J. Russell Smith-- the Tree Crops Visionary

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🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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J. Russell Smith might be the most well-known figure in history in regards to tree crops in North America— largely because of his book “Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture”, which has been a foundational text for many people in permaculture and agroecological spaces. While this book is worthwhile for any novice and experienced horticulturalist to read, his work expands much further than this one book. In fact, his successes and imprint on industries for generations were so expansive, often working on international or groundbreaking projects in different fields concurrently, instead of organizing this piece on a linear timeline, it will be much easier to understand by clustering in the fields of academic, geography & industry, youth public education, food systems, conservation, and food production. In this episode, we dive into the second half of the life of ecologist and tree crops specialist J. Russell Smith. Check out the corresponding substack article for resources, citations, and more information! https://poorprolesalmanac.substack.com/p/j-russell-smith To support this podcast, join our patreon for early episode access at https://www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac For PPA Writing Content, visit: www.agroecologies.org For PPA Restoration Content, visit: www.restorationagroecology.com For PPA Merch, visit: www.poorproles.com For PPA Native Plants, visit: www.nativenurseries.org To hear Tomorrow, Today, our sister podcast, visit: www.tomorrowtodaypodcast.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome back, everyone, everyone, welcome back.
0:16.9	This is Andy.
0:18.3	This is part two of our J. Russell Smith piece. Don't come knocking if we're
0:22.8	talking J. Rockin. Yeah, it turns out a thousand miles isn't far enough to move away from you
0:28.3	because I can still hear you, Andy. And technology. I went even further and I still don't feel safe.
0:35.6	Anyway, I think speaking of J. Rock, J. Russell, I think we should bring back this first
0:42.5	initial middle name thing.
0:44.4	It's pretty cool.
0:45.6	Yeah, as someone with the first name that begins with a, I feel like it doesn't work.
0:51.1	Like, E. Thor Evans.
0:53.3	Is your middle name, Thor?
0:55.0	I mean, it could be.
0:56.2	Where did we leave off with our good friend, Jay Rock?
0:58.6	Jay Russell Smith for our listeners.
1:01.3	Yes, Jay Russell.
1:02.8	Jay Russell Smith.
1:03.7	He was writing, what, kids' books with his wife, or stealing kids' books from his wife,
1:08.1	and trying to shake up education and like bring reform.
1:12.2	Yeah, that sounds about right. So he had done this whole economics thing, right? He went to
1:15.9	school for economics, wanted to do geography, smashed them together because he was the original
1:21.1	smasher instead of me, decided to, let's say, flip education on its head. And we haven't even gotten to talk about
1:29.1	like tree crops. Which is like his thing. Which is his thing. So today's we're going to talk about
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