jenkins Backs Changes To Philly's Cash-Bail System He Says ‘Punishes Poverty' https://whyy.org/articles/malcolm-jenkins-backs-changes-to-phillys-cash-bail-system-he-says-punishes-poverty/ 33:07 - Food Connect App Is Ready To Stop Hunger https://6abc.com/food/food-connect-app-is-ready-to-stop-hunger/4727710/ 41:51 - At 9-Plus Inches, Philly Is A Shower Away From A November Rain Record http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/weather/philadelphia-weather-rain-snow-record-november-20181127.html Live show edited to podcast format by EMELY MOREL

Today we feature an Australian first, in an area that is developing fast globally, and potentially helping to redefine how money, business and the economy work. It's called equity crowdfunding. It's based on the crowdfunding model most of us are probably familiar with, though here it's used to raise investment capital. The federal legislation for this is new in Australia, and Food Connect seeks to become the first social enterprise in this country – or as they would say, ‘systems enterprise' - to successfully use the tool. Food Connect is no ordinary enterprise. It's really a phenomenon in Brisbane, that has germinated other developments in its mould all over the country. It began with the dramatic transformation of farmer Robert Pekin, and a model connecting farmer to eater more directly, fairly, and healthily, called Community Supported Agriculture (or CSA). The business has since developed, with the help of his now wife Emma-Kate Rose, into so much more. And most pointedly, in their sights now, are the inter-related food, farming and economic systems, along with the cultural stories underpinning how we organise those systems. Now they aim to raise $2-4 million, to enable a transformative vision, beginning with the purchase of the premises they've been operating out of for a little over a decade. This is the remarkable story of a dairy farmer gone broke and ‘mad', as he puts it in all sincerity. And a chance meeting with a woman who ended up selling her house to invest in the enterprise, such was her belief in it, while dedicating her life to making it work. So how does Food Connect and equity crowdfunding work? What would investing in Food Connect look like with this crowdfund model? And how does it change the systems and stories we live by, from ‘back-end' food ‘rescue' operations, to impact investing, to our broader economy and culture? Join Rob and Emma-Kate as they chat with Anthony upstairs at the Food Connect warehouse. Note: The crowdfunder was successful, raising over $2m. Get more: Food Connect Shed equity crowdfunder, open till 10 November 2018 – https://www.pledgeme.com.au/investments/2-food-connect-shed-ltd#updates Food Connect Foundation, including a series of events happening throughout the crowdfund - http://foodconnectfoundation.org.au The bio's of Emma-Kate and Robert - http://foodconnectfoundation.org.au/board/ Food Connect enterprise - https://www.foodconnect.com.au Music: Sounds of the forest Due to licencing restrictions, our guest's nominated music can only be played on radio or similarly licenced broadcasts of this episode. We hope podcast licencing falls into line with this soon. Thanks to all our supporters for enabling the production of this podcast. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going. And thanks for listening!

In this episode I speak with Morag Gamble from Our Permaculture Life, the Permaculture Education Institute, and her very active youtube channel. I'm still getting to know Morag after meeting her recently at the fourteenth Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Morag attended sessions I lead on both Making Permaculture Stronger and Living Design Process and afterward we had the best conversation about it all. But I didn't realise how on the same page we were, and how much longer Morag had been on that page, and just how much I have to learn from her about it, until we recorded this chat. Enjoy, and huge gratitude to Morag for taking the time, and being who she is, and doing all the incredible stuff she's doing toward lifting up and growing and sharing what is great about permaculture. Here are the people, books, links etc Morag refers to in this episode. Fritjof Capra The Reenchantment of the World by Morris Berman Victor Papenek Helena Norberg-Hodge Vandana Shiva Christopher Day (Author of Places of the Soul) Schumacher College Patrick Whitefield Jan Gehl Nick Rose Sustain book Developing Citizen Designers (book) Our Permaculture Life Oh yes, and here's a happy snap of Morag and I taken just last week at Food Connect in Brisbane: ...and I finish with a lovely youtube masterclass where Morag shares five steps to getting started with permaculture design: 

In this episode I speak with Morag Gamble from Our Permaculture Life, the Permaculture Education Institute, and her very active youtube channel. I'm still getting to know Morag after meeting her recently at the fourteenth Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Morag attended sessions I lead on both Making Permaculture Stronger and Living Design Process and afterward we had the best conversation about it all. But I didn't realise how on the same page we were, and how much longer Morag had been on that page, and just how much I have to learn from her about it, until we recorded this chat. Enjoy, and huge gratitude to Morag for taking the time, and being who she is, and doing all the incredible stuff she's doing toward lifting up and growing and sharing what is great about permaculture. Here are the people, books, links etc Morag refers to in this episode. Fritjof Capra The Reenchantment of the World by Morris Berman Victor Papenek Helena Norberg-Hodge Vandana Shiva Christopher Day (Author of Places of the Soul) Schumacher College Patrick Whitefield Jan Gehl Nick Rose Sustain book Developing Citizen Designers (book) Our Permaculture Life Oh yes, and here's a happy snap of Morag and I taken just last week at Food Connect in Brisbane: ...and I finish with a lovely youtube masterclass where Morag shares five steps to getting started with permaculture design: 

