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Farming with pride for inclusive agriculture – Episode 62 - IFAD
Podcast | 28 June 2024
Farming with pride for inclusive agriculture – Episode 62
Rural LGBTQ+ people face significant challenges and discrimination compared to their urban peers. But they are essential to building a more inclusive future for agriculture.
To mark Pride Month, we speak with members of the community about their experiences. Hear from LGBTQ+ farmers forging inclusive spaces in vegetable farming, beekeeping and beyond. We also pick up where we left off last episode as Alina Luana de Oliveira delves deeper into the fight against discrimination in rural Brazil.
- Hannah Breckbill, founder of Humble Hands Harvest and co-founder of the Queer Farmer Convergence and the Queer Farmer Network, United States
- Alina Luana de Oliveira, national coordinator of La Via Campesina and part of the LGBTQ+ collective of the Landless Workers' Movement, Brazil
- Ang Roell, founder of They Keep Bees, United States
- Maggie Cheney, co-founder of Rock Steady Farm, United States
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