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REV On Air: Graham Platner, Candidate Most Likely To Start a Revolution
Today, Cora has her most personal conversation to date. At her home in Maine, she speaks to her childhood friend Graham Platner about his unique campaign for U.S. Senate. Running as a progressive democrat, Graham hopes to change the American system to support working class families and fight oligarchy.
“My hope, is that working people in this country begin to realize that many of the divisive issues that we all find ourselves on opposite sides of are merely there to keep us all divided. And that we can build a real sense of true solidarity with each other over the fact that we all know that the system is not built for us, it is not representing us, and the more of that solidarity that we can build, the more organizing capacity that we can build on the ground amongst working people, the more power that we can take back from the political structure that have left us so unrepresented for so long.”
– Graham Platner
About Graham:
Graham Platner is a Marine and U.S. Army veteran, oyster farmer, and chair of the Sullivan Planning Board, and candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maine, to defeat Susan Collins and win back the seat for working Mainers. Whether it was enlisting in the US Marine Corps, or coming back home to Maine to work in his community, or running for Senate, at the core of every decision Graham has made has been how he can best serve the people of Maine.
After graduating high school in 2003, during the height of the Iraq War, Graham snuck his birth certificate out of his father’s office to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. After completing his infantry training, Graham was assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion 8th Marines and deployed to Al-Anbar Province, Iraq in January of 2005 where the battalion served primarily in the area east of Fallujah. In 2006, he was deployed to Ramadi, Iraq and served as machinegun section leader at the Government Center. He was deployed again in 2007.
After his third deployment, Graham enrolled at The George Washington University using the GI Bill. Graham quickly realized that his time serving in uniform was not over. So in 2009, he joined the Maryland Army National Guard. He was deployed to Afghanistan the following year where he served as a rifle team leader.
He returned from Afghanistan and went back to school at The George Washington University in 2011. Like many veterans, Graham struggled with undiagnosed PTSD and physical challenges that come from heavy infantry combat. Graham eventually withdrew from George Washington University and moved back home to Maine where he used the resources from the Department of Veterans Affairs to get the help he needed.
After four tours overseas, Graham was deeply disillusioned with America’s failed foreign policy and endless wars and decided to focus on serving his local community in Maine.
In 2018, Graham started working on his friend’s small oyster farm in his hometown of Sullivan. He quickly felt deeply connected with the sea and the community. He eventually took over the oyster farm and built it into a business that produces high quality oysters. Graham also began a diving and mooring service to help out around the bay, and serves the town of Sullivan as Harbormaster and Planning Board Chair. He met Amy Gertner in 2023, fell in love, and got married soon after. They now reside in Sullivan—three doors down from where Graham grew up—with their two dogs Gryffin and Zevon and their cat Neptune.
“People are living hard lives, and they are trying their best to exist. And this is what I would say is one of my critiques of the environmentalist side of things is that telling people that they are guilty or bad for the behavior that they need to engage in to exist in the society that they live in, telling them that and saying this would all be better if we just individually would do that right thing, I think that is just a total failure of the sustainability movement.”
– Graham Platner
Useful links for this episode…
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REV On Air: The Power Of Your Relationship To Food with Danielle Duboise of Sakara Life
Today, Cora talks with Danielle Duboise, co-founder of Sakara Life, a whole-body wellness company on a mission to nourish your body’s innate power. They discuss a question many of us have: What does true wellness mean? As a founder, and a mom, Danielle has thought about this a lot. She talks to Cora about conscious consumption. She shares what it means to her and how she practices it in her life and with her young family.
“I had spent my whole life treating food as the enemy, but food was really there to make me feel better. And that was such an aha moment.“
– Danielle Duboise, Sakara Life
About Danielle:
Danielle DuBoise is the co-founder and co-chairwoman of Sakara Life. She is also the best-selling author of the brand’s first cookbook, EAT CLEAN PLAY DIRTY. Additionally, she co-hosts the Sakara Life Podcast. Danielle holds a Master of Science in Functional Medicine and Human Nutrition from the University of Western States. She blends her scientific knowledge of nutrition with a love for holistic wellness. This combination inspires others to nourish their bodies and live vibrant lives.
