Richard McCarthy: What Japan Can Teach Urban Americans About Regenerating Rural Values and Practices

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Richard McCarthy: What Japan Can Teach Urban Americans About Regenerating Rural Values and Practices

Andrew Keen

Nov 09, 2022

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Richard McCarthy, author of Kuni: A Japanese Vision and Practice for Urban-Rural Reconnection.

For 25+ years, Richard McCarthy has played both hyper local and global roles in growing community through food. His innovations include: a workers’ cooperative with public housing residents; the nation’s first farmers market health incentive pilots; and an international research fellowship to measure the human, social, and financial capital in community markets. McCarthy’s work has become increasingly global through partnerships with the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, Project for Public Spaces, and Slow Food. He is a frequent public speaker, author, and organizer of conferences, symposia, and festivals.

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