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Eating Matters

Eating Matters

Heritage Radio Network

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 and leaders about the issues that shape our everyday experiences of buying, cooking and eating food.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Eating Matters episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Eating Matters for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Eating Matters episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Eating Matters - Episode 23: The Non

Episode 23: The Non

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03/19/15 • 40 min

This week on a jam-packed Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler and guest co-host Chef Evan Hanczor are talking mission oriented food trucks with a plethora of guests including: Jordyn Lexton, Fredrick Coleman, and Matt Geller. Jordyn is the founder of the Snowday Food Truck and Drive Change, which operates in NYC to build and operate locally sourced food trucks that hire, teach and empower formerly incarcerated youth while Fredrick is the Drive Change/Snowday liaison. Matt is on the line from California and is the CEO of the SoCal Mobile Food Vendors’ Association and as such has extensive experience advocating on behalf of food trucks. In the first half of the show, the group chats about Jordyn’s background and experience in the criminal justice sector and how she became involved in the food truck realm, plus what she and Fredrick believe customers take away from their unique food trucks. After the break, Matt joins in the conversation giving further insight on the regulations and technicalities of running food trucks and explains how food trucks are important entities in the restaurant and food industries. Tune in for a great show! This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery.


“We want to create community. We use the food truck as a mechanism to do that.” [20:00]

Jordyn Lexton on Eating Matters

“What the food truck industry has done has really created a lot of innovation in the food industry because it’s so expensive to get into. It can be a little stifled... and some food truck owners become restaurant owners eventually as well.” [26:00]

Matt Geller on Eating Matters

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Building and sustaining regional food systems has been a much discussed topic this season, and in this episode, host Jenna Liut speaks with Tobias Peggs, Co-Founder and CEO of Square Roots - a company doing just that. Square Roots is an urban farming and entrepreneurship platform that strengthens communities through real food. They discuss how and why Square Roots was launched, what the company hopes to achieve, and the immense impact it can have on how we produce and consume food in this country.

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Eating Matters - Episode 96: Rethinking NAFTA
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11/06/17 • 49 min

Let's get wonky and talk about how international trade policy effects on our food system. (Best teaser ever.) The re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the U.S., Mexico and Canada began on August 16, and can have huge repercussions on our food supply, farmers and the land. Ben Lilliston joins Host Jenna Liut to unpack the effects NAFTA has had on our food system over the past twenty years – and the potential effects that renegotiating the agreement could have. Ben is the Director of Corporate Strategies and Climate Change at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, which works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

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Eating Matters - Julie Guthman

Julie Guthman

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03/15/20 • 44 min

Host Jenna Liut speaks with author Julie Guthman about her new book, Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry, which tells the story of how California's strawberry industry came to rely on soil fumigants, and how that reliance reverberated throughout the rest of the fruit’s production system.

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Eating Matters - Episode 148: Foodshed.io
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11/17/19 • 56 min

Host 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 systems.

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Eating Matters - Episode 140: Food Policy Primer
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07/14/19 • 65 min

Host 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 Health. The article, “Primer on US Food and Nutrition Policy and Public Health,” explores the critical and inextricable link between agriculture and public health and demonstrates the need for policies that simultaneously address hunger, obesity and the effects of agricultural production on the environment.

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Eating Matters - Ending Domestic Hunger
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02/07/21 • 65 min

The fight to eliminate hunger entails measures that go well beyond food banks, soup kitchens, and SNAP benefits. Prior to Biden’s inauguration and the release of the Administration's COVID & economic relief proposal, host Jenna Liut interviewed Joel Berg to discuss how higher wages, affordable housing, universal health care, school meals and nutritional education are each vital to ensuring widespread food security. Joel is the CEO of Hunger Free America, a national advocacy and direct service organization dedicated to designing programs and policies to end hunger in the U.S.

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Eating Matters - Matriark Foods

Matriark Foods

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02/07/21 • 53 min

The US is a global leader of food waste, generating about 40 MILLION tons annually, which represents between 30 - 40% of the food supply. Within this waste stream are 10 million tons of perfectly usable vegetables that don’t make it to market. Recognizing the critical role this produce could play in tackling the dual challenges of food waste and limited availability of nutritious food for millions of Americans, Anna Hammond founded Matriark Foods, a startup that upcycles vegetable byproducts into healthy products for the benefit of people and the planet. Host Jenna Liut speaks with Anna about how she got her start and the impact the company is making as a solution for major inefficiencies in the food supply chain.

Photo Courtesy of Matriark Foods.

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Eating Matters - The Secret Life of Groceries
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11/29/20 • 55 min

Host Jenna Liut interviews author Benjamin Lorr to talk about his new book, “The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket,” which delves into what it takes to get food onto grocery store shelves and who suffers the consequences of our increasing demand for cheap food and efficiency. Lorr pulls back the curtain on a notoriously secretive industry, interviewing people at every level – from the founder of Trader Joes to truck drivers transporting products to trafficked migrants in Myanmar and Thailand at the bottom of the commodity chain. This book is an absolute must read for anyone interested in our food system.

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Eating Matters - Native Foods with Chef Nephi Craig
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12/16/20 • 63 min

Following up on our previous episode featuring Sanjay Rawal, director of the newly-released film, Gather, host Jenna Liut interviews a central character of the documentary: Native food practitioner, Nephi Craig. Chef Craig is the founder of both the Native American Culinary Association as well as Café Gozhóó where he also serves as the Executive Chef. They discuss Indigenous food systems and the modern colonial violence that continues to threaten them, as well as cultural appropriation in the culinary world. Chef Craig helps us to solidify our definition of food sovereignty and better understand the intersection of Native foods, cultural preservation, community health, and political autonomy. Eating Matters’ Amber Chong co-hosts.

Photo Courtesy of Renan Ozturk.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Eating Matters have?

Eating Matters currently has 232 episodes available.

What topics does Eating Matters cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Health, Arts, Talk Radio, Interviews, Sustainability, Food and Food Industry.

What is the most popular episode on Eating Matters?

The episode title 'Food & Fertility' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Eating Matters?

The average episode length on Eating Matters is 50 minutes.

How often are episodes of Eating Matters released?

Episodes of Eating Matters are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Eating Matters?

The first episode of Eating Matters was released on Sep 11, 2014.

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