ramona

In all of the mad rushing about around the country, sometimes we forget that there are some really fantastic things close to home.  This week’s podcast celebrates that with a trip to nearby Ramona for the Family Farm Expo, put on by the folks at Roobeez.  As holds true to many of the critters you’ll find there, this event is a combination of things.  Chicken meetup and poultry swap, sure, but also filled with little booths displaying lovelies like handcrafted soaps, fresh herbs, honey products, local winery and brewery samplers, and pretty much anything you can make or grow on a farm.  There are workshops to boot.

Today we bring you a conversation with Ashley Hahn, a coordinator at Roobeez and mad scientist of a chicken breeder.  Thanks to her and her efforts at Little Lane Farm, we get to use the words “Candy corn Frizzle Polish” today.  How fun is that?

 
Links:
https://www.roobeez.com/
https://www.roobeez.com/roostersrising
https://www.instagram.com/little_lane_farms_sd/
https://www.facebook.com/p/Little_Lane_Farms_SD-100068990572491/

In this episode, we found ourselves at family-owned,  Ramona Ranch Vineyard & Winery looking to wrangle up a few bottles on Black Friday.

Comandanta Ramona became the nom de guerre for the Mayan woman who saw injustice all around when she looked at the way women were treated in her community and the way the Mexican government treated her people, an indigenous population in southern Mexico. Setting aside dreams of having her own family, she instead dedicated her entire to fighting for more rights and freedoms for her impoverished people, who lived in Chiapas. She joined the EZLN, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, and rose to become one of seven commanders within the organization. She helped recruit more and more women until the army consisted of one-third women. Comandanta Ramona also fought for also fought for and gained women's rights within her community. She created the Revolutionary Women's Law, which consisted of 10 provisions designed to give women more rights, freedom, and put them on a more equal footing with men within their communities and families.