On this episode, I’m chatting with Sonja Overhiser. Sonja is the wife of the writer and photographer couple behind the award-nominated food blog A Couple Cooks. Alex and Sonja are authors of the cookbook Pretty Simple Cooking. They have garnered a worldwide following for their delicious vegetarian recipes and sustainable approach to cooking and eating well. Sonja is passionate about woman entrepreneurship and she speaks at events empowering women in business. Sonja is the co-founder of Indy Women in Food, an organization to support women working in the food industry in Indianapolis. Alex and Sonja live in Indianapolis with their 1-year-old son Larson. I met Sonja at a women’s conference in 2014 here in Indianapolis, and have since followed her around at local events. I’ll never forget when she shared her journey of cancer at an intimate coffee shop meet-up. I’ve always been struck by Sonja’s strength, charm, and ability to be transparent and professional online all at the same time. Sonja and I talk about her food journey, her story of cancer and adoption, and what she’s learning to call good in this season. SHOW NOTES  Pretty Simple Cooking Food Matters by Mark Bittman Cancer, Miscarriage, and Adoption Napolese Pizzeria Bar One Fourteen Indy Women in Food Connect with Sonja:  ACoupleCooks.com @acouplecooks on Instagram Connect with Ali:  @alisonwren on Instagram @alisonwren on Twitter Facebook Page AliWren.com

Muppet-style puppetry meets improv theatre games in a new show opening in Brisbane next weekend. "Show of Hands" is part of the Anywhere Theatre Festival and will be performed in a food warehouse, as Brett Hansen explains to Adam Sekli and Spencer Howson.

Emma-Kate Rose of Food Connect on using business as a force for good. Emma-Kate explains how sustainable food practices, fair pay and social justice can build a movement of food citizens, and why this is more motivating to her than money.02:30 – Why Emma-Kate and her partner see business as a force for good06:01 – Why fairness across the whole supply chain is at the heart of the Food Connect manifesto11:04 – How transparency in business teaches consumers to ask the right questions13:13 – The radical steps Food Connect took to prove their trustworthiness to farmers19:28 – The simple pay rule that means the Food Connect CEO will never be overpaid22:26 – Why you will never change the world by replicating the status quo32:54 – The reason Emma-Kate and her partner chose to open-source ideas rather than franchise38:38 – Why Food Connect didn’t miss a single delivery in the Brisbane floodsKGC Facebook Group

Rob Pekin and Emma-Kate Rose of Food Connect share valuable insights, experience and lessons on starting, growing and sustaining community driven social enterprises which look to create systemic change and tackle issues at their root cause.

CEO of Food Connect, Robert Pekin had a vision to protect local farmers, their produce and our health by democratising the food system. In this podcast, we talk about the issues that the farmers are encountering now, the disconnection between consumers and the food they consume and insufficient knowledge about the farmers who produce healthy food.    0-2 minute mark – Luke and Susie Introduction (intro about guest Robert Pekin and commercial) 2 minute mark – Susie and Ci-ei-o of Food connect: Robert Pekin. Susie and Robert talked about where and how Robert started. 3 minute mark – Susie and Robert talked about the issue that the farmers are encountering now. Robert mentioned about the disconnection between people consumers and knowing the food they buy and the farmer who produces healthy food. Complete ignorance of people on the impact of their buying decision to farmers and the whole system. 6:10 minute mark – Susie asked Robert if this is economical or cultural on the reason consumers buy water than milk. Robert says it's both (followed by explanation). 8 minute mark – Susie and Robert talked about Branded products versus non-branded products and its impact on farmer products. The importance of food plays in the whole Australian economic system. 9:40 minute mark – Susie and Robert talked about Farming versus Mining Industry & Technology,  what the future holds on these industries in Australia. Organic versus artificial. Tackled the new economic mode and mentioned the final ripening process. 14 minute mark -. Susie and Robert talked about the great effect of knowing where the food comes from. People get engaged on knowing where their food come from. 17 minute mark – Technology and food farm. Food connect's role on teaching children and families about the food they eat. 19 minute mark – closing part of the episode.    Add all sponsors links:   Christian Super : http://www.christiansuper.com.au/ Christian Connection: christianconnection.com   Add links to the guests websites/products: Food Connect: https://www.foodconnect.com.au/

We talk shop, without the supermarket, with Robert Pekin, a former 4th generation dairy farmer, who like tens of thousands of his small- and medium-scale colleagues, lost the family farm in the 1990s, as a casualty of the de-regulation of the Australian dairy industry. And just like it is for so many dairy farmers in the current dairy crisis, this was a personally very traumatic time for Robert. His path to redemption and healing led him to the discovery and practice of community-supported agriculture (CSA), and he established, and now runs along with his partner Emma-Kate Rose, the social enterprise Food Connect in Brisbane, which since 2005 has been on a mission to create a fairer food system for both farmers and eaters.

This week Sal and Beeso talk about vodka water, Beeso's cow, Food Connect's 10th birthday, Borrowdale Free Range pork (sponsor) and our various medical ailments.

This week Sal and I talk about Smallgoods scares, beef stew, raw milk and Beeso missing milking his cows, duck fat, cauliflower cooking, japanese pancakes and Food Connect's 10th birthday

In this pre xmas episode Sal and I meet up at Big Vintage with the crew behind Food Connect for a chat about all things xmas and other ramblings.