Liz Schwartz is a member of the planning committee for the Tuv Ha’Aretz CSA in Portland, Oregon. She also co-hosts The Portland Yiddish Hour, a weekly radio show on Portland’s community radio station, KBOO 90.7 FM.

A couple of weeks ago I did a show about Jews, food and ethics, which is now available online at kboo.fm. I interviewed Rabbi Arthur Waskow, one of the main proponents of the eco-kashrut movement, and I also spoke with Rabbi Morris Allen, founder of the Hekhsher Tzedek Initiative, a new ethical certification body that will be evaluating food products with regard to their treatment of workers, animals and the environment. I also spoke with two of Portland’s Jewish organic farmers, including the partner farmer for our chapter of Tuv Ha’Aretz.

Here’s a link to the audio. You can either stream or download it from the site.

Here’s a link to the playlist (all the songs were about food), and more information about my guests, the eco-kashrut movement, and the Heksher Tzedek Initiative.

PS. This past weekend, on April 19, Liz also interviewed Shari Raider, partner farmer, and Hannah Treuhaft, a member of Portland’s Tuv Ha’Aretz planning committee, about Tuv Ha’Aretz generally and the Portland Tuv chapter in particular. The audio for the interview will be on the KBOO site here within a week or so.