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🎙️ ✨ EPISODE 6 - Connections & Collaborations 
The final episode of the season explores where we go from here: what connections and collaborations need to be established, and which can we learn from? How can we engage more people to be part of a food system transition that works for everyone?
 
Episode Flow
1:25 - Monse & The Tlayolan Collective
3:15 - The symbiosis of the Milpa 
5:33 - Seed Saving Movements & Community Seed Banks
8:35 - The Annual Cycle of Tlayolan & Mexican Tradition 
11:08 - Adapting to our environment & growing new crops 
13:50 - Beatriz & The Berliner Ernährungs Strategy
14:45 - Lebensmittelpunkte or "Food Hub"
17:35 - Passive vs. Active Inclusion  
18:35 - Scott & The Baumhaus in Wedding
21:14 - The PEACES model - personal, ecological, aesthetic, cultural, economic, and social
24:06 - Building spaces for the community 
26:27 - Johanna & SuperCoop
27:40 -  What exactly is a Food Coop? 
29:15 - Collaborations across the Alternative Food Economy
33:15 - The importance of spaces rooted in diverse perspectives 
34:50 - Ayumi & Terrapreta Black Gold 
36:58 - Understanding the Nature/Nutrient Cycle through our bodies
40:38 - The power of Terrapreta especially for sandy soils in Bburg
43:30 - Ayumi's newest initiative: DYCLE & empowering the big picture local economy 
44:50 - Commitment to Circularity 
45:04 - EP wrap up & Season Summary https://www.bund.net/  
“Seed saving movements and community seed banks are clear and practical examples of food sovereignty”
“There are a lot of people that die trying to defend this kind of agricultural system”
ZALF - Leipnitz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research: www.zalf.de/
Berliner Ernährungs Strategy (The Berlin Nutrition Strategy)
“15 Lebensmittelpunkte in Berlin and counting!”
The Baumhaus in Wedding
The PEACES model - personal, ecological, aesthetic, cultural, economic, and social
SuperCoop “This is not a Supermarket”
What is a Food Coop?
Food Coop Concept from New York, Paris and in Brussels: http://foodcoop.film/
Robinhood Coop wealth redistribution concept → https://robinhood.store/
The origins and definition of Terrapreta
The Nutrient Cycle by Ayumi Matsuzaka [video]
Ayumi’s How to Make Terrapreta illustration
 
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🌱 Production, Script, Narration and Creative Direction by Samie Blasingame
 
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🎙️ ✨ EPISODE 5 - Part II: Building a Food System for Everyone
Episode five acknowledges the homogeneity found currently in discussions of food and agriculture in Berlin and questions how we can expand the conversations to include many more perspectives moving forward.
Part II continues to explore different food cultures and Berlin, the stereotypes and prejudices that shape the food system, and the beautiful diversity within different food cultures that we could all do better to appreciate and support.  
 
Episode Flow
1:05 - Sissi from EatingInBerlin
6:05 - Racism in the Food System
7:07 - The horrible myth of MSG
9:24 - The Eating Habits of different Food Cultures 
11:48 -  Deang from The Panda Noodle
14:09 - German Price/Value Conundrum 
17:58 - New crops for diaspora cuisine? 
21:36 - How and why the food system is shaped...
23:05 - The Smells Like Market and BIPOC Excellence :) 
24:40 - YAAM - Young African Art Market
25:24 - Alumi, the OG of African Food in Berlin
28:11 - Creating a space for the African Kitchen in Berlin
32:58 - The future of African Food here in Berlin
35:35 - The complexity of building a food system for everyone
 
Links to resources
Diaspora Food and the Just Foodways Project
Sissi, the woman behind EatinginBerlin on Instagram 
The horrible myth of MSG and why it lingers
Halal meat Banned at EU level
Daeng’s short documentary series Papaya & Pommes
The Panda Noodle: https://www.instagram.com/thepandanoodle/ 
“Food is there to give you sustenance - pleasure is merely consequential.
Smells Like Collective: https://www.instagram.com/smells__like/
Karneval der Kulturen: https://www.karneval.berlin/  
YAAM: https://www.yaam.de/ 
Alumi’s imbiss, the Afro Kuche, at YAAM
Another great African Food resource: https://www.africanfoodmap.com/
 
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🎙️ ✨ EPISODE 5 - Part I: Building a Food System for Everyone
Episode five acknowledges the homogeneity found currently in discussions of food and agriculture in Berlin and questions how we can expand the conversations to include many more perspectives moving forward.
Part I dives in to the tensions that arise when places designed for the people are not built in collaboration with people; how public procurement could help usher in a new era of food and farming; and how we should be making space for the first-hand expertise of people with diverse cultural traditions. 
 
