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Episode 120: Gettin' Hot in Here
Eating Matters - December 02, 2018 23:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLast week, the day after Thanksgiving, US government agencies released the much anticipated Forth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) which assesses the state of the climate across the US. The report’s findings were bleak – stating in clear terms that without “substantial and sustained reduction...
Episode 119: Organic: All It's Cracked Up to Be?
Eating Matters - November 18, 2018 18:11 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsDemand for organic products continue to rise as consumers become increasingly conscientious about their food choices. Indeed, being mindful of the kinds of food and production methods used to produce that food is undeniably essential to creating a better and sustainable food system. But does t...
Episode 118: The Dead Zone: Runoff in our Waterways
Eating Matters - October 28, 2018 22:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNitrogen and phosphorus pollution is wreaking havoc on our waterways - notably in the Gulf of Mexico, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Great Lakes - and is getting worse every year. Science journalist Virgina Gewin discusses the extent of the problem, remedies that will drastically improve the susta...
Episode 117: Past Due: The Farm Bill
Eating Matters - October 21, 2018 22:40 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe Farm Bill – the primary legislation passed by Congress that sets national nutrition, agriculture and conservation policy – officially expired on October 1st, with no new legislation to take it's place. So, what now? Helena Bottemiller Evich, Senior Food & Ag Reporter at Politico Pro, joins...
Episode 116: Big Chicken
Eating Matters - October 07, 2018 21:45 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe United Nations calls the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria the "the greatest and most urgent global risk," an epidemic that is projected to cost the world $100 trillion (TRILLION) and cause 10 million deaths per year by 2050. For a long time, it was thought that antibiotic resistance wa...
Episode 115: (Not So) High Times
Eating Matters - September 30, 2018 20:39 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe abundance and prevalence of CBD products has exploded in recent months – so much so that even Coca-Cola is considering making a line of wellness beverages infused with CBD. With the rapidly changing – and ever confusing – cannabis landscape, journalist Lisa Gill joins host Jenna Liut to she...
Episode 114: Eating NAFTA
Eating Matters - September 16, 2018 22:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWith the renegotiation of NAFTA currently underway and a new trade agreement close to being finalized, host Jenna Liut welcomes author Alyshia Galvez to the show to discuss the repercussions the deal has had on the U.S. and Mexican food system. Alyshia is a Professor of Latin American and Latin...
Episode 113: A Small Word After All
Eating Matters - August 05, 2018 22:15 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe agriculture industry, including both U.S. farms and agribusiness, has been undergoing widespread and persistent consolidation for decades. And yet, family farms continue to account for most U.S. food production. Those are among the conclusions of "Three Decades of Consolidation in U.S. Agr...
Episode 112: SNAP Software Snafu
Eating Matters - July 29, 2018 17:47 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn recent weeks, the Novo Dia Group, an Austin-based company that processes approximately 40% of SNAP transactions at farmers markets nationwide, said it will end its service by July 31st, leaving a big gap in the ability for farmers markets to serve low-income customers. Joining Host Jenna Liu...
Episode 111: Got Milk?
Eating Matters - July 22, 2018 22:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIf the 1990s has taught us anything, we know that Kate Moss, Tom Brady, and Kermit the Frog certainly do! And that over 220 billion liters of fluid white milk was estimated to be consumed worldwide in 2016. Indeed, milk is one of those ubiquitous refrigerator staples available in vast quantiti...
Episode 110: Taste The Future
Eating Matters - July 15, 2018 19:44 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsQuestion: What has 3 times the protein, uses 15 times less water, and produces 2,000 times less methane gas than beef? Answer: crickets! Indeed, many believe that insects will be the food of the future, and crickets are one of the most palatable, sustainable, and nutritious options. Robyn Shapi...
Episode 109: How to Feed the World
Eating Matters - July 08, 2018 21:36 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBy 2050 we will have 10 billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. This of course begs the question – how will we do this? Joining host Jenna Liut with the inside scoop on what factors need to be addressed in order to achieve global food security is Dr. Ken F...
Episode 108: A Conversation with Deb Eschmeyer
Eating Matters - June 24, 2018 22:34 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut is thrlled to welcome Deb Eschmeyer to the show today. A dedicated and passionate food system reformer, Deb's work has included organic farming; co-founding the national nonprofit, FoodCorps; and serving as the Executive Director of Let’s Move! and the Senior Policy Advisor for N...
Episode 107: Water, Water Everywhere
Eating Matters - June 03, 2018 23:01 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMichigan, which sits in the middle of one-fifth of the Earth’s surface freshwater and has a higher percentage of surface water than any other American state, has experienced a spate of water related issues in the past few years - from the 2014 Flint water crisis to the Detroit municipality water...
Episode 106: Nudge, Nudge
Eating Matters - April 08, 2018 23:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHave you ever wondered why most grocery stores – despite the chain – more or less have the same floor plan? Or why candy bars are always available at the cash register? The layout of stores and strategic placement of certain items is the result of a purposeful decision-making progress designed...
