What You're Eating FoodPrint.org
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Whether it’s a salad, a hamburger or your morning egg sandwich, the way your meal gets made has an impact. What You’re Eating is here to help you understand how your food gets to your plate, and see the full impact of the food we eat on animals, planet and people. Host Jerusha Klemperer is the Director of FoodPrint.org, a website that uncovers the problems with the industrial food system, and offers examples of more sustainable practices, as well as practical advice for how you can help support a better system, through the food that you buy and the system changes you push for.
From practical conversations with farmers about the true cost of raising chickens to tips from chefs about how to reduce kitchen waste to discussions with policy experts on the barriers to sustainability, FoodPrint’s new podcast covers everything from the why to the how.
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The All-American Hot Dog
In this episode, we speak to writer and comedian Jamie Loftus, author of Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, about her cross-country road trip in search of the all-American hot dog.
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The Small but Mighty Oyster
Why does the oyster — amorphous, slimy, hidden in a shell that’s craggier and stranger than that of a scallop or a clam — capture so many food-lovers’ hearts? What exactly is an oyster? Why are most of the oysters we eat farmed? And why, unlike other farmed seafood, are they considered such a benefit to their environment? In this episode, we head to the farm — the oyster farm — and talk to various experts to understand more about this beloved and very sustainable bivalve.
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Losing Biodiversity, Losing Flavors
We can see the causes and effects of biodiversity loss all around us. Only one variety of banana or pineapple for sale in every grocery store. Or the miles and miles or corn and soy you pass as you drive the roads of Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois. Or the windshield effect: that there are far fewer dead insects on our windshields as we drive those country roads. We are right now in what’s being called “a biodiversity crisis,” in terms of the number of species we are losing and the increasing pace at which that loss is happening. The primary driver of species loss is our global agriculture system — in other words, the way we grow our food. And as we lose those varieties and breeds of animals and plants, we don’t just lose their genetics, we lose their unique tastes and flavors, too.
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Coffee: From Seed to Cup
For the conscious consumer, buying local products is a way to shorten that distance between us and what we eat or drink, and maybe even learn more about how it was produced by talking to the people who made it. But what about something like coffee, which doesn’t grow anywhere near those of us living in the continental United States? Do you know where your coffee comes from? And if you do know what country it comes from, maybe from the bag or canister you bought your beans in, do you know how it was grown? Or who grew it? Or how it transforms from a berry on a branch to the brown roasted “beans” you grind for your cup of Joe?
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The History and Future of Plant-based Eating
In this episode we speak with writer Alicia Kennedy about her new book, "No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating."
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PFAS: The "Forever Chemicals" In Your Food
In this episode we head to Maine to learn more about the "forever chemicals" PFAS and how they have ended up in well water, on farms, in food, and ultimately in people’s bodies.
Customer Reviews
Fascinating with high production value!
Typically I shy away from low review podcasts because they usually have lower production value, but this one sounds like anything produced from apm or npr. A fascinating podcast and super informative without any “ums” or off-topic ramblings
AMAZING podcast!
I am a YouTuber and know how much effort goes behind this research and getting all the interviews. I just listened to the episode on PFAS and my jaw just dropped to the floor at how good it was.
Know your food
This is such important research. For decades we have taken for granted that an item labeled food is food. At the same time corporate food production and the fda have allowed us to lose sight of what real food is. Why do stores wrap organic produce in plastic on a styrofoam tray? Some grocery workers think it’s illegal for organic produce to touch conventional produce.