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e66: The trouble with low paid farm apprenticeships

e66: The trouble with low paid farm apprenticeships

FromThe Ruminant: Audio Candy for Farmers, Gardeners and Food Lovers


e66: The trouble with low paid farm apprenticeships

FromThe Ruminant: Audio Candy for Farmers, Gardeners and Food Lovers

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Dec 18, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Guts is a Canadian feminist magazine that recently published a piece by Natalie Childs called The Fruits of Unpaid Labour. Natalie's article is a thoughtful consideration of the reality of low- and no-pay farm apprenticeships on many small-scale farms in Canada, and the implications for both the farmers and the apprentices involved. Natalie, who completed a farm apprenticeship a few summers back and now works on a farm in Quebec, is my guest for this episode, along with Robin Johnston and Bernard Soubrey, two young farmers based in Atlantic Canada who also went through the apprenticeship system and share Natalie's concerns about underpaid farm labour on some small-scale farms. 
This is the last episode of 2015; I'll be back with a new episode in early January.
 
Released:
Dec 18, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

For people passionate about farming, gardening, food politics, food security, and the intersections among these topics. Jordan Marr, a certified organic farmer in British Columbia, interviews farmers, gardeners, academics, and journalists about stuff farmers and food system nerds care about. If where and how your food is produced matters to you, this podcast is produced for you!