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Future Mending Radio
Things could be better. Future Mending Radio profiles the people, organizations and businesses that are already building a better future. Clothing swaps, farmers’ markets, pay-it-forward restaurants, independent authors, repair cafes, DIY bike shops, sustainable chocolate shops and more.
Future Mending happens when we meet our daily needs in a way that saves money, improves our wellbeing and also strengthens healthy social systems -- instead of padding the profits margins of giant corporations.
In short, relaxing episodes, we'll seek out alternatives and explore them together.
Future Mending Radio
Put Your Eggs in Several Smaller Baskets
Karma Coop has been selling ethical, organic food in Toronto for more than 50 years. Matt visits the store and interviews its General Manager, Zach Weingarten.
Zach explains how they source products and why having a wide variety of smaller producers and sellers increases the resilience of our food system.
Find out more on their website: https://www.karmacoop.org/
The subreddit Zach mentions is https://www.reddit.com/r/loblawsisoutofcontrol/
The article is Follow the Thing: Papaya by Ian Cook. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2004.00441.x
Art Credit:
The image for this episode includes a slice of Wandy Cheng's mural on the Karma Coop building. See the full mural here: https://www.wandycheng.com/publicart#e-11
Music Credits:
'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist.
'Summer Vibes' by Pold. Released under a creative commons license.
‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson. Performed by The Union Guitar Trio. Used with permission of the artists.
Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD
Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833
Sound Effects:
Brightness by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/632762/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
20110503_clucking.00.wav by dobroide -- https://freesound.org/s/120582/ -- License: Attribution 4.0