An Organic Conversation is a weekly podcast and radio show that features lifestyle segments to inspire health, sustainability, and mindfulness as well as interviews with authors, filmmakers, non-profits, and changemakers. Hosted by Ecologist and Organic Food Advocate Helge Hellberg & Holistic Chef and Natural Beauty Expert Sitarani Palomar. An Organic Conversation covers topics on food and nutrition, health and wellness, organic gardening, parenting and healthy kids, natural pets, green homes, eco-travel, environmental news, advocacy, inspiration, and personal growth. It is listened to in over 100 countries, continuously ranks in the Top 10 Health Podcasts*, and was rated as the #1 Green Food Show in the U.S. An Organic Conversation - Your show on everything that makes life worth living.
Episodes (204)
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California After the Fire: Lessons from a Biodynamic Vineyard
California After the Fire: Lessons from a Biodynamic Vineyard
Published: 6 Mar 2018 Duration: 54:00Last fall, Southern and Northern California experienced the worst fires in its recorded history. Fires are part of the ecological cycle, even necessary in the cycle of life. And yet, the devastation last year’s California fires left behind ... Read more →Last fall, Southern and Northern California experienced the worst fires in its recorded history. Fires are part of the ecological cycle, even necessary in the cycle of life. And yet, the devastation last year’s California fires left behind ... Read more →
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Colorful Vegan Kitchen: Plant-Based Recipes for Everyone
Colorful Vegan Kitchen: Plant-Based Recipes for Everyone
Published: 19 Feb 2018 Duration: 54:00One of the most powerful transformations in the world of diets has occurred for the term Vegan. In its early days in the 1980’s when I learned about it, Vegan often meant overcooked carrots with a cold tofu salad. Today we know that a plant... Read more →One of the most powerful transformations in the world of diets has occurred for the term Vegan. In its early days in the 1980’s when I learned about it, Vegan often meant overcooked carrots with a cold tofu salad. Today we know that a plant... Read more →
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Children’s Health: The Consequences of Industrial Food Production
Children’s Health: The Consequences of Industrial Food Production
Published: 12 Feb 2018 Duration: 54:00We know that environmental health and human health are inextricably linked. So, when we talk about sustainable agriculture and organic food as the foundation for social and environmental justice – we also mean human health. This episode is ... Read more →We know that environmental health and human health are inextricably linked. So, when we talk about sustainable agriculture and organic food as the foundation for social and environmental justice – we also mean human health. This episode is ... Read more →
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The Art of Flourishing: Finding Inner Balance in a Chaotic World
The Art of Flourishing: Finding Inner Balance in a Chaotic World
Published: 5 Feb 2018 Duration: 54:00It is the blending of knowledge that makes us better, stronger, and hopefully wiser, as people, and as a species. In this episode, we are speaking with an expert about how to work with the mind and body in the most holistic way possible. Fo... Read more →It is the blending of knowledge that makes us better, stronger, and hopefully wiser, as people, and as a species. In this episode, we are speaking with an expert about how to work with the mind and body in the most holistic way possible. Fo... Read more →
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Patience Gray: A Life About Food
Patience Gray: A Life About Food
Published: 11 Dec 2017 Duration: 54:00Ever heard of Patience Gray? If you have – good for you! And if you haven’t, you still most likely are affected by her passion and work every day, as this woman has defined our modern way of eating and cooking more than any other woman of ... Read more →Ever heard of Patience Gray? If you have – good for you! And if you haven’t, you still most likely are affected by her passion and work every day, as this woman has defined our modern way of eating and cooking more than any other woman of ... Read more →
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Sustainable Fashion: A Beautiful Idea for Fabric Waste
Sustainable Fashion: A Beautiful Idea for Fabric Waste
Published: 6 Dec 2017 Duration: 54:00We talk a lot about sustainability on our plates on this show - organic food and agriculture as the foundation for social and environmental justice. But of course, the conversation about how to create true sustainability on this planet inc... Read more →We talk a lot about sustainability on our plates on this show - organic food and agriculture as the foundation for social and environmental justice. But of course, the conversation about how to create true sustainability on this planet inc... Read more →
