Bonus: Linley Dixon on No Small Endeavor

For this bonus episode, we’re sharing a favorite from No Small Endeavor, hosted by Lee C. Camp, a podcast exploring what it means to live a good life. Lee sat down with Real Organic Project co-director Linley Dixon to talk about the path that took her from academia into farming and activism, and why healthy soil became central to the way she thinks about food, community, and human flourishing. Linley also shares the story behind the Real Organic Project and why protecting the meaning of organic requires farmers and eaters to keep asking difficult questions about the food system. We hope you enjoy A Good Life Grows in Healthy Soil. The Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Brightstocking. The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce, and pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs from products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations). To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.realorganicproject.org/directory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be, but that the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing the ability for small farms who adhere to the law to stay in business. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but still paying a premium price. And the lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront. To read our weekly newsletter and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/⁠