Common Ground Radio 10/6/17

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne

History of Organic Farming in U.S.

-History of organic farming in U.S.
-Early days of organic certification and current federal regulations
-Contemporary challenges to the historic view of organic farming

Guests:
Jim Gerritsen, Wood Prairie Family Farm, Bridgewater, ME
Eric Sideman, Organic Crop Specialist, MOFGA, Unity, ME
Diane Schivera, Organic Livestock Specialist, MOFGA, Unity, ME

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 10/5/17

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The 18th Century philosopher Jeremy Bentham knew that people change their behavior if they think they are being watched. George Orwell in 1984 drew on the same realization but neither had any inkling of how watched some people feel on the web. There is recent data that they were both right, and how people might change their behavior is not always the way that either politicians or corporations like.

Healthy Options 10/4/17

Producer/Host: Rhonda Feiman
Co-Producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Joel Mann

Building Resiliency to Trauma: The Trauma and Community Resiliency Models

a) What is the Trauma Resource Institute?
b) What is the Trauma Resiliency Model?
c) What is the Community Resiliency Model?
d) How does trauma or stress affect the nervous system?
e) Is there a way to regulate the nervous system even when there is trauma?
f) What is the difference between the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system and why is it important to know this?
g) How can we be more resilient in our response to life events?

Guest: Elaine Miller-Karas, Executive Director and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute, and author of the book, “Building Resiliency to Trauma, the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models.®”
www.traumaresourceinstitute.com
www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/podcast/elaine-miller-karas-lcsw/