DuBoise is a pioneer in wellness and champions plants as medicine. She has received honors like Forbes’ 30 Under 30, Oprah’s SuperSoul 100, Goldman Sachs’ Most Interesting Entrepreneurs, and MindBodyGreen’s 100 Women in Wellness. Danielle grew up in Arizona. She holds on to her Sedona roots while living in NYC with her husband and two kids.
About Sakara Life:
Sakara Life started with $700 from DuBoise and co-founder Whitney Tingle at a dinner party. This whole-body wellness company aims to nourish your body’s natural power. They empower clients to take charge of their health. Their program includes plant-based nutrition, functional snacks, and supplements.
Sakara started in 2012 out of need. Since January 2021, it has provided over 15 million meals across the country. DuBoise was taken to the hospital by Tingle after a 7-day cleanse gave her pneumonia. The two hit rock bottom with their health and knew they needed to take matters into their own hands. DuBoise’s pre-med studies and hospital work made her see that medicine alone couldn’t solve her food issues.
So, she joined the famous Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN). There, she discovered how to use food as medicine. DuBoise and Tingle brought together modern Western medicine and ancient Eastern healing. They aimed to overcome their long struggle with disordered eating and cystic acne. Once they healed themselves and created Sakara’s 9 Proprietary Pillars of Nutrition, they began cooking meals in their shared 500 sq. ft. New York City apartment and hired skateboarders to help them hand-deliver meals at sunrise. Since then, Sakara has expanded to also offer functional snacks and supplements, which are a key growth driver for the business.
“As a dieter myself for so long, I really recognize the transformation of thinking about food as less is always better to thinking about food as medicine and nourishment.”
– Danielle Duboise, Sakara Life
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Building One Of The World’s Best Hotels With Post Ranch Inn’s Mike Freed
Cora Hilts heads to Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur. She talks with founder Mike Freed about his journey. And How he built one of the most stunning and most sustainable hotels in the world.
“We’ve been voted the best hotel in the world, and separately voted one of the most sustainable hotels in the world. So we’re just going to continue doing it the way we want to do it, and hopefully it will keep working.”
– Mike Freed
About Post Ranch Inn
Big Sur is one of the world’s most beautiful places. Among its treasures is Post Ranch Inn, known as one of the most iconic hotels globally. Even though sustainability guided its design, the hotel never sacrificed aesthetics or quality. Everything blends together in a harmonious manner. The owner, Mike Freed, says a love of the land and the people of Big Sur informed every decision he made in creating the hotel.
This hotel is beautiful inside and out. It started with the local community’s involvement. A native architect focused on natural building methods helped shape it. Now, the hotel uses various technologies to improve efficiency and keep spaces healthy. For the planet and their guests!
What Makes Post Ranch Inn So Sustainable
Energy
In 2009, they installed a 945-panel solar system. The EPA estimates this installation prevents about 600,000 pounds of carbon emissions annually. This represents just one way Post Ranch actively conserves energy and champions clean power.
Design & Architecture
The guest rooms and tree houses are to immerse people in nature rather than position them as mere observers. Architects employed bio-structure principles and chose natural materials like glass, wood, and stone. They also integrated passive solar heating throughout the buildings.
Land & Wildlife
Post Ranch Inn protects this pristine landscape and its wildlife by designating 90 of its 100 acres as a conservation area. Zero-impact principles and land preservation drive every decision they make.
Food & Beverage
Sierra Mar, the Post Ranch Inn restaurant champions local farmers and strengthens the regional economy. The restaurant features all-natural, free-range beef and poultry while showcasing fresh, seasonal organic vegetables and fruit that grow on-site or come from nearby farms.
“You know, it’s just not that much more difficult to do things right.”
– Mike Freed
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REV On Air: The Power and Peril of the Seed with Dan Barber of Blue Hill Farm
In this episode, we chat with Dan Barber. He is the co-founder and chef at Blue Hill Restaurant in Stone Barns, NY. In this first in-person interview since 2020, Dan talks to our co-founder Cora. He shares his passion for sustainable food and dining. Dan discusses Row 7, the seed company he co-founded. He talks about nose-to-tail eating and how restaurants can change global food production.
