Latest Food policy experts Podcast Episodes
Episode 150: In Pursuit of "Net Zero"
Eating Matters - December 08, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut discusses the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's recently released position paper, “Agriculture and Climate Change: Policy Imperatives and Opportunities to Help Producers Meet the Challenges,” with Ferd Hoefner, a Senior Strategic Advisor at NSAC, and Mark Schonbeck, a ...
Episode 149: Meet Niman Ranch's Paul Willis
Eating Matters - November 17, 2019 23:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPaul Willis, farmer and founder of Niman Ranch Pork Company, joins host Jenna Liut in the studio to talk about how he got his start, the impact of the Purdue acquisition, and two of the most urgent agricultural policy fixes he would like to see happen now. Eating Matters is powered by Simpleca...
Episode 148: Foodshed.io
Eating Matters - November 17, 2019 11:26 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut sits down with Foodshed.io's Co-founder and Managing Director, Daniel Beckman, to learn more about how this startup is leveraging blockchain to create an efficient, reliable and transparent marketplace that connects urban markets to local farmers and strengthens regional food sys...
Episode 147: Ben Wurgaft
Eating Matters - October 20, 2019 22:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLab-grown, or "cultured," meat is a new kind of protein produced by growing animal cells into muscle fibers. Ben Wurgaft joins host Jenna Liut to talk about his new book, "Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food," where he considers the cultural and philosphical questions about what...
Episode 146: A School Food Hero
Eating Matters - October 13, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsVeteran nutrition director Betti Wiggins has been working for almost 30 years to improve school food for urban children. She has been credited with making enormous changes to the quality of school meals served at Detroit Public Schools and is now leading the Houston Independent School District’s...
Episode 145: Food Town, USA
Eating Matters - October 06, 2019 22:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAcclaimed author and food systems expert, Mark Winne joins host Jenna Liut to discuss his new book, “Food Town, USA: Seven Unlikely Cities That Are Changing the Way We Eat”, where he features the inspiring work people across the country are doing to leverage the power of healthy and sustainable ...
Episode 144: The Problem with Crop Insurance
Eating Matters - September 29, 2019 22:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn a July report, the USDA found that crop insurance payouts are likely to increase due to the expected increase in climate volatility. But is the program that is designed to protect farmers against the hardships caused by these climate events just making the problem worse? Journalist Jessica Mc...
Episode 143: The Labor of (School) Lunch
Eating Matters - September 22, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut interviews author Jennifer E. Gaddis about her forthcoming book "The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools." Gaddis’ book exposes the labor crisis in school cafeterias and why we can’t keep ignoring these workers if we want healthier schoo...
Episode 142: Shop With Your Heart
Eating Matters - August 04, 2019 22:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAlthough 76% of consumers are reported to be concerned about farm animal welfare, food labels and marketing claims have become alarmingly misleading, making it incredibly difficult for consumers to have the impact they seek to make through their purchasing power. Daisy Freund, Director of Farm ...
Episode 141: Catching Up with Kim Kessler
Eating Matters - July 31, 2019 23:32 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsKim Kessler, the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Tobacco Control at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - and Eating Matters creator! - joins host Jenna Liut to discuss the agency's innovative and impactful work in promoting and protec...
Episode 140: Food Policy Primer
Eating Matters - July 14, 2019 18:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut welcomes Dr. Marlene Schwartz, Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut, back on the show to discuss the article she co-authored with Dr. Kelly Brownell and Dr. Lee Miller that was recently published in the American Journal of Public ...
Episode 139: What's Good
Eating Matters - June 30, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAlexander Gillett, CEO and Co-Founder of HowGood – which specializes in rating companies and products based on their environmental, social and labor practices – joins host Jenna Liut to discuss how they have amassed the largest database on food and personal care product sustainability in the wor...
Episode 138: Snailblazer, Trailblazer
Eating Matters - June 09, 2019 22:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNaama Tamir, co-owner of Lighthouse and Lighthouse Outpost, was recently named as Slow Food NYC's 2019 "Snailblazer," a designation granted to changemakers committed to creating a better food system. Her work exemplifies the big impact that one small business can have on a broader goal of good,...
Episode 137: Food Routes
Eating Matters - June 02, 2019 22:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut is joined by Robyn Metcalfe, author of the newly published book, “Food Routes: Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating,” to unpack the unbelievable complexities of the current food supply chain and discuss how technology will impact the future of h...
Episode 136: Not Safe Enough to Drink
Eating Matters - May 19, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRoundup, a common glyphosate-based herbicide made by Monsanto, is back in the news as a California jury recently ordered the company to pay $2 billion in damages to a married couple who both developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which they say was caused by many years of using this product. Carey Gill...
