Southern Soil Issue #4 2021

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Southern SOIL

Editorial This issue of Southern Soil has a little bit

get started with 12 weekly episodes in

of a feel of harkening back to the days

the inaugural season. Each episode will

of yore! Take a glimpse at 19th century

include conversations and stories about

America with neighborhood butcher shops

local food, of course! Our podcast will

and local markets selling foods grown,

include conversations with people within

caught, gathered, baked and cooked fresh

and beyond our usual coverage area and

by people living and working in your own

broaden our ability to cover multiple topics.

community.

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I’m really excited about this new venture

In a world where global markets dominate

because for the past three years, I

and the food on your table could have

have been having fun and interesting

come from the other side of the world and

conversations with so many people

been shelved in cold storage for months,

involved in our local food systems. I think

is it possible to even imagine such a thing?

that the podcast will be a great way to

Much less, actually see a resurgence?

start to share those kinds of conversations

Why, yes! It is possible. And it’s happening. Thanks to people with the vision and the passion to help restore our local food systems and bring back neighborhood markets and butcher shops. Here at Southern Soil, we have a BIG announcement! We’re launching a podcast! The Southern Soil Podcast will

beyond the stories we create for the magazine. Additionally, it will provide an opportunity to present some of the content from the magazine in a different format that may be more accessible and preferable to some of our current audience and will hopefully connect us with a broader audience as well! As with every aspect of the Southern Soil platform, our goal will be to encourage, inform and entertain!


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