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Podcasts

July 19, 2024

 

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The inclusive vision of The National Young Farmers Coalition

The National Young Farmers Coalition centers racial equity and is no longer a white-led organization. Catch our conversation with Michelle Hughes, about the organization's transformation, on this episode of Earth Eats.

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July 12, 2024

 

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Can traditional foods help manage disease?

Indiana University scholar Funmi Ayeni shares her surprising research on a simple food used in households throughout Nigeria to treat malaria.

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July 5, 2024

 

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Indigenous foodways as tools of empowerment

An anthropologiical bioarcheologist studies precolonial burial sites to understand Indigenous foodways of the past and present.

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June 28, 2024

 

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Learn about specialty brewing with local fruits at Upland’s Woodshop

Huge wooden foeders, wild yeast, and hundreds of pounds of fruit make Upland’s sour beer program one of a kind.

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June 21, 2024

 

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Historian Rebecca Spang on the strange origins of the restaurant

Restaurants underwent dramatic transformations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about how restaurants came to be, and speculate on where they’re headed.

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June 14, 2024

 

A drawing in the style of a tarot card with a person and palm production supply, next to a black and white head shot of Max Haiven

Palm oil is everywhere–Max Haiven talks about why that matters

What can one commodity reveal about our food systems, about health, about labor and capitalism and about the environmental costs of so-called cheap food production?

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June 7, 2024

 

Beth Hoffman and John Hogeland standing close together in a field with a sunset sky, pasture and small trees behind them.

Beth Hoffman speaks frankly on the financial challenges of farming [replay]

Farm life still manages to attract young people, but they often come to the land with unrealistic expectations.

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May 31, 2024

 

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Tacotarian’s plant-based tacos aren’t just for vegetarians [replay]

Plant-based tacos are on the menu at Tacotarian in Las Vegas, Nevada

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May 24, 2024

 

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Food sovereignty in times of transition

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.

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May 17, 2024

 

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Can chefs shape our food system?

In her new book, Katherine Miller offers guidance for chefs on effecting change in food policy.

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May 10, 2024

 

Carey Gillam sitting with a notebook in her lap looking toward Lee Johnson on a bright orange couch. A tape recorder is visible on a coffee table.

Taking on Monsanto: journalist Carey Gillam tells the story of Lee Johnson vs. Big Ag [Replay]

A conversation with award winning journalist Carey Gilliam who covered the case of Lee Johnson vs. Monsanto.

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May 3, 2024

 

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Turkish hand pies spark childhood memories for Derya Doğan

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

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April 26, 2024

 

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In celebration of Earth Day: a conversation on the deep roots of regenerative farming [replay]

In celebration of Earth Day: a conversation on the deep roots of regenerative farming

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April 19, 2024

 

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What a garden can mean–when you need it most

Jerry Mercury had never experienced a place like the community garden he found in Tallinn, Estonia. In a difficult time, it meant the world to him.

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April 12, 2024

 

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Get ready for food truck season, and ice cream with the Chocolate Moose and Pinoy Garden Cafe

Local ice cream shop puts the focus on community with Food Truck Fridays.

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April 5, 2024

 

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Three generations collaborate to cook a favorite Cuban dish

Producer Alexis Carvajal connects with her grandmother to learn a family recipe called Pernil.

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March 29, 2024

 

Phyllis Boyd standing in the shade with a large stick in her hand, smiling at the camera. A small white building, brightly painted wooden chairs and a lush garden are visible in the background.

Youth in Indianapolis build personal and community resilience in the garden–with Groundwork Indy

Join us for a community garden tour and conversation with Phyllis Boyd, former director of Groundwork Indy

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March 22, 2024

 

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Present and future foodways in Ukraine–a conversation with Elizabeth Dunn

Geographer Elizabeth Cullen Dunn talks with Earth Eats about visiting ice cream factories and small dairy farms in Ukraine as the country faces uncertainty around the war and changes in land policy.

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March 15, 2024

 

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Sushi rolling, meatpacking and community gardening

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

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March 8, 2024

 

Alicia Kennedy standing in front of a book case with arm leaning on book case, looking at the camera

Alicia Kennedy considers the cultural history of vegetarian cuisine

In her new book No Meat Required, food writer Alicia Kennedy looks at vegetarian movements of the past and shares her low-tech vision for the future of food.

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Kayte Young is the producer of Earth Eats, and an announcer and producer at WFIU Public Radio. Learn more »

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