This hour, we are taking a look at how race has impacted agriculture and the environmental movement. Leah Penniman, Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at , talks about her new book . The discussion touches on everything from Leah's childhood to how the creation of some of the most prominent national parks in the U.S. is linked to the eugenics movement. And Dr. Dorceta Taylor, a professor at the Yale School of the Environment, explains what environmental justice is, and why we need to think about marginalized communities when we think about the environment.
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You can read Dorceta Taylor's research on disparities in environmental grantmaking through .
GUESTS:
- Leah Penniman: Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at , author of .
- Dorceta Taylor: Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Yale School of the Environment. She was interviewed for Leah Penniman鈥檚 book Black Earth Wisdom and is author of multiple books herself, including .
Special thanks to our interns Carol Chen and Stacey Addo.
This episode originally aired on April 26, 2023.
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