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!