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About Dan Barber
Today’s guest is the amazing Dan Barber. He is the Chef of Blue Hill Restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village and Blue Hill at Stone Barns. His views on food and agricultural policy have been featured in the New York Times along with many other publications. Dan has received multiple James Beard awards including Best Chef: New York City (2006) and the country’s Outstanding Chef (2009). In 2009 he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.
Barber draws on the knowledge of chefs, farmers, and seed breeders worldwide. He suggests a new way to define ethical and tasty eating. Barber paves a hopeful path for both eaters and chefs. He encourages everyone to envision a future where our national cuisine is delicious and sustainable.
Dan also applies his passion to work outside his establishments’ walls. He co-founded Row 7 Seeds with vegetable breeder Michael Mazourek. Their goal is to create tasty and nutritious foods. They offer seeds like citrusy Patchwork Peppers and nutty Upstate Abundance Potatoes to the public. He also hosts educational programs. One is WastED, a pop-up at Manhattan’s Blue Hill in 2015. It served tasty dishes made from ingredients many people wouldn’t think to use. He has also done a lot of recognition for compost which we love.
Our Conversation with Dan Barber
“Dan and I discussed what lead him to create Row 7 seeds. Just FOUR companies own over 60% of the world’s seed crops. This means that most of our food sources are controlled by a few corporations. These companies are agribusinesses, such as Bayer. They design seeds to be genetically modified. These seeds only thrive when a specific pesticide is applied. Bayer produces that pesticide, which can be used generously from the time the seeds are planted. Meaning our food contains chemicals from it’s inception in many cases. As disease rises in many populations, I think about the link to pesticides and toxic fertilizers. Our food often absorbs chemicals even before it grows. Not to mention what it means to have businesses hold the rights to something as fundamental as the seeds that grow our food.” – Cora Hilts
“Restaurants can be broadcasting stations for larger ideas. Influential art museums can change your perspective. Restaurants have the opportunity to do this too. They can change how we want our food to be grown. You can be in the middle of the city and affect the world by what restaurant you’re going to, and what your ordering. You can then take those ideas and make them your own, in your own home and in your community. That’s powerful.”
Dan Barber – Blue Hill Restaurant
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REV On Air: Alkemis Founders On Creating a Healthy Home with Non Toxic Wall Paint
Cora Hilts, our co-founder, is renovating her farmhouse in Maine. She wants it to be healthy and nontoxic. While searching for paint, she found that many brands are very harmful to people and the environment. She was excited to discover Alkemis, the world’s first wellness paint. Inspired, she invited the co-founders to her podcast. They shared all the insights she gained from working with them!
About today’s guests:
Alkemis Paint was co-founded by Maya Crowne and Price Latimer. They founded the company to make a long-lasting, non toxic wall paint derived from earthen pigments and all-natural ingredients. This paint supports consumer health and safeguards ecosystems.
“Conventional paint can off-gas for ten years. Our non toxic wall paint is actually the complete opposite. It purifies the air and is carbon sequestering, so while drying one gallon of Alkemis paint will capture and absorb as much carbon dioxide as nine trees in one day.”
– Alkemis Paint
Why is conventional wall paint harmful?
Toxic Paint Chemicals Impact Your Health!
Paint can be harmful because it has toxic chemicals. These include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and sometimes heavy metals. VOCs easily evaporate at room temperature. Inhaling them can lead to health issues. Some paints also contain lead-based paint, which is highly toxic, especially to children. Some paint additives can harm your health. Phthalates, PFAs, formaldehyde, and benzene may cause liver damage. They can also be carcinogenic or disrupt hormones.
Paint Is The Largest Source Of Micro-plastics In The Ocean (Forbes)
A new study shows that paint particles make up over half (58%) of all micro-plastics in oceans and waterways each year. A study by Environmental Action (EA), based in Switzerland, says that more paint is leaking into the oceans than we thought. Researchers say that every year, 1.9 million tonnes of paint enter oceans and waterways. This paint makes up 58% of all micro-plastics in the water. It even surpasses other sources, like textile fibers and tyre dust.
Why We Love Alkemis Non Toxic Wall Paint
Alkemis is one of the few Cradle to Cradle Certified® paints in North America. It avoids harmful synthetics and toxic pollutants found in regular paint brands. Alkemis is proud to be Cradle to Cradle Certified® Material Health Gold. Their non toxic wall paints are ethically made and help customers breathe easier and live in harmony. They harness the healing power of natural pigments and crystals.
