Liberating Tools with Liberation Tools

The Poor Prole’s Almanac

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5 • 761 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we're joined by Chloe & Max from Liberation Tools to discuss the question of heirloom tools and designing tools to meet the needs of marginalized and non-traditional farmers. The modern era's model of disposable tools is inherently unsustainable & exists as a blip in the history of human existence. Relearning the processes of developing tools and developing networks for resources around tool development. Liberation Tools is a subsect of Soul & Soil Project based in the unceded Tsalagi (aka Cherokee) territory of Western North Carolina. Find out more about their work at: https://www.soulandsoilproject.org/ . We seek to support racial justice and food sovereignty through the free distribution of high quality, hand forged garden tools to BIPOC who grow food or want to start. Liberation Tools can also be found on Instagram @liberation_tools & their tools can be bought at: https://www.artgardenavl.com/ Support this podcast through Patreon at www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Poor Prol's Ominek. I'm Andy and your host for yet another episode.
0:20.2	Today we're talking with some friends in North Carolina, Max and Chloe from Liberation Tools.
0:24.6	The concept behind liberation tools is simple.
0:27.6	Provide high quality tools for people who traditionally don't have tools designed for their needs.
0:32.6	People that aren't traditional farmers and the way we think of farmers today.
0:38.5	We tend to forget the idea of tools off the shelf is a relatively new concept and that
0:42.9	means they're not really designed to work for your body size and shape, nor are they really
0:48.0	designed to be passed down through generations.
0:50.8	We talk a bit about what it means to create heirloom tools and what exactly is liberatory about that concept.
0:57.5	If you enjoy this conversation, check them out on Instagram or go buy some tools from them, where your purchase also funds free tools for marginalized people.
1:05.6	I'm looking forward to seeing their project grow and we'll definitely be following up with Max and Chloe in the future.
1:19.6	Hey guys, thanks so much for coming on. For our audience that aren't familiar with your project, could you introduce yourself? Yeah, my name is Chloe and I'm a co-creator of Liberation Tools.
1:26.4	And I'm Max and I'm also a co-creator. Thanks tools and i'm max and i'm also a co-creator thanks for having us andy
1:31.4	awesome thanks so much for uh taking some time what you guys are doing is really cool
1:35.6	before we get into i guess the actual work you guys are doing where did the idea that
1:41.4	something like this needed to exist really come from well Well, I am a black farmer. I've been farming for about 11 years, and there are a lot of challenges that come with being a farmer of color and a black farmer.
1:56.0	There's a lot of barriers in the way of black farmers. There's a lot of systematic oppression,
2:02.3	and there's a lot of historical oppression
2:04.1	that has prevented us from getting the land access
2:08.2	and workers justice and resources and education
2:13.4	that we need to thrive and a lot standing directly in our way.
2:18.3	Of course, like USDA and other programs that are really gatekeepers
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