Speakers and Events on Farming, Forests, and Food Systems

Past events on video

Protecting Massachusetts Forests: A series of talks about the critical importance of forests in the time of Climate Emergency

How Massachusetts Forests Help Save the Climate, Dr. William R. Moomaw, May 12, 2020
Our Massachusetts Forests: To Cut or Not to Cut, Michael Kellett and Dr. Bill Stubblefield, May 19, 2020
Bioenergy and Forests, Dr. Mary S. Booth, June 9, 2020
Forests and Brain Health: Emerging Research, Dr. Susan A. Masino, June 16, 2020
The Role of Dead Trees and Fire in Forest Ecosystems, George Wuerthner, July 28, 2020
Alosada Kpiwi – Let’s Walk in the Woods: Finding our Place Among All of Our Relations, Rich Holschuh June 15, 2021
Biochar: What it is and what it is not, Rachel Smolker, July 13, 2021

Soil Health Speaker Series: Beyond Stopping Emissions: How Healthy Soil and Plants Can Restore Climate Balance

Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape, Owen Wormser, September 1, 2020
The Magic & the Mysteries of Climate, Soil, Plants & Trees How soil and plants help create our amazing climate and how we can help them restore it, Kate O’Connor, October 6, 2020
Agricultural Climate Change Mitigation ~ Eric Toensmeier, December 1, 2020
Getting to Know the Soils of Massachusetts and Why It Matters, Ralph Baker, Ph.D., January 5, 2021
Changing the Climate: The Role of Some Widely Used Agrochemicals, Ed Stockman, February 2, 2021
Small Scale Practices for Soil Improvement and Carbon Sequestration, Sharon Gensler, March 30, 2021
MICROORGANISMS: A Key Solution for Climate, Soil, Food, and Our Health, Ellen Moyer, April 13, 2021

Food Systems and Food Justice Speaker Series

A Conversation about Racial Equity and Food Access, Anna Gilbert-Muhammad and Ibrahim Ali, March 16, 2021
Seeds of Change, Kannan Thiruvengadam, May 19, 2021

Kiss the Ground film

Kiss the Ground is a full-length documentary (narrated by Woody Harrelson) that sheds light on regenerative agriculture which has the potential to balance our climate, replenish our water supplies and feed more people. This revolution in how we grow our food and care for the soil is the solution — right beneath our feet! — to many intractable problems threatening the very survival of civilization.

Mina Liang (AmherstINDY) reported on an October showing, “Amherst Residents See Solutions Beneath Their Feet At Outdoor Film Screenings Of ‘Kiss the Ground’” (10/16/20).