Alkemis Non Toxic Wall Paint Credentials
Alkemis wall paint is all natural, non toxic, zero VOC, Cradle to Cradle Certified®. The paint has no chemical smell. It is non-flammable, mold-resistant, and hand-crafted. It’s also self-priming and made from a high-performing mineral-based solution.
“We like to say that not all paint is created equal. But the reality is you’re painting your walls with liquid plastic so it creates a saran wrap-like impenetrable barrier of plastic. That has a bunch of health implications. For instance, if you’re in a space that has a lot of moisture, that moisture gets trapped behind the paint layer, causing mold. PFAS, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, micro-plastics… these are all things that are in conventional paint.”
– Alkemis Paint
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REV On Air: Healing The World With Regenerative Organic Agriculture With Jeff Tkach of Rodale Institute
In this special podcast, Cora Hilts, our co-founder, recorded live with Jeff Tkach at Bloom Farm in Pennsylvania. Jeff talked about his job as CEO of Rodale Institute. He also talked about how regenerative agriculture and organic farming can boost human and planetary health.
“6% of all food consumed in the United States is certified organic, yet we only produce 1% of that here. So we are actually a net importer of certified organic food. This shows that we have a big chance to onshore our food system by supporting local farmers.”
– Jeff Tkach, CEO of Rodale Institute
About Jeff Tkach
Jeff Tkach, CEO of Rodale Institute, aims to reconnect people with the earth. He leads the organization’s growth, impact, and planning. He aims to strengthen the Institute’s renowned work in research and education on regenerative organic agriculture.
Tkach leads a global team. They focus on innovations in regenerative organic agriculture. He manages strategic planning and oversees the Institute’s twelve campuses in the U.S. and Europe. He also directs research investments and supervises the education programs.
About the Rodale Institute
Rodale Institute is a nonprofit. It focuses on advancing regenerative organic agriculture. They do this through research, training farmers, and providing education. Their cutting-edge science and support programs empower farmers. This sparks change in farming and food production all over the world. In their 78 years, they have shown that organic farming is vital for humanity’s survival.
Rodale Institute tackles a big challenge: building a resilient global food system. This system aims to boost human health and protect the environment. Their top research and great education help farms and farmers use regenerative organic practices. This shift enhances soil health and secures the world’s food supply.
“A small percentage of society know a farmer. That has to change. If we really want to be a healthy humanity we need to have relationships with people in our community that are growing healthy food. And the most nourishing, nutrient dense food is grown on regenerative organic farms in our local communities. That is going to counterbalance any chronic illness epidemic that we are seeing at mass proportions.”
– Jeff Tkach, CEO of Rodale Institute
Why Regenerative Agriculture…
Profit
Farmers can earn 3-6 times more profits than farming conventionally.
Efficiency
Regenerative Agriculture uses 45% less energy than farming conventionally.
Emissions
Regenerative Agriculture releases 40% less carbon emissions than farming conventionally.
Production
Yields up to 40% more crops than conventional farming can in times of drought.
Health
Improves soil health which in turn can improve human health through what we consume.
Learn more in their Farming Systems Trial – Rodale Institute
About Bloom Farm
Bloom Farm is a Nature Preserve and Environmental Education Center. It shows what regeneration can be when done on a larger scale. Visitors can also interact with their beautiful work. The farm sits on 60 acres of protected land. It’s a biodiversity haven next to a limestone ridge. They let nature guide their regenerative practices. This creates a lively ecosystem of forests, pastures, and protected waterways.
To learn more about Bloom Farm, listen to our podcast with Sam Nana Sinkam, founder of the farm.
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REV On Air: Native Landscaping With ORCA Founder, Molly Sedlacek
In this episode, Molly Sedlacek, founder of Orca Living and Landscape, shares her tips. She talks about creating a beautiful and resilient outdoor space. We cover all the important factors for creating your outdoor sanctuary. This includes selecting sustainable outdoor furniture and using native landscape design principles.
