Ethics at Work Podcasts Updated-Listen Now!

Originally submitted by: jadelay

The Working Ethics series of podcasts continued this week when Bart Bund, a2ethics.org's web director, interviewed Mary Wessel Walker, both the brains and hands behind the new nonprofit Community Farm Kitchen.(www.communityfarmkitchen.com) Mary has started this venture from her heart. This is quite evident from Bart's discussion with Mary about her long relationship, going back to her childhood in Ann Arbor, with the farmers at the Community Farm of Ann Arbor. This farm, which began 21 years ago, was among the first in Michigan to embrace the community-supported agriculture movement. In addition, the farm uses biodynamic techniques, first advocated by Rudolf Steiner, a founder of the anthroposophy. (The entry on Rudolf Steiner in Wikipedia is quite thorough and includes many additional sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf Steiner). Find out what anthroposophy, community-supported agriculture and biodynamics are by listening to the podcast with Mary. She offered us some additional thoughts on our quest to discover the various ethical meanings of local. Mary also noted some of the equity and justice obstacles facing the Community Farm of Ann Arbor in welcoming a diverse group and in ensuring fair access and affordability to everyone who joins. Equally important, Mary talked about why she started Community Farm Kitchen in the first place. It is a memorable and increasingly common story that reveals the contradictions of living in a hurried, unforgiving and anxious world which leaves good-intentioned people with no time to cook the bounty of produce grown with care and community spirit by community-supported farms. Finally, you may come away from the interview with some new ideas of your own, not to mention a new found confidence in your ability to properly say anthroposophy.