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A Good Egg

Most eggs in the United States today come from farms that crowd hundreds of thousands of laying hens indoors. Handsome...

06-11
34:23

Chicago’s Top Butcher Talks Local Meat

Since the pandemic hit, the industrial meat system has been upended. That’s made things interesting for small livestock producers selling...

05-27
27:26

From Teaching Students to Feeding Families

When schools in Birmingham, Alabama shut down, Jones Valley Teaching Farms’ executive director Amanda Storey had to figure out how...

05-20
39:00

How Mike’s Organic Is Connecting Farmers to Home Cooks

In Connecticut, Mike’s Organic Market sources fresh food from small farms to sell to local eaters. Now, in the face...

05-13
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Yes, Even Chocolate Starts on a Farm

The pandemic drags on, so this is the episode in which we talk about one of the few things that...

05-06
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BrightFarms Is Growing (Greens) During COVID-19

At its five hydroponic greenhouse farms, BrightFarms grows a lot of “salad.” And while the coronavirus pandemic has hurt many...

04-15
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A Growing Pandemic: Farmers and Markets in NYC

New York is now considered the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the US, but GrowNYC has kept Greenmarkets open...

04-08
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A Growing Pandemic: Ark Foods’ Veggie Tales

“We view the vegetable as our North Star,” says Noah Robbins, founder of Ark Foods. But lately, that star has been...

04-01
36:56

A Growing Pandemic: Impacts on the Mid-Atlantic Food System

In this episode, recorded at an empty Woodberry Kitchen in Baltimore, host Lisa Held talks to chef, restaurateur, and local...

03-18
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A Neighborhood Farm’s Next Chapter

Emma Jagoz started Moon Valley Farm in the suburbs outside of Baltimore, MD because she wanted a cheaper source of...

03-11
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Hickory Nut Gap Builds “Community Through Agriculture”

Jamie Ager’s family has been stewarding the land that is now Hickory Nut Gap Farm in the mountains of Western...

02-26
36:53

Safer Spinach? Produce Growers Navigate New Rules

With the rollout of rules related to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), many produce growers are now subject to...

02-19
41:16

PFAS: From the Farmer that Sounded the Alarm to Today’s Data

“These chemicals are not emerging, it’s our awareness that’s emerging,” Robert Bilott says. Bilott, a lawyer who exposed the fact...

02-12
36:42

Strengthening Regional Food Systems—in the Hudson Valley and Beyond

Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming has been working on building local, sustainable food systems for 20 years, via...

02-05
34:07

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act

Farmworker justice groups are split in terms of supporting or opposing this new piece of legislation that would provide a...

01-29
42:36

Sustainable Agriculture in the Mid-Atlantic

Future Harvest is the Mid-Atlantic’s most influential sustainable agriculture organization. Last week, it held its annual conference, titled “Farming for...

01-22
38:37

From Sap to Syrup: Maple Production Today

Arnold Coombs’ family has been tapping trees in Vermont and making maple syrup for seven generations. Today, Coombs Family Farms...

01-15
39:19

How Farm’d Is Growing Atlanta’s Local Food System

Chris Damico is the founder of Farm’d, a platform that connects local farms to restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia. In this...

12-18
30:29

Regeneration Education

This year, the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture launched a Regenerative Farming Fellowship program in partnership with the...

12-11
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“Grilled”: A Story of Changing the Chicken Industry

Animal welfare activist Leah Garces, the current president of Mercy for Animals, has been fighting against industrial animal agriculture her...

12-04
41:00

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