Hey there, it's Andy from the Port Pearls Omanac. Before we get into this episode, I want to let you guys

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Now to get it, you can find them anywhere on social media at shop.mando, M-A-N-D-O, and you can get $5 off a starter pack with promo code Almanac, yes, Almanac, at MandoPodcast. Pearls Almanac. This is Andy, and today we're joined by Dr. Lauren Kepkabitch. She's a community-based researcher and academic whose work explores the complexities of achieving just and equitable food systems.

Her research, as we'll discuss, focuses on community campus engagement and building community

organizations.

A central theme running through her work is a critical examination of the power dynamics

inherent in research and the need to disrupt traditional academic hierarchies

that often prioritize Western knowledge systems over community-based systems.

We talk about the concept of relational accountability and how those can guide research practices.

Through the Rare Collective, which is composed of indigenous and settler scholars,

food providers, and community organizers, she focuses on deepening relationships to land

and centering indigenous women and two-spirit knowledge and experiences.

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