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[Charlie Knower]

Heartland Stories:Autumn Ness, Director of Hawaii Beyond Pesticides
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Ness, Director of Hawaii Beyond Pesticides  Heartland Stories Radio
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Summary: Featured speakers/guests:
This week Theresa talks with Autumn Ness, director of Hawaii organic land
management program for Beyond Pesticides, is an organizer and policy
advocate based in Maui. With the impacts of COVID-19 related hotel and
restaurant shutdowns, Ms. Ness helped found a new nonprofit, Maui Hub, that
has linked arms with Mauis small farms to support them through the crisis,
while also laying the foundation for long-term food system change. She was
instrumental in generating broad political support to begin the process of
converting pilot sites on Maui, Kauai, and Big Island (playing fields and
parks) to organic land management. She organized organic land management
trainings for county landscaping staff and provides ongoing support to
communities throughout the islands. Ms. Ness has been a policy consultant
to state and county legislators on agriculture, pesticide, and housing
policy. Specific projects include: expanding organic land management
practices in the public and private sector, better regulation of
pesticide-heavy industrial agriculture and the chemical companies
conducting outdoor genetic engineering (GE) crop testing, and the promotion
of small scale sustainable agriculture that produces food for the Hawaiian
Islands. Autumn was a leader in the historic citizens initiative for a
moratorium on GE crops in Maui County, which won at the ballot box in 2014,
but lost in courts when the chemical industry sued the County of Maui. She
works with a statewide coalition of environmental groups, to engage average
people in the political process, amplify their voices in government, and
drive policy.  Autumn Ness
Notes: Credits:
Heartland Stories Radio is a weekly 29-minute radio show that is also
available as a podcast, sponsored initially by the Heartland Study, a non
profit research project dedicated to protecting the health of pregnant
women and their babies. Each show engages listeners on the issues and
challenges in food, farming and global health. While the team is in the
Heartland, where much food is produced, our issues and interviews are with
change makers, influentials and everyday people from all over the globe. We
present solid information about what we all can do together to assure a
healthy and just food system for the 21st century.
Episodes are available on Audioport. Search for Heartland Stories or follow
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  A pioneer of the natural foods movement, host Theresa Marquez has
dedicated her 40-year career to protecting family farmers and facing our
health crisis through a culture of healthy food. Recently retired as
Mission Executive for Organic Valley, Theresa created Heartland Stories
Radio to reflect on the state of our world and its ensuing impact on public
health, urging people to work together and take control of their impact on
the planet.

Topics
Family Farm | Organic Farming | Food and Nutrition

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