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PODCAST

Roots Watering Hole Podcast Series

Orrin Williams and Akilah Martin

The Roots Watering Hole podcast series is provided through generous support from the Kalliopeia Foundation. Thanks to their support we have begun the journey to share space in elevated wisdom from numerous voices of people who do good in the world in various forms while providing information to our target communities. Roots Watering Hole produces oral narratives for a multitude of purposes. One track is a monthly gardening education and food literacy series co-hosted by Orrin Williams, the Food

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All Episodes

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NOVEMBER 2025 FOOD LITERACY PODCAST

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2025/11/18

November 2025 Food Literacy podcast post the federal government shutdown in the USA. A host of issues related to food security and sovereignty came to light during the shutdown, including the value of food assistance programs such as SNAP. Check out this episode as we begin addressing many of the issues raised. As always, I will instruct you to pay attention to the show notes for information regarding this episode. Scratching the surface about what we will be talking about in upco...

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October 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/10/14

Check out the short October 2025 Food Literacy Podcast. As always, be sure to check out the show notes for resources, including a link to the October 2024 episode. Most of this short episode is related to topics related to food as medicine, whereas the 2024 episode is garden-oriented. A checklist for October garden tasks is included in the show notes. I participated in the interview process for the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School project, Urban Agric...

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September 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/09/09

This is a very short episode. If you are looking for gardening information, see the show notes for content regarding ideas for September. We are seeking ideas related to cooking, cooking skills, recipes, and other culinary topics for the next few episodes. Please email me with any ideas you may have. Plantophiles: What to Plant in September, Zone By Zone Knollwood: The Beginner's Guide to Fall Vegetable Gardening in Zone 6 September 2022 Food Literacy Podcast Episode September 2023 Food Liter...

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August 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/08/12

August offers opportunities to sow seeds for crops that will carry our gardeners into autumn. There will be about 60 days before the first frost date. Check out the video links for crops that will mature before October 15th. Because frost dates are not set in stone, you may even have a longer period. Last year, I harvested some warm-weather crops after November 1, so you never know. Just know there is ample time to continue your 2025 gardening journey... I am elated to offer this episode afte...

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July 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/07/08

Here is a short 15-minute episode with reminders about what to pay attention to in our gardens in July. July has arrived and gardening season is in full swing. There are approximately 105 days left in the typical growing season. Of course, if you take some steps to extend the season you may be able to grow crops such as collard greens, kale, etc. in early winter. Here are some crops you may want to consider growing in July that will provide a yield before the frost returns. ...

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June 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/06/10

Tune in for some general observations about June gardening and seasonal shopping. Also, remember to get some Vitamin N—the N stands for nature. Get outside, get moving, and eat real, whole seasonal fruits and vegetables as the main part of your diet. The summer solstice is almost here in the northern hemisphere, and it is time for one of my favorite foods- watermelon. Make sure you know how to select a great melon. This summer, seasonal produce will be abundant in addition to watermelon. See ...

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May 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/05/21

May 2025 Food Literacy Podcast Notes May is here in Chicago with the typical temperature swings. We had temperatures ranging between 80 and 90 degrees for a couple of days last week, and now, as I write and put the podcast together on May 20th, it is 53 degrees with a blustery wind. The keyword in this era of climate instability is unpredictable. Rather than being redundant, I invite you to visit the Roots Watering Hole and Chicago Grows Food websites for more informat...

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April 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/04/15

Enjoy the April 2025 Food Literacy Podcast! Of significant importance to successful gardening is the number of hours of sunlight available (see the amount of daily sunlight available via your zip code) at this time of year. Now is a good time to start warm weather crop seeds indoors, such as tomatoes, peppers, etc., they should be mature and ready for transplanting after the last frost date (check last frost dates, understand there is no way to know precisely when the last frost date will be,...