Episode 135: Dead Species Walking
Eating Matters - May 12, 2019 23:16 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis week, a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was released stating that nature is declining globally at unprecedented rates and the rate of species extinction is accelerating. One million (out of eight million)...
Episode 134: Eating Tomorrow
Eating Matters - April 14, 2019 22:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis season of Eating Matters has focused a lot on how to feed a growing world’s population without completely destroying the planet and policies and programs – past, present and future – aimed at helping us get there. In the final episode of Eating Matters for the season, host Jenna Liut interv...
Episode 133: Organic Valley
Eating Matters - April 07, 2019 23:06 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut sits down with Organic Valley’s Mission Executive, Leslie Kruempel, to discuss their unique co-op model and brand strategy. Kruempel explains the history of Organic Valley, the participation of its 2,000 family farmers, and their new ad campaign “Call Us Crazy But It’s Working.” ...
Episode 132: Representative Earl Blumenauer
Eating Matters - March 31, 2019 22:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut talks with Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) about why he gives the 2018 Farm Bill a "D+," his work on the New Green Deal, and how every politician - regardless of their committee assignments - must prioritize food and agriculture systems reform. Eating Matters is powered by...
Episode 131: Part 2: The ABCs of GMOs
Eating Matters - March 24, 2019 22:01 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHost Jenna Liut continues her conversation with Greg Jaffe, Director of the Project on Biotechnology at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, on everything you need to know about genetic engineering. Eating Matters is powered by Simplecast.
Episode 130: Part 1: The ABCs of GMOs
Eating Matters - March 17, 2019 22:01 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsInternational agricultural biotechnology and biosafety expert from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Greg Jaffe, joins host Jenna Liut to share everything you need to know about genetic engineering. Whether you are a skeptic or supporter, this episode will help you better understan...
Episode 129: Good Intentions: The Renewable Fuels Standard
Eating Matters - March 10, 2019 22:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWhat did Ted Cruz get right that the 2020 field of Democratic Presidential candidates are getting wrong? The answer is his view that the Renewable Fuels Standard is failed policy in need of reform. Environmental journalist and author Michael Grunwald joins host Jenna Liut to unpack what the Re...
Episode 128: Green. New. Deal.
Eating Matters - March 03, 2019 23:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIntroduced in early February by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, the Green New Deal is a congressional resolution that calls for the U.S. to become carbon neutral and to supply 100% of the country’s electricity from carbon-free en...
Episode 127: The Chef's Collaborative
Eating Matters - February 24, 2019 23:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMembers of the Chef's Collaborative - including Chef & Owner of Nicks on Broadway, Derek Wagner; Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer of AeroFarms, Marc Oshima; and, Chef Jake Rojas of Tallulah's Taqueria - join Host Jenna Liut to discuss the work that the non-profit has done over the past 25 ye...
Episode 126: The Ripple Effect
Eating Matters - February 17, 2019 23:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsCo-founders Adam Lowry and Neil Renninger join the show to discuss their newest company, Ripple Foods, makers of nutritious plant-based milk products. Adam and Neil discuss how they created the cleanest plant protein on the planet, the sustainability impact the company is having, and the current...
Episode 125: Sustainability & The Farm Bill
Eating Matters - February 10, 2019 23:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe Farm Bill has an enormous potential to improve the sustainability of our food system by supporting and funding major initiatives that mitigate agriculture's impact on climate change. After a long and drawn out process, the legislation was finally reauthorized in December 2018. Alyssa Charn...
Episode 124: The Radical Center
Eating Matters - January 20, 2019 23:46 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsGary Paul Nabhan, author and father of the local food movement, joins host Jenna Liut to talk about his new book, “Food from the Radical Center: Healing our Communities and our Land,” which contains a collection of stories that illustrate what good can happen when people organize and work togeth...
Episode 123: Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Part 2
Eating Matters - December 17, 2018 04:35 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe second of a two-part series discussing the World Resources Institute’s report titled “Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Sustainably Feed More Than 9 Billion People by 2050.” Host Jenna Liut interviews its lead author, Tim Searchinger, about the innovative and soberi...
Episode 122: Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Part 1
Eating Matters - December 17, 2018 02:24 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsTim Searchinger, lead author of the World Resources Institute’s recently released report titled “Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Sustainably Feed More Than 9 Billion People by 2050,” joins host Jenna Liut to discuss what it will take to feed the world’s booming populat...
Episode 121: Salmonella, anyone?
Eating Matters - December 09, 2018 21:09 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn light of the recent outbreaks in foodborne illnesses, host Jenna Liut delves into the world of food safety. Jean Halloran, Director of Food Initiatives at Consumer Reports, joins the show to discuss how outbreaks like the recent discovery of Salmonella in Jennie-O’s fresh ground turkey, are ...
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