Speak to the Earth and it Shall Teach Thee: Catholic Nuns, the United Farm Workers Movement, and the Rise of an Environmental Ethic, 1962-1978

John Buchkoski explores the role that religious women had in grassroots social activism in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly organizations of Catholic women religious. He explains how these groups supported United Farm Worker strikes by publicizing the environmental and health effects of pesticide use and popularizing produce boycotts across Catholic communities. Buchkoski is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma. Related Collections Reverend James Drake Papers Reverend Victor P. Salandini Papers National Farm Worker Ministry Records Michigan Farm Worker Ministry Coalition Records UFW Illinois Boycott: Chicago Office Records UFW Ohio Boycott Records UFW Central Administration Records UFW Administration Department Records Episode Credits Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English Host: Dan Golodner Interviewees: John Buchkoski Sound: Troy Eller English Music: Bart Bealmear With support from the Reuther Podcast Collective: Bart Bealmear, Elizabeth Clemens, Meghan Courtney, Troy Eller English, Dan Golodner, Paul Neirink, and Mary Wallace