Episode Flow
1:25 - Demands from members of Slow Food Youth Berlin
2:27 - Introduction & Multiple Strands of Justice
3:20 - Kavita & the social sustainability of Food System Change
17:43 - Stephanie Wunder & the power of Public Procurement 
27:05 - Cacan, Yesil Cember & Cultural Expertise  
 
Links to resources
Slow Food Youth Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/slowfoodyouth_berlin/ 
Economic Justice: The Cap Reform
Global Justice: Kathrin Hartmann, author of a new book in German entitled "It won't get greener" accuses Germany — especially within the EU — of "fatally" offloading its environmental costs from foodstuffs overseas. In March, she wrote that Germany "theoretically" had land enough to be 90% self-sufficient, instead of being the "third-largest" foodstuff importer. 
“Most inhabitants, especially the OG Berliners, weren’t born with deep pockets, and they just never had the money to splurge on food—and often they still don't.” (Still in Berlin)
Kavita - https://www.vice.com/de/contributor/kavita-goodstar 
Halal meat Banned at EU level
BerlinLayers website, “The hall was refurbished and re-oriented to focus on local high-quality food manufacturers. The interest in this kind of “craft” food happened, not surprisingly, in tandem with Kreuzberg’s gentrification” 
Smells Like: https://www.instagram.com/smells__like/
Stephanie Wunder, Ecologic, on Future Farming
The basic income initiative that activists in Berlin are currently collecting signatures for
The Berlin Food Strategy – & on Instagram
Alle an einen Tisch! https://ernaehrungsrat-berlin.de/alle-an-einen-tisch-2/ 
Yesil Cember: https://yesilcember.eu/de/startseite/
 
PRODUCTION
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🌱 Production, Script, Narration and Creative Direction by Samie Blasingame
 
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🎙️ ✨ EPISODE 4 - Part II: Agriculture the nourishes People and Planet
Episode four dives in to what we need to be doing and thinking about when it comes to supporting the people who grow our food and agriculture that nourishes people and planet. 
Part II explores ideas on how to get more people involved in growing food and into agriculture along the entire value chain. We discuss whether Brandenburg can actually feed Berlin, and we learn more about a yummy, regenerative food item that is both good for the soil and for our bodies. 
 
Episode Flow
1:07 - Jonna & Korn Labor
11:07 - Tobias & Tiny Farms 
21:25 - Community Question: Regenerative Agriculture
22:58 - Elisabeth, Queen of Pulses
37:26 - How can you be part of the agricultural transition? 
 
Links to resources

Korn Labor: kornlabor.de 


Jonna's family mill in lower saxony: bohlsener-muehle.de


Tiny Farms: tinyfarms.de


What is Regenerative Agriculture?


The Global Bean Project: www.2000m2.eu/global-bean-project


Legume Recipes from Elisabeth! Here & Here :) 


Elisabeth's Favorite Farmer: Benedikt Sprenker in Münsterland hofsprenker-roland.de


"There's Genbänkle (Patrick Kaiser), for example, he has, I think 2000 accessions of beans in his cellar fridge."


Bingenheimer is a good organic seed producer


"It is estimated that only 15% of Berlin’s food comes from the surrounding region."


"If one were to draw a radius of just under 100 kilometers around Berlin, this area would be enough to supply the capital plus the surrounding region with food."


"Universities and institutions like the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research and the University for Ecological Agriculture in Eberswalde are experimenting with legumes"


Mit Vergnuegen's 11 Hofläden in und um Berlin, die ihr kennen solltet


Get active with Food Sharing: foodsharing.network


Join a Food Coop: SuperCoop & Robinhood Store


Find a SoLaWi: solidarische-landwirtschaft.org/solawis-finden


Connect with local farmers in Berlin/Brandenburg: marktschwaermer.de


Trying to eat local, but still craving citrus and avocados? Connect with organic farmers around Europe and buy from them directly: crowdfarming.com

 
PRODUCTION
🌱 Audio for this episode was produced by Grettch ⬅️
🌱 Research support by Jess Stenhouse 
🌱 Production, Script, Narration and Creative Direction by Samie Blasingame
 
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🎙️ ✨ EPISODE 4 - Part I: Agriculture the nourishes People and Planet
Episode four dives in to what we need to be doing and thinking about when it comes to supporting the people who grow our food and agriculture that nourishes people and planet. 
Part I introduces you to some local farmers and one initiative working to connect the city with the fields. Stay tuned for Part II! 
 