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Avocados: Making Production Equitable and Environmentally Sound
Avocados: Making Production Equitable and Environmentally Sound
Published: 27 Nov 2017 Duration: 54:00As agriculture and food are all of our most direct and daily connection to the natural world, and the health of our environment directly impacting our own health and well-being, it is imperative that we continue to explore and push the bou... Read more →As agriculture and food are all of our most direct and daily connection to the natural world, and the health of our environment directly impacting our own health and well-being, it is imperative that we continue to explore and push the bou... Read more →
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Love Thy Nature: A Beautiful Reminder of the Gift of Life
Love Thy Nature: A Beautiful Reminder of the Gift of Life
Published: 20 Nov 2017 Duration: 54:00In the world of news and politics and social and environmental justice we, as a culture, often focus disproportionately on what is not working. From a deeply human prospective, the film Love Thy Nature brings the balance back in focusing b... Read more →In the world of news and politics and social and environmental justice we, as a culture, often focus disproportionately on what is not working. From a deeply human prospective, the film Love Thy Nature brings the balance back in focusing b... Read more →
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Hooked on Sweet: Beating Sugar Addiction Now
Hooked on Sweet: Beating Sugar Addiction Now
Published: 13 Nov 2017 Duration: 54:00The average American consumes about 150 pounds of refined sugar a year. That almost half a pound of refined sugar each day. Refined sugar is in everything, not just in sugary drinks, but even in our cut meats, and in our bread, and in most... Read more →The average American consumes about 150 pounds of refined sugar a year. That almost half a pound of refined sugar each day. Refined sugar is in everything, not just in sugary drinks, but even in our cut meats, and in our bread, and in most... Read more →
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Home Cooking for Everyone: Easy, Fun, and Totally Delicious
Home Cooking for Everyone: Easy, Fun, and Totally Delicious
Published: 7 Nov 2017 Duration: 54:00From trends and specialty diets to indecipherable food labels, from expensive equipment in food reality shows on TV to ingredients in processed foods that have nothing to do with nourishment, it is remarkable how complicated food has becom... Read more →From trends and specialty diets to indecipherable food labels, from expensive equipment in food reality shows on TV to ingredients in processed foods that have nothing to do with nourishment, it is remarkable how complicated food has becom... Read more →
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Fast and Cheap Fashion: The Disastrous Consequences of the Clothing Industry
Fast and Cheap Fashion: The Disastrous Consequences of the Clothing Industry
Published: 30 Oct 2017 Duration: 54:00In honor of the San Francisco Green Film Festival, we are covering a handful of outstanding documentaries, new films that are as brilliantly produced as they are critical to know as they are – hopefully – shaping our society and our way of... Read more →In honor of the San Francisco Green Film Festival, we are covering a handful of outstanding documentaries, new films that are as brilliantly produced as they are critical to know as they are – hopefully – shaping our society and our way of... Read more →
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Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality: From the Unthinkable to the Inevitable
Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality: From the Unthinkable to the Inevitable
Published: 23 Oct 2017 Duration: 54:00What would our society be without women? Impossible to comprehend, right? And yet, women have been marginalized for hundreds and hundreds of years, fighting long and hard for equal pay, for voting rights, for a true recognition of their va... Read more →What would our society be without women? Impossible to comprehend, right? And yet, women have been marginalized for hundreds and hundreds of years, fighting long and hard for equal pay, for voting rights, for a true recognition of their va... Read more →
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Affordable Preschool Education: Learning in Outdoor Classrooms
Affordable Preschool Education: Learning in Outdoor Classrooms
Published: 16 Oct 2017 Duration: 54:00Can education be fun, safe, safe and affordable - even for low income families? A new preschool is using outdoor classrooms to provide quality education in reading, math and science affordable for families and to give children a joyful, na... Read more →Can education be fun, safe, safe and affordable - even for low income families? A new preschool is using outdoor classrooms to provide quality education in reading, math and science affordable for families and to give children a joyful, na... Read more →
