We often say that it's a birthright.

Like, we're born to the earth, we return to the earth in some kind of capacity, knowing

that we have the ability to just rebuild and recultivate that relationship with people

who grow food and all the other intersections, as you mentioned earlier, like from the

clothes that we wear to the

cables that are in our laptops and phones, everything comes from the land. So we have to tend it.

Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact

of conscious companies and everyday heroes.

Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.

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Here's your host, Karina Belizei.

Welcome, Regenerators. Each week we explore the intersection of sustainability, justice, and regenerative thinking through conversations with leaders who are working to build a healthier future for people and planet.

Today's guest holds many roles.

Minka Tarka is a co-facilitator with Be Healthy, Be Holistic

Consultation, Coordinator for the California Farmer Justice Collaborative, and Director of Land

and Programming with the Butterfly Movement. Through healing arts, photography, movement,

and ecological work, she supports the

development of integral community connections rooted in family, creativity, and the earth itself.

Minka, welcome to the show. Thank you for having me today. You have such a wide variety of

things that you hold in the day to day.

So carrying all these roles, I'd love for you to just briefly share when someone asks you what

you do, what do you actually say? You know, that's a good question. And it definitely depends on

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