The Land is a Relative / La Tierra es un Relativo

05/24/23 • 34 min

Cultivating Resilience

La entrevista completa con Rev Dele está disponible con subtítulos en español en la página de Cultivemos en YouTube.

The full interview with Rev Dele is available with Spanish subtitles on the Cultivemos YouTube channel.

Description:

We have to reimagine our relationship with the land.

Farmers are experiencing a crisis of land access. The number of farms is decreasing and the cost of farm real estate has nearly doubled in the past decade, shutting out many prospective farmers. That’s especially true for BIPOC farmers: 98% of farmland is owned by white landowners. With better land access, farming would be more sustainable, achievable and diverse. Without it, farmers can’t farm.

But there’s another harm that’s hidden within the crisis of land access. It’s harder to measure, but no less important. With land out of reach, fewer and fewer people have a relationship with the earth. That means, fewer and fewer people are getting the healing benefits of land: wonder, refuge, calm, even wealth and liberation. To move forward, we have to reimagine our relationship with the land.

So on today’s episode, we speak with two people who are committed to creating relationships with the land. Danielle Peláez is the Education Coordinator at Soul Fire Farm. Through their programming, they create opportunities for Afro-Indigenous people to forge lasting relationships with the earth. Rev Dele is a Black, Indigenous minister, who is teaching the church how to model sustainability. Through her initiatives, Soil & Souls and the Indigenous Mothers Community Land Trust, she’s sharing the Earth’s healing and pursuing land sovereignty for her community.

A better future starts with our imagination. So join us, as we reimagine our relationship with the land, and find strategies for sharing its bounty with others.

Highlights:

Danielle Peláez’s farming journey (1:50)
Rev Dele’s history with the land (4:30)
Disconnection: the dark history of land in America (6:25)
How land can heal you (8:24)
Learning from indigenous stewards (10:02)
The crisis of land access (12:19)
Land sovereignty & the Indigenous Mothers Community Land Trust (14:17)
How Soul Fire Farm creates opportunities for connection with their programming (16:47)
How the personal fuels the political (20:36)
Reimagining the land as a relative (22:12)
How the land can help us heal our relationships with each other (25:44)
It won’t take forever (28:42)
The role–and limits–of imagination in the fight for a better future (31:14)

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This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) project 2020-70028-32729.

Descripción:

Tenemos que reimaginar nuestra relación con la tierra.

Los agricultores sufren una crisis de acceso a la tierra. El número de explotaciones está disminuyendo y el coste de la propiedad agrícola casi se ha duplicado en la última década, dejando fuera a muchos posibles agricultores. Esto es especialmente cierto para los agricultores BIPOC: el 98% de las tierras agrícolas son propiedad de terratenientes blancos. Con un mejor acceso a la tierra, la agricultura...

La entrevista completa con Rev Dele está disponible con subtítulos en español en la página de Cultivemos en YouTube.

The full interview with Rev Dele is available with Spanish subtitles on the Cultivemos YouTube channel.

Description:

We have to reimagine our relationship with the land.

A better future starts with our imagination. So join us, as we reimagine our relationship with the land, and find strategies for sharing its bounty with others.

Highlights:

Danielle Peláez’s farming journey (1:50)
Rev Dele’s history with the land (4:30)
Disconnection: the dark history of land in America (6:25)
How land can heal you (8:24)
Learning from indigenous stewards (10:02)
The crisis of land access (12:19)
Land sovereignty & the Indigenous Mothers Community Land Trust (14:17)
How Soul Fire Farm creates opportunities for connection with their programming (16:47)
How the personal fuels the political (20:36)
Reimagining the land as a relative (22:12)
How the land can help us heal our relationships with each other (25:44)
It won’t take forever (28:42)
The role–and limits–of imagination in the fight for a better future (31:14)

Links:

Feedback:

If you have questions about the show or topics you'd like discussed in future episodes, email us at [email protected]

This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) project 2020-70028-32729.

Descripción:

Tenemos que reimaginar nuestra relación con la tierra.

Previous Episode

Reaching Rural America / Llegar a la América rural

Content warning: This episode contains discussions of suicide.

Rates for depression are higher in rural America than in urban areas; and according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates among people living in rural areas are 64 to 68 percent higher compared to people living in large urban areas. Public health awareness campaigns that work in cities aren’t cutting it in the countryside. Rural communities require a different communication approach.

That’s where Jeff Winton comes in. Jeff runs Wall Street Dairy in upstate New York, and he’s the founder of Rural Minds, a 501c3 nonprofit with the mission to serve as the informed voice for mental health in rural America and to provide mental health information and resources. The organization’s vision is a rural America where there’s no more stigma, silence, or suffering around mental illness.