About ORCA Living and Landscape
ORCA Living and Landscape is a female-founded landscape design and outdoor product studio led by Molly Sedlacek. They are a small American business rooted in hard work and community. Every piece of sustainable outdoor furniture, masonry, steel, textile, and carpentry is made by skilled hands. ORCA Living proudly supports their art and their craft. Their native landscape design has made a name for itself by creating beautiful spaces that are in total harmony with nature.
ORCA Landscape uses plants and natural materials in their rawest forms to reconnect people with the earth. They use materials with a light footprint. Selecting only native plantings to ensure that their landscaping harmonizes with nature. And only sourcing their materials as close to the site as possible. They promote the use of wood that comes from nearby sources and is harvested in a sustainable way. The stone they use comes from this half of the hemisphere. The plants they select are as drought tolerant as the design allows. Plastics are also avoided in their work. This includes no synthetic turf or artificial decking. This choice helps create a healthier home space.
“It’s about planting seeds both metaphorically and physically. Every day I wake up, I think about what seeds I can plant. Sometimes I plant them in my garden. Other times, I plant them in our clients’ gardens. Sometimes, they are just ideas. The more seeds we can plant, the more that can bloom in the future.”
– Molly Sedlacek
“I feel that gardens are a reflection of our inner landscape. There was a shift in America that has continued to stay a part of the American Dream that your garden should be controlled in a way. This is sort of the antithesis of how I feel, the concept that if your garden is controlled then you are in control. It’s a bigger psychological challenge that a lot of people deal with. If my home isn’t kept a certain way then what is that reflecting of myself? I really want to encourage people to look at their garden and say that they want it to be wild and feel bigger than themselves so they are connected more to the earth.”
– Molly Sedlacek
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REV On Air: Building A Regenerative Farm with Sam Nana-Sinkam
We chat with Sam Nana-Sinkam, founder of Bloom Farm, a regenerative chestnut farm and wellness destination in Pennsylvania. Sam previously worked for Google, living in an urban environment. He emphasizes the importance of reconnecting with nature and the opportunities it offers. We cover wellness, community engagement, and regenerating the soil. All topics that we are passionate about at REV. Join Sam on his mission to restore land and create a natural sanctuary for everyone to come and explore.
“This idea of taking care of the soil, only permeates if you are out there every single day touching it.”
Sam Nana-Sinkam
About Bloom Farm:
Once home to the Lenni Lenape Tribe, the Oley Valley is a location of immense beauty and has a rich history of healing. Built on the belief that food is a key medicine, Bloom Farm now occupies 60 acres of preserved land nestled against a limestone ridge within the Oley Valley in Pennsylvania. They are passionate about letting nature’s rhythms nourish their regenerative practices to create a vibrant ecosystem of forests, pastures, and protected waterways.
Drawing from the knowledge of the Native American tribes who inhabited this area for thousands of years, Bloom Farm is extremely careful in how they approach and steward their land – this means holding true to their regenerative principles of limited soil disturbance, diversity of organic matter, no artificial inputs, and sustainable energy practices. Please learn more about how they tend their land, gardens, animals, and waterways here!
“This idea of wanting to get closer to my food system, feeling better while doing it, and then learning about myself really was the bedrock to this project that I’ve now started, which is really the centre point of agriculture, wellness and education.”
Sam Nana-Sinkam
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REV On Air: The Power of Regeneration For A More Beautiful World with Dr. Zach Bush
This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Farmer’s Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series!
This podcast episode kicks off our regenerative podcast series in collaboration with Farmer’s Footprint! In this episode we have the absolute pleasure to speak with the man behind Farmer’s Footprint, Dr. Zach Bush! In this series, we speak to leaders in the industry of regenerative living, from farming to food, and more. We are so excited to kick off this series with the man himself, who provides us an insight into what it means to be leading a regenerative revolution and how we can transform our mindsets to comprehend what true personal and planetary health really entails.
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“When did we stop believing in beets and turnips and cabbage and tomatoes. This is something I believe we will look back on as a really dark time in history when we found ourselves so separated from nature that we failed to trust her in her capacity to nurture human life, when obviously she imagined us into reality in the first place.”
Dr. Zach Bush
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REV On Air: Mother Nature As Our Greatest Luxury with Richard Christiansen of Flamingo Estate
This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Farmer’s Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series!
