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Eating Matters

Food has emerged as a critical policy area – and it raises big questions about health, labor, sustainability and our collective future. Join host Jenna Liut for conversations with food policy experts... Read more

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Episode 3: Joan Gussow: Food, Sustainability and the Climate

Episode 3: Joan Gussow: Food, Sustainability and the Climate

This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler welcomes in studio Ralph Loglisci of the Food and Environment Reporting Ne... Read more

25 Sep 2014

39mins

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Episode 4: Insuring Better Health

Episode 4: Insuring Better Health

This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler tackles more notable food policy issues. Opening the show with the policy ... Read more

2 Oct 2014

31mins

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Episode 106: Nudge, Nudge

Episode 106: Nudge, Nudge

Have you ever wondered why most grocery stores – despite the chain – more or less have the same floor plan? Or why cand... Read more

8 Apr 2018

42mins

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Episode 52: Wage Wars: Saru Jayaraman & Restaurant Work

Episode 52: Wage Wars: Saru Jayaraman & Restaurant Work

On today's episode of Eating Matters, Host Jenna Liut kicks off a two part series on labor practices in the food chain w... Read more

4 May 2016

40mins

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Episode 69: Farm to Table 101

Episode 69: Farm to Table 101

This week, host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet talk with Darryl Benjamin and Lyndon Virkler about their... Read more

21 Oct 2016

47mins

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Episode 140: Food Policy Primer

Episode 140: Food Policy Primer

Host Jenna Liut welcomes Dr. Marlene Schwartz, Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the Universi... Read more

14 Jul 2019

1hr 5mins

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Episode 122: Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Part 1

Episode 122: Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Part 1

Tim Searchinger, lead author of the World Resources Institute’s recently released report titled “Creating a Sustainable ... Read more

17 Dec 2018

51mins

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Episode 133: Organic Valley

Episode 133: Organic Valley

Host Jenna Liut sits down with Organic Valley’s Mission Executive, Leslie Kruempel, to discuss their unique co-op model ... Read more

7 Apr 2019

54mins

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Episode 110: Taste The Future

Episode 110: Taste The Future

Question: What has 3 times the protein, uses 15 times less water, and produces 2,000 times less methane gas than beef? A... Read more

15 Jul 2018

47mins

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Episode 25: Kosher: Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food

Episode 25: Kosher: Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food

Generating over $12 billion in annual sales, kosher food is big business. This week on Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler ... Read more

2 Apr 2015

32mins

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Episode 129: Good Intentions: The Renewable Fuels Standard

Episode 129: Good Intentions: The Renewable Fuels Standard

What did Ted Cruz get right that the 2020 field of Democratic Presidential candidates are getting wrong? The answer is ... Read more

10 Mar 2019

59mins

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Episode 103: SNAP Decisions

Episode 103: SNAP Decisions

Caitlin Dewey, who covers food policy for Wonkblog at the Washington Post, joins the show to talk all about the Suppleme... Read more

11 Mar 2018

48mins

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Episode 111: Got Milk?

Episode 111: Got Milk?

If the 1990s has taught us anything, we know that Kate Moss, Tom Brady, and Kermit the Frog certainly do! And that over... Read more

22 Jul 2018

1hr 1min

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Episode 149: Meet Niman Ranch's Paul Willis

Episode 149: Meet Niman Ranch's Paul Willis

Paul Willis, farmer and founder of Niman Ranch Pork Company, joins host Jenna Liut in the studio to talk about how he go... Read more

17 Nov 2019

1hr 1min

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Episode 147: Ben Wurgaft

Episode 147: Ben Wurgaft

Lab-grown, or "cultured," meat is a new kind of protein produced by growing animal cells into muscle fibers. Ben Wurgaft... Read more

20 Oct 2019

48mins

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Episode 109: How to Feed the World

Episode 109: How to Feed the World

By 2050 we will have 10 billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. This of course be... Read more

8 Jul 2018

55mins

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Episode 128: Green. New. Deal.

Episode 128: Green. New. Deal.

Introduced in early February by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Mass... Read more

3 Mar 2019

56mins

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Episode 134: Eating Tomorrow

Episode 134: Eating Tomorrow

This season of Eating Matters has focused a lot on how to feed a growing world’s population without completely destroyin... Read more

14 Apr 2019

54mins

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Episode 125: Sustainability & The Farm Bill

Episode 125: Sustainability & The Farm Bill

The Farm Bill has an enormous potential to improve the sustainability of our food system by supporting and funding major... Read more

10 Feb 2019

55mins

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Episode 145: Food Town, USA

Episode 145: Food Town, USA

Acclaimed author and food systems expert, Mark Winne joins host Jenna Liut to discuss his new book, “Food Town, USA: Sev... Read more

6 Oct 2019

50mins

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