Tag: Food and Agriculture

Para que la Economía Azul sea exitosa, sus políticas deben respetar e incorporar las tradiciones y valores de las comunidades a las que pretende ayudar.

For the Blue Economy to succeed, its policies must respect and incorporate the traditions and values of the communities it aims to benefit.

Wellington Onyenwe discuss using an environmental justice lens in looking at chemical exposure, and his passion for food and cooking.

Cómo la granja urbana Mother Clyde transformó los desiertos alimentarios del West End de Atlanta, y sirve de modelo de autonomía comunitaria.

How the Mother Clyde Urban farm transformed the West End of Atlanta's food deserts, and serves as a model for community empowerment.

Liliana Sierra Castillo joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the concept of blue justice and how the expansion of aquaculture impacts small-scale fishery communities.

Dr. Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss her recent research on the dehumanizing work conditions for migrant farmworkers in Michigan and what we can do to address these injustices.

Wellington Onyenwe is currently serving as a Health Scientist, Environmental Toxicologist and Public Health Emergency Responder at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as consulting ongoing research projects with the Environmental Protection Agency/Food and Drug Administration. His talents have led him to lend technical assistance to Exposure Science and Emergency Response matters including the Ebola, Zika, Flint, Monkeypox, EVALI Responses, amongst other projects, in various capacities and roles.

Lili (she/her) is a Honduran Ph.D. candidate at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an interdisciplinary seafood scientist, she merges her expertise in marine ecology, fishery sciences, social sciences, and anthropology to unravel the intricate dynamics of marine social-ecological systems. With a profound commitment to environmental justice, Lili's research revolves around small-scale fisheries and aquaculture.

Dr. Mike Anastario joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss his work in the corn and sorghum fields of El Salvador, where he seeks to understand the relationship between workers and the land and how farm chemicals could be harming them.

El sistema global de alimentos está roto. Llegó la hora de alejarnos de la agricultura industrial. Tenemos que producir nuestros alimentos de forma que devolvamos el poder a quienes los producen, distribuyen y consumen.

The global food system is broken. We need to produce our food in ways that give back power to those who produce, distribute and consume food.