Earth Eats: Real Food, Green Living

December 13, 2024

Fred Bennett and Virginia Githiri stand behind a stainless steel table in a commercial kitchen with a popcorn machine to the left. Both are wearing shirts with Popkorn logos and both are looking at the camera.

A professor with a passion for popcorn

A love for cooking isn’t the only reason to start a food business.

December 6, 2024

Food sovereignty can mean political sovereignty

Sociologist Diana Mincyte has been studying dairy farming in Lithuania and other post socialist Eastern European states. She says that what happens there can foretell what we will see in other parts of the world.

November 29, 2024

Persimmons, orange and messy in a white enamel bowl and a plastic colander on a wooden table

Delights from the Forest

Enjoy recipes and stories on persimmon and pawpaw plus a visit with a chef exploring Indigenous cuisines.

November 22, 2024

Tiffany-White LaGue and Kristina LaGue smiling at the camera, holding two toddlers with Christmas decor behind them

Thanksgiving recipes keep families connected

Learn about three unexpected holiday dishes that mean the world to the families who make them.

November 15, 2024

honeybees gathered on a wood surface in sunlight with shadows

The bees are not alone in their hive

Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

November 8, 2024

baked pastry with sesame seeds and poppy seeds on top, opened up on a plate with a cheese filling inside

The night bakery–Derya Doğan shares delicious memories from home

Listen this week to stories of nighttime communal baking and the family lore behind a teapot.

November 1, 2024

Krishnendu Ray looking at the camera with a colorful painted background

Wherever there is a dialect there is a cuisine

A conversation with sociologist Krishnendu Ray about taste and terroir in India.

October 25, 2024

Sherri Dugger in knit cap, squatting down petting goats, smiling at camera with greenish blue barn in the background next to a portrait of Craig Watts, seated in a blue hoodie and cap, looking slightly over his shoulder

Something stinks in rural America

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

October 18, 2024

head shot of Pablo Bose smiling at camera with green blurred background

Growing familiar foods helps refugees feel at home

A conversation with geographer Pablo Bose about New Farms for New Americans. A program that allows refugees to grow familiar foods from their homelands and share them with their new communities.

October 11, 2024

many different bottles of vinegar and oil arranged on a bar, with shelves of bottles in the background

Local shop with a history serves home cooks and professionals, alike

Siblings Sam Eibling and George Huntington keep up with the latest trends, while maintaining that old-school personal touch in their independent store–filled with cooking equipment, tableware and specialty food items.

October 4, 2024

Greek cuisine today sparks memory and nostalgia

A conversation with chef and anthropologist, Nafsika Papacharalampous about changes in high-end dining in Greece, sparked by the financial crisis.

September 27, 2024

Professor Tammy Ho at lecturn, with screen behind her showing a mans face on a magazine cover and an image of sushi

Sushi rolling, meatpacking and community gardening

Tammy Ho talks about her research on Burmese refugees in the US food system.

September 20, 2024

Who are the modern day robber barons of our food system?

A conversation with Austin Frerick about his new book exposing the money, power and corruption of America’s food industry.

September 13, 2024

three women smiling at camera holding tomato, carton of brown eggs and a bunch of greens

New Growth cultivates a sustainable local food system

From food hubs, farm-to-school programs and local food value chains, this week’s show is all about making local food work for everyone.

September 6, 2024

Jennifer Watkins, head and shoulders photo next to a window with and orange and white cat sitting to the left of her face.

For owners and for labor, restaurants are difficult

A conversation with geographer Jen Watkins on her experience as a server and her research on the industry.

August 30, 2024

Nate and Liz Brownlee sitting in long green grass in a field with white sheep nearby and trees, include a redbud in bloom, in the background with blue skies

Rotational grazing and perennial pastures

A conversation with two livestock farmers focused on treating the animals well, and nourishing the land.

August 23, 2024

people lined up at an orange food truck. the truck has large, colorful graphics of plants like dill flowers, chard leaves, strawberries, etc.

Planted Bloomington is a food truck with a vision

When Nicole Schonemann switched to a plant-based diet, she was looking for delicious food and noticed her community had a gap. Planted Bloomington hopes to fill it.