Jeff founded Rural Minds in response to the suicide of his 28-year-old nephew, Brooks Winton. On this episode, we’ll discuss Jeff and Brooks’ story, and how they aim to raise awareness and remove stigma around mental illness in rural America. Recognizing that self-reliance and a do-it-yourself mindset are common among many individuals who live in rural communities, Rural Minds is partnering with individuals and organizations to help empower rural Americans with information, resources, and training to become part of the solution to improving rural mental health and preventing suicide.

Highlights:

Jeff Winton’s background (1:44)
Mental health organizations are struggling to reach rural America (5:29)
Brooks Winton and the origins of Rural Minds (6:44)
Why rural populations are more at risk for mental illness (11:41)
Cultural expectations of independence (14:47)
Why Jeff was honest about suicide in Brooks’ eulogy (16:03)
The power of telling your story (17:35)
Raising awareness through trusted organizations (21:31)
Mental health resources (23:37)

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If you have questions about the show or topics you'd like discussed in future episodes, email us at [email protected]

This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) project 2020-70028-32729.

Descripción:

Advertencia sobre el contenido: En este episodio se habla de suicidio.

Los índices de depresión son más altos en las zonas rurales de Estados Unidos que en las urbanas; y según los últimos datos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, los índices de suicidio entre las personas que viven en zonas rurales son entre un 64 y un 68 por ciento más altos en comparación con las personas que viven en grandes zonas urbanas. Las campañas de concienciación sanitaria que funcionan en las ciudades no sirven en el campo. Las comunidades rurales requieren un enfoque de comunicación diferente.

Ahí es donde entra Jeff Winton. Jeff dirige Wall Street Dairy, al norte del estado de Nueva York, y es el fundador de Rural Minds, una organización sin ánimo de lucro 501c3 cuya misión es ser la voz informada de la salud mental en las zonas rurales de Estados Unido...

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How to Change the World / Cómo cambiar el mundo

Entrevistas completas en vídeo con TemuAsyr Martin Bey y Minkah Taharkah están disponibles con subtítulos en español en el canal de YouTube de Cultivemos.

Full video interviews with TemuAsyr Martin Bey and Minkah Taharkah are available with Spanish subtitles on the Cultivemos YouTube channel.

Description:

Are we prepared to run the world?

We are in the midst of a mental health crisis for farmers. But while the effects of mental health are felt on a personal level, many of the root causes are systemic, built into the institutions that govern and fund agriculture. To be successful, the project for farmer mental health must include systemic change. But how do we achieve that change?

On this episode, we explore two different approaches: changing institutions from the inside and from the outside. We’ll compare the relative benefits–and limits–of working in the legislature vs. your own community, and why the road to change may lie somewhere in between.

Together with Minkah Taharkah and TemuAsyr Martin Bey, two members of the California Farmer Justice Collaborative, we explore the worlds of grassroots activism and federal lobbying, and discuss how you–yes, you!–can contribute to a cause, build a movement, and take care of yourself while you do it.

Highlights:

Big problems require big solutions (2:47)
Institutions have the resources (4:32)
Our cultural champions are right here (7:29)
Systemic problems affect us on an individual level (8:28)
Sometimes we need solutions faster than institutions can provide them (9:28)
If we don’t embrace institutions, we allow other people to run our resources (11:46)
Are we prepared to run the world (12:40)
California Farmer Justice Collaborative as model (14:41)
The power of a combined approach (16:15)
It starts with connections (19:05)
There’s a place for everyone (20:05)
Educating yourself and others (21:07)
Do the boring work (23:03)
Our movements are only as well as we are (25:46)
Systemic change is a marathon, not a sprint (28:25)

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If you have questions about the show or topics you'd like discussed in future episodes, email us at [email protected]

This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) project 2020-70028-32729.

Descripción:

¿Estamos preparados para dirigir el mundo?

Estamos inmersos en una crisis de salud mental de los agricultores. Pero aunque los efectos de la salud mental se dejan sentir a nivel personal, muchas de las causas profundas son sistémicas, están integradas en las instituciones que gobiernan y financian la agricultura. Para tener éxito, el proyecto de salud mental de los agricultores debe incluir un cambio sistémico. Pero, ¿cómo lograr ese cambio?

En este episodio exploramos dos enfoques diferentes: cambiar las instituciones desde dentro y desde fuera. Compararemos los beneficios relativos -y los límites- de trabajar en el poder legislativo frente a la propia comunidad, y por qué el camino hacia el cambio puede estar en algún punto intermedio.

Junto con Minkah Taharkah y Temu...