Episode 105: Interview with Jillian Hishaw, Founding Director of F.A.R.M.S.
Eating Matters - March 25, 2018 22:49 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsJillian Hishaw joins the show to talk about her work as the Founding Director of F.A.R.M.S., a nonprofit located in the South that provides legal services to small farmers and hunger relief services in their community. Her work has largely focused on the aging challenges farmers face, many of w...
Episode 104: Hemp on the Horizon
Eating Matters - March 18, 2018 22:29 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHemp is a plant that has an enormous opportunity to benefit the american agricultural system in myriad ways and yet has been faced with a series of legal and regulatory issues over the past several decades. Joining the show to give an update on the legality of hemp cultivation in the U.S. and h...
Episode 103: SNAP Decisions
Eating Matters - March 11, 2018 22:16 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsCaitlin Dewey, who covers food policy for Wonkblog at the Washington Post, joins the show to talk all about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one of the most important, successful, and misunderstood welfare programs in the US today. Perhaps because of these misunderstandings, it is ...
Episode 102: Reaping What We Sow
Eating Matters - March 04, 2018 22:05 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsKara Cook-Schultz from U.S. PIRG joins the show to talk about their recently released report, Reaping What We Sow: How the Practices of Industrial Agriculture Put Our Health and Environment at Risk, that breaks down the problems of industrial agriculture and offers common-sense solutions. Host J...
Episode 101: Magic 8 Ball
Eating Matters - February 25, 2018 21:34 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsEating Matters welcomes Sam Fromartz, Editor in Chief of the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN), back to the show to discuss the new, annual survey highlighting the top 10 issues their journalists think will make up the news in 2018. From the fight to control seed technology to antibiot...
Episode 100: Rotten
Eating Matters - February 04, 2018 15:55 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsChristine Haughney, food and agriculture writer at Politico, joins the show to talk about her work as the investigative reporter of Rotten, Netflix’s new food crime docu-series. ROTTEN covers some of the “greatest hits” in food crime and fraud and shines a light on the pervasive greed and miscon...
Episode 99: A Game of Chicken
Eating Matters - January 28, 2018 21:23 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOn this episode of Eating Matters, we talk about the Farmer Fair Practices Rules (aka the GIPSA Rules) which, as wonky as it may sound, offers a fascinating look into the surprising process that 97% of chickens are produced in this country. These rules would have made it easier for farmers to su...
Episode 98.5: For Hannah
Eating Matters - January 01, 2018 20:36 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe remember Hannah Weiss, who interned with Eating Matters and who we lost suddenly and tragically on December 31 st of 2017. At such a young age, she was poised to making meaningful and lasting changes to our food system that we desperately need and deeply committed to doing so. She was a joy t...
Episode 98: Improving Our Food System, One Shipping Container At A Time
Eating Matters - December 03, 2017 22:14 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBuilding and sustaining regional food systems has been a much discussed topic this season, and in this episode, host Jenna Liut speaks with Tobias Peggs, Co-Founder and CEO of Square Roots - a company doing just that. Square Roots is an urban farming and entrepreneurship platform that strengthen...
Episode 97: The Farm Bill: A Primer
Eating Matters - November 12, 2017 21:46 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHow much do you know about the Farm Bill? If the answer is "not enough," then this is the episode for you. Paul Wolfe, Senior Policy Specialist at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition gives us a primer on this behemoth legislation that arguably has the biggest impact on our national fo...
Episode 96: Rethinking NAFTA
Eating Matters - November 06, 2017 00:46 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLet's get wonky and talk about how international trade policy effects on our food system. (Best teaser ever.) The re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the U.S., Mexico and Canada began on August 16, and can have huge repercussions on our food supply, farmers...
Episode 95: David v. Goliath
Eating Matters - October 29, 2017 20:33 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut speaks with Michael Winik, Founder & CEO of OurHarvest, an online farmers market delivery service working to increase access to locally grown, sustainably sourced and hugely delicious food from the greater New York area. Michael explains why and how his company could make huge c...
Episode 94: Saving Seeds (our palates & our food system)
Eating Matters - October 22, 2017 19:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsSteph Gaylor founded Invincible Summer Farms in 2005 to grow and sell fresh produce, collaborate with chefs and the food community, and save rare seeds. She harvests 3,000 pounds of tomatoes alone (not to mention everything else) by herself while maintaining a seed bank with over 2,000 different...
Episode 93: To Be Or Not To Be
Eating Matters - October 16, 2017 23:07 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOn this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut digs into the merits of eating a plant based diet, a concept that has gained popularity in the past decade, even giving way to the development of plant based "meats." More recently, Netflix released a very pro-vegan documentary, "What the Healt...
Episode 92: Food Relief Efforts in Houston
Eating Matters - October 01, 2017 20:34 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOver the past month, we have seen unprecedented devastation caused by multiple hurricanes hitting the US, starting with SouthEast Texas followed in rapid succession by Florida and most recently Puerto Rico. Food relief is of course one of the most important services provided during a natural dis...
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