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Listen to the American Resilience Podcast conversation with Common Energy CEO Richard Keiser to learn how to accelerate the transition to clean electricity generation and transmission and how we can create the amount of clean electricity needed.
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Wayne Swanson is a farm coach who helps farmers and food producers find out what they do best, and then shows them how to profit from their skills and natural talents. He also operates his own family farm specializing in pasture-raised meats, without using commercial feed, steroids or hormones. Wayne talks about how he relies on his corporate experience to help farmers make a better living, how to get more kids into agriculture careers, and ways that farmers and non-farmers can access government funds that help them improve or conserve land.
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Klaas Martens, organic farmer and visionary thinker on systemic changes related to agriculture, talks about everything from crop insurance and food security to managing erosion, supporting soil health, improving public health and water quality in cities by changing the way we farm in rural areas, and how we can help farmers earn a living in the face of natural disasters that are getting more severe and more frequent.
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ago on land rented from Bethany United Church of Christ in Seattle, where her nonprofit worked hard to make the soil productive, provided food for the community, and increased the value of the land. On March 1 she was notified they would have 30 days to vacate the land. While they currently seek a new place to farm, their experience is instructive for urban agriculture across the country, especially for young people trying to become farmers in cities.
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Director Wahleah Johns offers an update to our film Nation in Transition, from the Current Revolution energy transition film series. She talks about her office's important work helping Tribal communities obtain reliable energy, growing up on the Navajo Nation, and the obstacles that still remain for accomplishing the energy transition across Indian Country.
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Matt Griggs is a fifth-generation corn, wheat, soybean, and cotton farmer working hard to transition his farm to regenerative agriculture. We talk about the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill, and how it can prioritize helping farmers earn a living through the carbon they sequester, while also allowing them to better withstand the effects of extreme weather and improve global food stability.
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Councilmember Andria McClellan of the City of Norfolk, Virginia discusses how flooding affects national security, how the Hampton Roads region can help lead the country's adaptation, mitigation, and resilience efforts, and what she's learned about successful cooperation across jurisdictional and political divides.
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Fmr. Asst. Sec. of Defense for Operational Energy, Sharon Burke, discusses the military’s ongoing efforts to reduce its petroleum dependence, accelerate the energy transition for the nation, stay strong through the climate crisis, and the interconnections between human security and the natural environment.
