Urban Food Forests & Seed Libraries as Food Sovereignty Strategies

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A Sustainability Now Interview with Nathan Lou, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Mongol Tribe.

Agro-ecologist Nathan Lou is Co-founder and Executive Director of San Diego-based Mongol Tribe, a 501C3 providing hands-on education and experiences with traditional and regenerative land management practices.

With local resiliency as his rally cry and food sovereignty as its anthem, Nathan is all about taking back our autonomy, the ability of our communities to grow our own food and medicines with less dependency on external inputs.

We talk about urban food forests and public policy, seed libraries and how to develop them, community building and cultivating connection to the land, even in a city environment.

Resources

Mongol Tribe Website | Email | FacebookInstagram

Turtle Tree Biodynamic
Native Seed Search
Mary’s Seeds
Johnny’s Seeds
Sand Diego Seed Company
Slow Food (Arc of Taste)

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Co-founder and the producer of the Sustainability Now podcast, responsible for audio and video production, web development and social media. Scott was Clean Water Action's Philadelphia program director where he stopped a trash incinerator from being built across the street from an elementary school, worked on an ocean dumping ban, the curbside recycling program, workers' right to know about toxic chemicals, integrative pest management, and social justice issues. After a few years building log homes, he has spent the last 20 years as an interactive director and multimedia producer.