Kim Shukla, Executive Director of the Canadian Hemp Trade Allianceis interviewed by Edgar Winters of the Oregon Agriculture

Kim Shukla, Executive Director of the Canadian Hemp Trade Allianceis interviewed by Edgar Winters of the Oregon Agriculture & Food Rural Consortium (OAFRC) and COO, Natural Good Medicines in Eagle Point, Oregon. Canada is way ahead in the growing of industrial hemp and Edgar wants to learn from their experience as Oregon tip toes into the marketplace. Industrial hemp is crucial to rural economic development desires and efforts. 

This interview was conducted at the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CJTA/ACCC) National Hemp Convention, Hemp 2014: Paving the Way held November 16-19, 2014 in Delta Winnepeg and was filmed by Barry Heidt.

As climate breakdown escalates, communities are increasingly realizing that climate action and resilience have as much to do with actual ecological boundaries as with political boundaries on a

As climate breakdown escalates, communities are increasingly realizing that climate action and resilience have as much to do with actual ecological boundaries as with political boundaries on a map. The truth is that communities are defined by their local watersheds, food sheds and energy sheds – as well as culture sheds. These ecological maps will increasingly redefine political maps that can engender meaningful strategic collective action. How do bioregional perspectives translate into political action? How can we build political-ecological alliances for climate action that address urgent bioregional realities and needs? This visionary group of leading-edge climate action organizers illuminate multiple pathways for addressing both practical climate actions and emerging forms of eco-governance that center equity and justice.

With global Indigenous climate leader Eriel Deranger; leading Rights of Nature attorney Thomas Linzey; climate justice organizer and lawyer Colette Pichon Battle, whose Taproot Earth nonprofit works in the Gulf South and Appalachia; and OneEarth founder Justin Winters whose science-based climate solutions framework focuses on renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, and land and biodiversity conservation.

This conversation took place at the Bioneers 2025 Conference. You can experience more of the amazing keynote talks, conversations and performances at bioneers.org. (photo: Boris Zharkov Photography)

As we celebrate Earth Day 2020, we take a moment to reflect on our place in the natural world, and how our individual choices can ultimately affect our future & the future of the one place we all

As we celebrate Earth Day 2020, we take a moment to reflect on our place in the natural world, and how our individual choices can ultimately affect our future & the future of the one place we all call home, planet Earth.

Ed Winters
Al Gore 
Katherine Wilkinson 
Zaria Forman  
Kris Tompkins 
Plastic Ocean 
Duncan Stewart 

Interview with Oregon Farmer, Edgar Winters of the Oregon Agricultural Food and Rural Consortium (