Green Willow Homestead writes,

' This last week has shown us how deeply out of touch and silent many of our figureheads are when it comes to racial inequalities and civil rights issues.❌

Instead of yet another white voice weighing in on regenerative agriculture, we had Chris Newman of Sylvanaqua Farms on the Positively Green Podcast to talk with us about where our clean food movement keeps getting it wrong.⚠️

A member of the Choptico Band of Piscataway Indians, Chris places a heavy emphasis on:
1️⃣The indigenous ethics, values, and knowledge serving as the (often unacknowledged) foundation of the modern permaculture movement
2️⃣The decolonized worldview necessary to ensure the sustainable stewardship of natural resources.

In this episode we cover:
🔸Chris’ farming journey and how Sylvanaqua Farms came to be�
🔸Common issues with small farming practices for farmers, consumers, ecosystems, and the food system in general�
🔸What “democratizing agriculture” means and how it’s different than the model most small farms are using today�
🔸The issue with the notion that all beef should be grass-fed and grass-finished or that all livestock must be farmed regeneratively for its entire life�
🔸The presence of environmental racism, inequality, and what it means to be “Thunberged”�
🔸Books and resources to learn more about environmental racism�
🔸Why conscious consumers can’t just “zero waste” their way into a climate-change-free future
�🔸What we can do to be an active part of an environmentally-sound future�
🔸Chris’ vision for the future of Sylvanaqua Farms

If you give this episode a listen and glean something from it, use Chris’ thoughts and words in your own conversations, or allow it help you grow - 💵THEN PAY CHRIS 💵for his tireless efforts in educating you through this episode and on his IG account. His Venmo is @sylvanaquafarms.💸

https://www.greenwillowhomestead.com/blog/episode-32-where-regenerative-agriculture-gets-it-wrong-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-with-chris-newman-of-sylvanaqua-farms '

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Mason's Survive & Thrive Fund: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on530H1RPSg&feature=emb_title

What does it mean to bridge emergent strength?

' Dear readers, it is with deeply mixed emotions that I write to say that this will be the last monthly issue of The MOON for the foreseeable future.

The MOON’s success at attracting great writers has created a huge pile of submissions to read each month (and in truth, I don’t get to all of them).

In addition, the production aspect of reading widely to identify prospective interview subjects, scheduling and interviewing said thought-leaders, transcribing and editing the interviews, reviewing films, finding quotes for MOON Shine, selecting and editing all of the essays, memoirs, poetry, and short stories and uploading them, along with author bios, on a monthly basis has become too much.

I’d hoped to raise enough funds to hire assistance, but that hasn’t happened (though I am forever grateful to you wonderful readers and writers who have contributed). 

Therefore, I’m signing off for now and taking a break.

I’m including the donation links for old times’ sake.

Maybe donations will suffice to pay me to write a grant or two that could underwrite The MOON for another few years.

But if not, no worries.

I am proud of the work The MOON has shared since December 2012.

I couldn’t have done it without all you writers and readers.

Thank you and boundless blessings to each and every one of you.

So here’s last call: if you value The MOON, please consider a contribution to keep her shining. There are two ways to contribute: via our secure PayPal link, or our Patreon page, where you can become a continuing supporter of The MOON for as little as $1/month.

And to you beautiful souls who already support The MOON, thank you!

You will forever inhabit a special place in my heart. '

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