Today marks the twelfth episode of our regenerative podcast series. In collaboration with Farmer’s Footprint, we are speaking to Richard Christiansen. Richard is founder of the world-famous Flamingo Estate! Richard shares his upbringing on his parents farm in rural Australia. His migration over to London. And consequently New York to become a highly influential luxury brand designer and creative director.
In a turn of events, Richard purchases Flamingo Estate in LA and everything takes off from there. Richard’s unique artistic vision applied to farmed produce made for something the world wasn’t yet ready for but fully adopted without question – Mother Nature presented as the high fashion luxury it is in this day and age. Richard’s passion for nature and simplicity combined with his innate drive for design and beauty made for a new way of looking at regenerative farming – a way that appeals to those with consumption at the forefront of their minds.
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“I believe Mother Nature is the last great luxury house – and we are making her goods.”
Richard Christiansen – Flamingo Estate
“The volume of people that ask to come here to the house, just waves of people always asking to come over and it’s nice and everything but it’s not even all that. It does remind me of how really starved of nature, just feeling nature deeply we are just living behind our screens. And just deeply deeply disconnected from feet and hands in the soil or the smell of a flower or the taste of good food or the feeling of a hot bath, you know some of those really simple pleasures that have now become more popularised maybe when you hear about blue zones and you hear about people living until they’re 100 because they’ve got community and good food and simple ingredients and all that stuff – it feels timeless to me and we’ve overcomplicated our lives.”
Richard Christiansen – Flamingo Estate
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Vivobarefoot
Vivobarefoot, is a natural health lifestyle B Corp on a mission to reconnect people into the natural world and human natural potential, from the ground up, foot by foot, person by person.
Created by two cousins from a long line of cobblers, Galahad and Asher Clark, Vivobarefoot draws upon simple barefoot design principles: wide, thin and flexible, for optimum foot health and natural movement. Check out the science and start your barefoot journey on VivoHealth, a growing body of courses and experiences guided by natural health experts.
On a quest to become a net-positive business for regeneration of human and planetary health, Vivobarefoot also runs ReVivo, the first of its kind secondary market for professionally reconditioned footwear to keep them on feet and away from landfills; and the Livebarefoot Fund, an in-house impact hub catalysing mission-aligned innovation, research and advocacy programs. See the latest Unfinished Business impact report to learn more on what it takes to create a regenerative business.
Get 15% off your first Vivobarefoot order with the code ‘REVENVERT15’ at www.vivobarefoot.com
EcoCart
The average customer lacks access to information that could help them estimate the carbon footprint of the items they purchase. Even though 4 out of 5 consumers say climate impact is a factor in who they decide to purchase with. Dane Baker and Peter Twomey recognized this missing information and created EcoCart as a solution.
EcoCart has already empowered over 2,000 brands to embark on their climate-positive journey. Their innovative carbon-offsetting tool seamlessly integrates with ecommerce brand’s checkout pages to calculate carbon emissions. And then enables either merchants or shoppers (or both!) to pay to offset those emissions, based on the brand’s budget. EcoCart firmly believes that companies should reduce carbon emissions in addition to offsetting. Brands also get insightful Life Cycle Analysis to further enhance their environmental impact.
Ecocart exists to lower the barrier to entry for ecommerce brands wanting to become more climate-friendly. We here at REV believe hugely in the power of reducing carbon at every step along a brand’s journey and this is a tool that can help with that whilst helping educate consumers at the same time. EcoCart helps companies transparently tell their sustainability story to align with their customers’ values.
Go to ecocart.io to book a demo and if you hop on a call with EcoCart they’ll cover the cost to offset a day’s worth of carbon emissions from your online store if you mention Rêve En Vert!
Learn more about Richard Christiansen and Flamingo Estate:
Flamingo Estate now available at Belmond El Encanto.
@flamingo_estate on Instagram.
Also want to know more about what is regenerative agriculture and how do we engage with it? Learn here!
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REV On Air: Regeneration Through Food & Pleasure with Alice Waters of Chez Panisse
This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Farmer’s Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series!
