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Dr. Warren Bell interviews local, regional and international guests about issues in food security, sustainable agriculture, local farming and community engagement in local food production. The Show is a program of the Shuswap Food Action Society and airs weekly on CKVS 93.7 FM the Voice of the Shuswap, in Salmon Arm BC, Canada.
Host: Dr. Warren Bell
Producer/Editor: Tom Grady
Sponsor: Askew's Foods, Salmon Arm, BC.
A program of the Shuswap Food Action Society
116 Episodes
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In this episode Warren's guests are Melanie Bennett and Mary Rodriguez with the Shuswap Food Action Society. Melanie will outline the spring and summer programs for SFAS including what's going on at the John McLean Community Garden, the Community Teaching Garden and with Project Grow, the youth gardening contest. Mary oversees the School Food program for School District 83 and will update us on the successes of the past year and how the School Food program is having a positive impact on the health of children in our community.
In this episode listen to Warren's interview with Dr. Navin Ramankutty, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Data Science for Sustainable Global Food Systems at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Ramankutty's research program aims to understand how humans use and modify the Earth’s land surface for agriculture and to determine the implications of these modifications for the global environment. His research aims to find solutions to the problem of feeding humanity with minimal global environmental impact. Navin and Warren will talk about his life growing up in India, how he came to Canada, and how he hopes his research will help to improve the way we grow food and feed the planet.
This week Warren welcomes Christine Tether, Manager of the Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market. Christine will share her experience coordinating this weekly event and working with the many vendors who attend the market. She and Warren will talk about Christine's past roles as a Biologist and her life raising three (soon to be four) children with her partner on their homestead in Notch Hill.
Warren welcomes back Dr. Keith Williams of Athabasca University to talk more about indigenous agriculture practices and returning to the theories of land stewardship that our first peoples have followed for centuries.
In this episode you will hear Warren's interview with Dr. Cary Fowler, an American agriculturalist who served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security from 2022 to 2025. He was previously executive director of the Crop Trust, which has a mandate to ensure "the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide." Dr. Fowler is known as the father of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which currently houses samples of more than one million distinct crop varieties. In 2024 Cary Fowler received the World Food Prize for his work on seed genetics and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
In this episode Warren welcomes Denise Griffiths and Larissa Stagg of the Sorrento Village Farmers Market. Market Manager Denise and Society VP Larissa talk with Warren about the origins, growth and success of the market that has been running on Saturdays in Sorrento (May to October) for twenty-five years. You will hear all about Larissa's bee keeping business and about the other artisans, brewers, farmers and foodies who come together every week to make the Sorrento Farmers market a great destination for anyone living or travelling in the Shuswap.
This week Warren's guests are Adam and Jenna Wall of Purple Pasture Homestead in Salmon Arm. Working on Jenna's grandparent's land, they started their homestead in 2019 while living in a 26 foot trailer. Now well established, Adam and Jenna are regulars at the Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market. Their goal is to be as self-sufficient as possible. They grow their own food, raise their own animals, do their own canning and baking and bring their delicious food to sell at the Farmers Market every week.
This week Warren's guests are Jade and Isabelle Shamen, Quoc Nguyen and Amelia Jensen, all members of the recently formed FRIES Society. This new organization in the Shuswap is dedicated to making available the equipment and infrastructure that local food growers need to establish their farms and help to rebuild our local food system. FRIES encourages using regenerative farming methods to protect our water, to rebuild our soil and to provide the local community with nutritionally dense foods. The group is coordinating a food equipment cooperative including farm implements, transport equipment and food processing equipment such as a grain mill. In addition the team is developing facilities for local food storage.
This week Warren's guests are Kevin and Joy de Vos of Foxtrot Dairy located just off Hwy 97B near Enderby, BC. Joy and Kevin have been running Foxtrot Dairy on Kevin's family land for decades. Now, they have opened Foxtrot Dairy General Store on the property and are offering educational tours of the dairy, local produce and dairy products, and their own farm raised beef. Kevin and Joy are long time 4H leaders and the family has been deeply involved in the community for many years. Listen in to hear about Foxtrot Dairy's latest endeavor and make a plan to visit Foxtrot Dairy soon.
In this episode Warren's guest is Salmon Arm City Councilor Sylvia Lindgren. Sylvia and Warren talk about the role of the City's Environmental Advisory Committee and its relationship to preserving the environment for sustainable farming and food production in the Shuswap. The EAC mandate is to protect, maintain and enhance the natural environment in accordance with the provisions of the Environmental section of the Official Community Plan. Some upcoming projects include an anti-idling campaign and setting up community seminars in conjunction with local nurseries on drought-resistant and fire-safe landscaping.