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The Independent Farmstead: Living Successfully Off the Land
The Independent Farmstead: Living Successfully Off the Land
Published: 9 Oct 2017 Duration: 54:00Many people, especially young folks, are dreaming of their own small piece of land, self-supported, away from the stresses of the city, to live a lifestyle of peace, based on a deep relationship to nature and self. Today, we are learning w... Read more →Many people, especially young folks, are dreaming of their own small piece of land, self-supported, away from the stresses of the city, to live a lifestyle of peace, based on a deep relationship to nature and self. Today, we are learning w... Read more →
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Clean Drinking Water: The Power of Knowing
Clean Drinking Water: The Power of Knowing
Published: 3 Oct 2017 Duration: 54:00Governmental agencies are in place to make absolutely sure that we are protected, and that we are able to live lives that are healthy, and safe. The drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brought forward a picture that one can adopt to ... Read more →Governmental agencies are in place to make absolutely sure that we are protected, and that we are able to live lives that are healthy, and safe. The drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brought forward a picture that one can adopt to ... Read more →
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Racing to Zero: San Francisco’s Waste Reduction Initiative
Racing to Zero: San Francisco’s Waste Reduction Initiative
Published: 25 Sep 2017 Duration: 54:00San Francisco, as one of the most progressive cities in the world, has led the nation in countless ways, from equal rights and social equality to environmental protection. However, can a city of 800,000 people become waste free? That was... Read more →San Francisco, as one of the most progressive cities in the world, has led the nation in countless ways, from equal rights and social equality to environmental protection. However, can a city of 800,000 people become waste free? That was... Read more →
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Food Service Training: Changing Lives for Common Good
Food Service Training: Changing Lives for Common Good
Published: 18 Sep 2017 Duration: 54:00Food is everything – from the fields to the grocery store, from our plates to our health, from community to personal and professional re-integration. We all need to eat, every day, and because of it, being trained in any aspect of food pro... Read more →Food is everything – from the fields to the grocery store, from our plates to our health, from community to personal and professional re-integration. We all need to eat, every day, and because of it, being trained in any aspect of food pro... Read more →
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Shark Conservation: Protecting the Oldest Species on Earth
Shark Conservation: Protecting the Oldest Species on Earth
Published: 11 Sep 2017 Duration: 54:00Just as with other large predators, from Grizzly Bears to Wolves, humans have hunted these species and in many regions of the planet have brought them to near or complete extinction. New scientific studies show the critical importance that... Read more →Just as with other large predators, from Grizzly Bears to Wolves, humans have hunted these species and in many regions of the planet have brought them to near or complete extinction. New scientific studies show the critical importance that... Read more →
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Strong Bones: Optimal Food for Skeletal Health
Strong Bones: Optimal Food for Skeletal Health
Published: 4 Sep 2017 Duration: 54:00Food is thy medicine, again today. Osteoporosis, or loss of bone density, is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and many other Western Societies. The common answer to bone loss is usually Calcium. While Calcium has an ... Read more →Food is thy medicine, again today. Osteoporosis, or loss of bone density, is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and many other Western Societies. The common answer to bone loss is usually Calcium. While Calcium has an ... Read more →
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Late Summer Produce: An Update from the Fields
Late Summer Produce: An Update from the Fields
Published: 28 Aug 2017 Duration: 54:00As we are heading into September, the late summer sun gently touching our agricultural lands, we are once again in a transition. From summer bounty to fall, as the seasonal preparation for winter, a last push of life before the months of d... Read more →As we are heading into September, the late summer sun gently touching our agricultural lands, we are once again in a transition. From summer bounty to fall, as the seasonal preparation for winter, a last push of life before the months of d... Read more →
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