Judaism Unbound Episode 335: Jewishly Rooted - Kesha Dorsey Spoor, Adam McCurdy, Sharone Oren

Kesha Dorsey Spoor, Adam McCurdy, and Sharone Oren are three members of the team at Coastal Roots Farm — a nonprofit community-farm in Encinitas, California, anchored in Jewish traditions. They join Dan and Lex for a conversation about how Judaism and farming are rooted (get it??) in shared values. This is the 3rd episode in a three-part mini-series, recorded on location at Leichtag Commons -- a Jewish community farm, education center, co-working space, and more, located in Encinitas, California and operated by the Leichtag Foundation.

[1] Learn more about Coastal Roots farm via CoastalRootsFarm.org. Check out Kesha Dorsey Spoor, Adam McCurdy, and Sharone Oren’s bios by heading to CoastalRootsFarm.org/Our-Team.

[2] Check out the two previous episodes in this miniseries, to get the full experience! Episode 333: Cross-Pollination - Jenny Camhi, Jessica Kort, Episode 334: Taking Jewish Risks - Jim Farley, Charlene Seidle

[3] For Coastal Roots Farm’s understanding of what makes a Jewish community farm, including ten Jewish values that undergird their work, click here (5 out of these 10 values came up explicitly in this conversation — these folks are on brand!!).

[4] For a piece that provides a brief overview of the Jewish concept of kilayim, discussed in this episode, see “Kilayim and the Sustainable Jew,” a 2012 piece by Hannah Lee written for Hazon.

[5] McCurdy mentions that land ownership is a contemporary social construct, not an objective reality. For more on the idea that nobody can own land — and how that relates to the Shmita year of rest and renewal for land — see Episode 290: Nobody Owns Land - David Seidenberg.