In this episode Warren's guest is Dr. Hannah Wittman, Professor of Land and Food Systems with the University of British Columbia. Dr. Wittman’s research studies agrarian reform, food sovereignty, and agrarian citizenship. Her projects include community-based research on farmland access, transition to organic agriculture, and seed sovereignty in British Columbia, food sovereignty in Ecuador and Brazil, and the role that urban agriculture and farm-to-school nutrition initiatives play in food literacy education.
In this episode Warren's guest is Ashlee Rutherford of Gnominvore Kitchen. Ashlee joins Warren for a lively discussion of her new local food endeavour where she offers tasty foods with sustainability in mind. Ashlee is becoming a regular at the Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market where she sells frozen meals, novelty items like cook at home Poutine Kits and Duck breast pastrami - a ready to eat delicious deli or charcuterie meat. Soon to come are convenient 'homestyle' meals perfect for anyone looking for quick healthy options when life gets busy. Originally from Western Australia, Ashlee has had an interesting life of travel, work and education and has recently settled in Salmon Arm. Join Warren and Ashlee for a great story of travel, food, love and love of cooking.
In this episode Warren's guest is Valerie Tarasuk of the University of Toronto. Valerie is the lead investigator behind PROOF, a project conducting research to advance understanding of the causes and consequences of food insecurity in Canada and the policy interventions necessary to prevent this problem. Dr. Tarasuk’s work has helped lay the foundation for food insecurity monitoring in Canada, and in recent years, her research has utilized monitoring data to advance knowledge on food insecurity in this country. Join Warren and Valerie for a deep dive into issues in food insecurity in Canada.
In this episode hear Warren's conversation with Brian MacIsaac and Rebecca Kneen of Crannog Ales and Left Fields Farm in Sorrento BC. For Twenty-five years Brian and Rebecca have been developing and running their organic brewery and farm lands with a passion for natural, local and flavourful beer and lamb. They are equally passionate about their impact on the earth and fighting for their cultural agenda which includes social justice, stewardship of the land, the arts and close community. Listen in for an in-depth discussion of some of the critical issues facing our communities, farmers and small businesses today.
In our latest episode Warren talks with Naomi Robert of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Naomi holds a Master of Land and Water Systems degree from the University of British Columbia where she studied water resource management in agriculture, a B.Sc. from McGill University in Earth System Science, and is currently a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University in the School of Resource and Environmental Management. She is a Professional Agrologist with the BC Institute of Agrologists, practicing in research, transfer and application, and a board member of Food Secure Canada. Warren and Naomi will talk about the ways food can forge connections between individuals, communities, and land and how her food system research and community projects help to build a bridge between academic, practitioner, and community initiatives.
In this episode Warren talks with sustainable agriculture experts Dr. John Ikerd and Dr. Kent Mullinix. Dr. Ikerd is an Agricultural Economist, a prolific author and Professor Emeritus with the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Mullinix is the Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security with Kwantlen Polytechnic University. This conversation gets at the necessity and core issues in shifting our mass production methods of food production to community based agriculture driven by cooperation among people in local settings and in concert with the needs of the land. John and Kent share their teaching experience, research and years of practice in developing new and sustainable ways to feed the planet.
In this episode hear Warren's live broadcast with Keli Westgate of Lekker Land Design. Keli is a certified Permaculture Designer helping clients create their own abundant, eco-friendly garden landscape that support climate-positive goals including increasing food security, personal health and community resilience. Keli has clients throughout the North Okanagan and Shuswap and she was instrumental in establishing the Lighthouse Community Food Forest at the Salvation Army Food Bank in Salmon Arm. Join Warren and Keli as they explore the benefits of permaculture design principles in establishing productive and earth friendly gardens.
Warren's guests are Becky Dochstader and Will Miller of Holey Handpies here in Salmon Arm. Will and Becky are regulars at the Salmon Arm Downtown Farmers Market where they sell a variety of locally made savory pies. Will is also the Manager at Zest, our local commercial food hub where many producers come to cook their products. Learn about Will and Becky's varied backgrounds and how they came to the Shuswap to set up their business and establish their life together.
This week Warren's guest is David Colombe of Still Food Bistro on Alexander Street in Salmon Arm. David has a wide ranging background of work and travel in the music and food industries. David was the Head Chef at Table24 in Salmon Arm and currently is a Yoga instructor and owner of Still Food Bistro, where he focuses on local, organic and vegan fare. Join Warren and David for a wide ranging conversation about music, travel, yoga, and preparing great food with local organic ingredients.
Warren's guest is Jazmyn Evans of Grow & Change Horticultural Services in Mara, BC. This past summer Jazmyn was the lead judge for Project Grow, a youth garden contest that announced winners at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair. Jazmyn and Warren talk about the project and the winners, and discuss horticulture education, the positive effects of a healthy landscape and growing your own food.
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