Gary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) on Wisdom Gleaned from Fishers & Farmers

“Gary Nabhan’s work reminds us of what I can describe only as a historical wonder…”

– Wendell Berry

Gary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) on Wisdom Gleaned from Fishers & Farmers

Gary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) is an Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, a first generation Lebanese-American, seed saver, agro-ecologist, ethnobotanist, agrarian activist, and author. A former MacArthur Fellow, he has been called the “father of the local food movement” by Time. He currently holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Food & Water Security for the Borderlands. Gary has engaged with farmers and refugee farmworkers in Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, and Oman. Nabhan keeps orchards, gardens and greenhouses at his home in Patagonia, Arizona, then fishes and forages from an old adobe house on the shores of the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. The focus of our conversation today is Gary’s book, Jesus for Farmers and Fishers: Justice for All Those Marginalized by Our Food System.

Check out Gary Nabhan’s work at garynabhan.com.

Follow Gary on the socials:

• Twitter: @Ferhat9282468
• Facebook: @gpnabhan

Episode Show Notes

Books by Gary Nabhan

• Jesus for Farmers and Fishers: Justice for All Those Marginalized by Our Food System
• Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities
• Mesquite: An Arboreal Love Affair
• The Nature of Desert Nature
• And many other wonderful books by Gary can be found here.

Resources & People Mentioned

• Wendell Berry
• Gary Snyder
• Jim Harrison
• Barry Lopez
• Wes Jackson
• Loren Eiseley
• William Stafford
• St. Francis of Assisi
• Little Flowers of St. Francis
• John Mellencamp
• Willie Nelson
• Neil Young
• Center for Action and Contemplation
• The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau
• Henry David Thoreau
• Douglas E. Christie
• Walter Brueggemann

Drink Recommended

• Hard Apple Cider