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March 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/03/11

This month's Food Literacy podcast is entirely devoted to gardening. Happy Meteorological Spring, here's to a great gardening season! It is March and the plant and gardening communities are raring to go. In fact, I have distributed thousands of seeds to our partners to begin seedlings and their crop plans. One site we like is Mind & Soil and their YouTube Channel where they have done numerous experiments on garden-related processes. I think the Mind and Soil website is worth a deep ...

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Dr. Christy Garrison Harrison Southern University

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2025/02/26

Please listen to this episode of the Roots Watering Hole podcast with Dr. Christy Garrison Harrison of Southern University. We asked Dr. Harrison to respond to a question we asked of respondents to our collaboration with the Center for Humans and Nature for their Questions for a Resilient Future series. The question is "What can we learn from the soil about our fundamental interconnectedness?" Additionally, we followed up by asking Dr. Harrison to respond to how people in the African Di...

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January 2025 Food Literacy Podcast

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2025/01/14

Introductory podcast for the 2025 season. Tune in for updates about what to expect in 2025. Also, please share topics you would like to see us cover beginning in February 2025. We are looking for guests as we will offer video episodes with content experts in February or March of 2025. Stay tuned for that, in the meantime let us prepare for a healthy and happy gardening and food literacy season!National Seed Swap Day is January 25, 2025. Check out the Cool Beans website for more information. T...

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December 2024 Food Literacy Podcast

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2024/12/09

We are signing out of the Food Literacy Podcast for 2024 and anticipate having a wonderful 2025 with episodes and resources devoted to all things food literacy from gardening to cooking to consumer information and exciting programming being planned for 2025 in Chicago. Stay tuned!December 2024 Food Literacy Podcast Show Notes Urban Farmer Zone 6 Planting Calendar Guide Farmers’ Almanac Seed Starting 101 The Garden Magazine 15 Tips for Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors Botan...

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November 2024 Food Literacy Podcast

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2024/11/12

This is a very brief episode of the food literacy podcast so as usual pay attention to the show notes for what we hope is useful information. More importantly, I want to make sure to thank all of the people and organizations I work with throughout the year.The new year is just about 7 weeks away and 39 days away from the winter solstice and the journey of the return of the sun and longer days. Spring arrives in just 128 days from the date of this recording. The last frost date is usually repo...

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October 2024 Food Literacy Podcast

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2024/10/08

Hello, listeners to the October 2024 Food Literacy Podcast. Harvest time is upon us but as strange as it may seem it is also time to think about the 2025 gardening season. Get ready for winter and 2025!Here are some resources I hope will inform your decision(s). In doing research for this episode, I came across the Gardenary YouTube channel and an episode that suggested we stop using fertilizers to grow our gardens. The title was a bit misleading, but I agreed well sort of. The host talked ab...

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August 2024 Food Literacy Podcast

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2024/08/06

Hello Listeners, this is a concise episode devoted to encouraging our listeners to establish a fall vegetable garden Longer episodes will begin in September 2024 where we will discuss myriad food literacy and wellness issues as well as follow up on fall vegetable gardening methods.I am having a hard time believing that it is August but alas it is! But it is fall garden and crop time, personally because of early season illness the fall season will be crucial for us as we will be planting many ...

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JULY 2024 FOOD LITERACY PODCAST EPISODE

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2024/07/09

The Food Literacy podcast resumes after a hiatus. I am better now and returning to the microphone with the July 2024 Food Literacy Podcast. This is probably more accurately described as a shortcast but we will cover some gardening topics for July and a few Food as Medicine items in the show notes. I hope you enjoy the episode!I have commissioned carpenter friends Mike Reynolds and Rudy Taylor to design and build garden tables to enhance the gardening experience for elders and those with mobil...

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March 2024 Food Literacy Podcast

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2024/03/12

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February 2024 Food Literacy Podcast

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2024/02/13

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Dr. JPB Gerald author of "Antisocial Language...

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2024/02/08

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Roots Watering Hole Podcast Series Returns

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2024/01/17

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