We are so delighted to welcome Alice Waters as our speaker on the second episode of our regenerative podcast series! Alice is the founder of California restaurant Chez Panisse and non-profit organisation, Edible Schoolyard. Her values of sustainable food, flavour, regeneration and education runs strongly through both of them. Alice gives us a view on her upbringing being surrounded by homegrown and home cooked meals and eating as a family and how that has translated into the way she now operates Chez Panisse. Alice helps us see the connection that how caring for nature and produce can help bring us closer together at the dinner table and as a global community working together for a better, more regenerative world.
This Podcast episode is brought to you by our friends at Vivobarefoot and Milky Oat!
“My theory, and I think it’s really been confirmed, that once we had that introduction to fast food and that corporate thinking about food and the industrial farms we were really indoctrinated by those values that came with the food. ‘More is better’, ‘time is money’, ‘I want whatever I want, whenever I want it and should have it’, the idea of availability, but also the idea of uniformity. That was never part of eating food before 1950.”
Alice Waters – Chez Panisse
More About Alice Waters and Her Work:
Chez Panisse
Alice Waters opened her restaurant, Chez Panisse fifty years ago as a place where friends and neighbors could gather together around the table, eat good food, and exchange ideas about politics, art, and culture. In pursuit of taste, Alice and the cooks of Chez Panisse ended up at the doorsteps of the small organic farmers who were growing flavorful heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables or raising heritage breeds of animals. Over time, the restaurant has built up a diverse network of these ethical local suppliers—ranchers, fishers, orchardists, foragers, farmers, and backyard gardeners—who practice regenerative agriculture and take care of the land.
Edible Schoolyard
Founded in 1995 by Alice, the Edible Schoolyard Project began as an idea to transform the food experience at a public middle school in Berkeley, California. The Edible Schoolyard Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the transformation of public education by using organic school gardens, kitchens, and cafeterias to teach both academic subjects and the values of nourishment, stewardship, and community. Edible education provides hands-on experiences that connect students to food, nature, and each other; and it systematically addresses the crises of climate change, public health, and social inequality. At its heart is a dynamic and joyful learning experience for every child.
“It’s not just seeing that’s believing, it’s tasting. And it’s feeling the connection that we have with each other and we can’t have that on the screen.”
Alice Waters – Chez Panisse
Merci To Our Sponsors For This Episode with Alice Waters!
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Vivobarefoot, is a natural health lifestyle B Corp on a mission to reconnect people into the natural world and human natural potential, from the ground up, foot by foot, person by person.
Created by two cousins from a long line of cobblers, Galahad and Asher Clark, Vivobarefoot draws upon simple barefoot design principles: wide, thin and flexible, for optimum foot health and natural movement. Check out the science and start your barefoot journey on VivoHealth, a growing body of courses and experiences guided by natural health experts.
On a quest to become a net-positive business for regeneration of human and planetary health, Vivobarefoot also runs ReVivo, the first of its kind secondary market for professionally reconditioned footwear to keep them on feet and away from landfills; and the Livebarefoot Fund, an in-house impact hub catalysing mission-aligned innovation, research and advocacy programs. See the latest Unfinished Business impact report to learn more on what it takes to create a regenerative business.
Get 15% off your first Vivobarefoot order with the code ‘REVENVERT15’ at www.vivobarefoot.com
Useful links for this episode.
@alicelouisewaters on Instagram.
@chezpanisse on Instagrame
@edibleschoolyard and the Edible Schoolyard website.
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Why We Must Regenerate Our Oceans with Laird Hamilton & Susan Casey
This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Farmer’s Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series!
For the eighth episode in our regenerative podcast series in collaboration with Farmer’s Footprint, Cora travels to LA to speak to Laird Hamilton and Susan Casey. In this gripping episode Laird, Susan & Cora discuss the current state of our oceans today. Revealing the truth about the creatures and biology of the deepest parts of it. As well as the future of fish farming and consuming seafood. Understanding the reality of what is happening in the biggest part of our planet can help us take the right steps in order to save it. And naturally regenerate the rest of the world as a result.
This Podcast episode is brought to you by our friends at EcoCart and Vivobarefoot!