Episode Flow
1:04 - Nollendorfkiez & Winterfeldmarkt
2:05 - Micheal & Polish Farmers
6:45 - Julia & the demands of Farmers 
20:50 - Friederike & Die Gemeinschaft 
 
Links to resources
ABL: Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft e.V.
Peasant Agroecology as a solution to climate and food issues but declare that they are not only ignored but actively destroyed by incoherent policies, industrial monopolies and neo-liberal capitalism.
The Die Grüne Statement I quoted from
Thünen Institute found Brandenburg to be the region in all of Europe that has the highest percentage of land in the hands of investors.
 The EU Common Agricultural Policy (the CAP) - with ⅓ of the EU’s budget at its disposal, aims to “safeguard European Union farmers to make a reasonable living and help tackle climate change and the sustainable management of natural resources
Of the 54 billion euros transferred to farmers every year, only four percent is expressly earmarked for climate and environmentally friendly production methods.
The past legislative period (2017-2021) was marked by some of the largest farmers’ protests in Germany since the end of the second world war.
Die Gemeinschaft: https://die-gemeinschaft.net/
Stay Tuned for Das Symposium 2022!
 
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🌱 Production, Script, Narration and Creative Direction by Samie Blasingame
 
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🎙️ ✨ EPISODE 3: Reconnecting With Our Food
Episode three reflects on how disconnected from food production we have become and ways people in the city are trying to overcome it, either through wild foraging, soil testing and community, and by revaluing what goes in to producing "good" food for the masses. 
 
Episode Flow
00:03 - Introduction: Kollwitzkiez & the Foodie Scene
01:55 - Community Question: are you connected to your food? 
02:39 - Community Question: how does your favorite fruit or veggie grow?
04:27 - The importance of "Food Literacy" 
05:00 - Conditioned Disconnection with Carla Urlich, Die Gemeinschaft / Slow Food Youth DE - https://carlaulrich.eu/ 
09:35 - Stories from the Wochenmarkten at Kollwitzplatz 
12:50 - Community Question: do you practice food preservation? 
15:45 - The benefits of Fermentation with Rich Shih & Markus Shimuzu as part of Die Gemeinschaft's Das Symposium 2021: Fermente
17:54 - Foraging with Tash/Avant Garden Life 
24:45 - A little history on Berliner Schrebergartens
25:58 - Reconnecting community through soil health with Sara/FeldFoodForest 
32:26 - "Good" food with Ann Sophie
37:50 - Overcoming Disconnection, and what to look forward to, next time 
 
Links to resources
"Studies have shown that healthier food choices almost always equate to a healthier planet"
“Food Literacy” is a term defined as “the ability to make informed choices about food that support one’s health, community, and the environment"
Human Development Index (HDI)
"52 % (6.1 million tons) of food waste generated in private households"
Das Symposium 2021 - FERMENTS - Rich Shih (ourcookquest) und Markus Shimizu (mimiferments) hosted by Carla on behalf of Die Gemeinschaft
Koji Alchemy: Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-Based Fermentation
Mimi Ferments in Moabit
The largest German-speaking platform for the discovery and use of edible landscapes: Mundraub
A Guide to Nature’s Remedies from Atmos
Schrebergartens: "the Berlin association has 500,000 so-called environmentally-conscious members"
Feld Food Forest Open Soil Atlas
There are 431,000 street trees in Berlin - and there's a theme
Rewilding our cities: beauty, biodiversity and the biophilic cities movement
Die Gemeinschaft's Das Symposium 2021
DIY Probiotics & Natural Fermentation: https://ediblealchemy.co/
Fight Food Waste with Roots Radical: https://rootsradicals.berlin/
Supporting local agriculture with Benno: https://benoo.co/ 
 
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