Episode summary
Blain Snipstal, former youth advocate for La Via Campesina, has thought a lot about power. In our chat we talk about how Blain sees the legacy of the plantation model of agriculture still lingering today; we discuss how the dialogues and exchanges between peasant farmers can uncover a deep analysis of the food system; and he shares some of his many experiences as a farmer, an activist, and an organizer. We also touch on the power of collaborating across grassroots movements and whose knowledge counts in food debates.
About Blain Snipstal
Blain Snipstal is the founder, designer and lead builder for Earth-Bound Building. Blain has a long history in farming and land-based organizing both domestic and internationally. Blain is a dedicated craftsman, and member of the Timber Framer's Guild.
Blain is a part of the Black Dirt Farm Collective, which is a regional organizing body providing strategic gatherings and trainings around Black agrarianism, agroecology, political formation, forestry and more throughout the mid-Atlantic.
Related resources
Podcast: The Secret Ingredient - The Peasantry (2016)
Repeasantization, agroecology and the tactics of food sovereignty (Snipstal, 2015)
Video: Blain Snipstal on food sovereignty (2013)
La Via Campesina schools and training
A few Black farms and farm organizations
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Explainer: What is agroecology? (Carlile and Garnett, 2021)
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