About Laird Hamilton and Susan Casey
Laird Hamilton
Laird Hamilton is best known as an American big-wave surfer and pioneer in the world of action water sports. In addition to his affinity for the water, Laird is labeled as an inventor, author, stunt man, model, producer, TV host, fitness and nutrition expert, husband, father, and adrenaline junkie. Laird has always had a great passion for helping others live a happy, healthy life. Exhibited through his work with non-profit organizations such as the Surfrider Foundation, Race Across America, Pipeline for a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis, Rain Catcher, Muscular Dystrophy and City of Hope.
Susan Casey
Susan Casey is the author of four New York Times’ nonfiction bestsellers: The Devil’s Teeth. A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks; The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean; Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins; and her latest, The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean.
Casey is the former editor in chief of O, The Oprah Magazine. She has also served as the development editor for Time Inc., editor in chief of Sports Illustrated Women, editor at large for Time Inc., and creative director of Outside magazine. She is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist whose work has been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, and The Best American Magazine Writing anthologies, and has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Time, Outside, and National Geographic.
“There are microcosms of beauty left in the ocean in amongst all of the rape, and pillage and trash, and sewage and all that stuff there is, there are still these little bastions of beauty, with the creatures there still. We’ve gotta protect those immediately, those are the most important things, is having these little places where we can protect. And then if we can slow this other thing down, then maybe those can have a chance to regenerate. Because the planet we know can spit us off and regenerate, it’s gonna do that. It’s gonna do that no matter what.”
– Laird Hamilton
“The ocean is going to dictate how we eat, and if we are smart, we will listen to it.”
– Susan Casey
Thank you to Surfrider for hosting us!
As part of our first in-person podcast episodes since covid-19, we chose to host this conversation between co-founder of Rêve En Vert Cora Hilts, Laird Hamilton and Susan Casey at Surfrider, Malibu. Surfrider is an all-round inspiration when it comes to sustainable hospitality and being in celebration of the ocean!
“It’s easy to fall in love with Malibu, but the Surfrider offers something unique. You truly get to feel at home in this famously beautiful spot. This small 20 room boutique hotel is personable, airy, bright and I loved getting to see how much sustainable efforts are going into this hotel!” – Cora Hilts.
Merci To Our Sponsors For This Episode!
EcoCart
The average customer lacks access to information that could help them estimate the carbon footprint of the items they purchase, even though 4 out of 5 consumers say climate impact is a factor in who they decide to purchase with. Dane Baker and Peter Twomey recognized this missing information and created EcoCart as a solution.
EcoCart has already empowered over 2,000 brands to embark on their climate-positive journey. Their innovative carbon-offsetting tool seamlessly integrates with ecommerce brand’s checkout pages to calculate carbon emissions, and then enables either merchants or shoppers (or both!) to pay to offset those emissions, based on the brand’s budget. EcoCart firmly believes that companies should reduce carbon emissions in addition to offsetting, and also provides brands with insightful Life Cycle Analysis to further enhance their environmental impact.
Ecocart exists to lower the barrier to entry for ecommerce brands wanting to become more climate-friendly. We here at REV believe hugely in the power of reducing carbon at every step along a brand’s journey and this is a tool that can help with that whilst helping educate consumers at the same time. EcoCart helps companies transparently tell their sustainability story to align with their customers’ values.
Go to ecocart.io to book a demo and if you hop on a call with EcoCart they’ll cover the cost to offset a day’s worth of carbon emissions from your online store if you mention Rêve En Vert!
Vivobarefoot
Vivobarefoot, is a natural health lifestyle B Corp on a mission to reconnect people into the natural world and human natural potential, from the ground up, foot by foot, person by person.
Created by two cousins from a long line of cobblers, Galahad and Asher Clark, Vivobarefoot draws upon simple barefoot design principles: wide, thin and flexible, for optimum foot health and natural movement. Check out the science and start your barefoot journey on VivoHealth, a growing body of courses and experiences guided by natural health experts.
On a quest to become a net-positive business for regeneration of human and planetary health, Vivobarefoot also runs ReVivo, the first of its kind secondary market for professionally reconditioned footwear to keep them on feet and away from landfills; and the Livebarefoot Fund, an in-house impact hub catalysing mission-aligned innovation, research and advocacy programs. See the latest Unfinished Business impact report to learn more on what it takes to create a regenerative business.
Get 15% off your first Vivobarefoot order with the code ‘REVENVERT15’ at www.vivobarefoot.com
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