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 and leaders about the issues that shape our everyday experiences of buying, cooking and eating food.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 180
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2021
Episode 139: What's Good
Alexander Gillett, CEO and Co-Founder of HowGood – which specializes in rating companies and products based on their environmental, social and labor practices – joins host Jenna Liut to discuss how t…
01:12:49 |
Sun 30 Jun 2019
Episode 138: Snailblazer, Trailblazer
Naama Tamir, co-owner of Lighthouse and Lighthouse Outpost, was recently named as Slow Food NYC's 2019 "Snailblazer," a designation granted to changemakers committed to creating a better food system.…
01:05:16 |
Sun 09 Jun 2019
Episode 137: Food Routes
Host Jenna Liut is joined by Robyn Metcalfe, author of the newly published book, “Food Routes: Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating,” to unpack the unbelievable com…
00:56:10 |
Sun 02 Jun 2019
Episode 136: Not Safe Enough to Drink
Roundup, a common glyphosate-based herbicide made by Monsanto, is back in the news as a California jury recently ordered the company to pay $2 billion in damages to a married couple who both develope…
01:09:17 |
Sun 19 May 2019
Episode 135: Dead Species Walking
This week, a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was released stating that nature is declining globally at unpreceden…
00:44:18 |
Sun 12 May 2019
Episode 134: Eating Tomorrow
This season of Eating Matters has focused a lot on how to feed a growing world’s population without completely destroying the planet and policies and programs – past, present and future – aimed at he…
00:55:52 |
Sun 14 Apr 2019
Episode 133: Organic Valley
Host Jenna Liut sits down with Organic Valley’s Mission Executive, Leslie Kruempel, to discuss their unique co-op model and brand strategy. Kruempel explains the history of Organic Valley, the partic…
00:56:38 |
Sun 07 Apr 2019
Episode 132: Representative Earl Blumenauer
Host Jenna Liut talks with Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) about why he gives the 2018 Farm Bill a "D+," his work on the New Green Deal, and how every politician - regardless of their committee…
00:45:15 |
Sun 31 Mar 2019
Episode 131: Part 2: The ABCs of GMOs
Host Jenna Liut continues her conversation with Greg Jaffe, Director of the Project on Biotechnology at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, on everything you need to know about genetic eng…
00:33:24 |
Sun 24 Mar 2019
Episode 130: Part 1: The ABCs of GMOs
International agricultural biotechnology and biosafety expert from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Greg Jaffe, joins host Jenna Liut to share everything you need to know about genetic …
00:54:46 |
Sun 17 Mar 2019
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 his view that the Renewable Fuels Standard is failed policy in need of reform. …
01:01:15 |
Sun 10 Mar 2019
Episode 128: Green. New. Deal.
Introduced in early February by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, the Green New Deal is a congressional resolution that calls for the …
00:58:55 |
Sun 03 Mar 2019
Episode 127: The Chef's Collaborative
Members of the Chef's Collaborative - including Chef & Owner of Nicks on Broadway, Derek Wagner; Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer of AeroFarms, Marc Oshima; and, Chef Jake Rojas of Tallulah's Taq…
00:50:30 |
Sun 24 Feb 2019
Episode 126: The Ripple Effect
Co-founders Adam Lowry and Neil Renninger join the show to discuss their newest company, Ripple Foods, makers of nutritious plant-based milk products. Adam and Neil discuss how they created the clean…
00:53:13 |
Sun 17 Feb 2019
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 initiatives that mitigate agriculture's impact on climate change. After a lon…
00:55:09 |
Sun 10 Feb 2019
Episode 124: The Radical Center
Gary Paul Nabhan, author and father of the local food movement, joins host Jenna Liut to talk about his new book, “Food from the Radical Center: Healing our Communities and our Land,” which contains …
00:55:32 |
Sun 20 Jan 2019
Episode 123: Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Part 2
The second of a two-part series discussing the World Resources Institute’s report titled “Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Sustainably Feed More Than 9 Billion People by 205…
00:57:52 |
Mon 17 Dec 2018
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 Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Sustainably Feed More Than 9 Billion People…
00:53:04 |
Mon 17 Dec 2018
Episode 121: Salmonella, anyone?
In light of the recent outbreaks in foodborne illnesses, host Jenna Liut delves into the world of food safety. Jean Halloran, Director of Food Initiatives at Consumer Reports, joins the show to disc…
00:53:22 |
Sun 09 Dec 2018
Episode 120: Gettin' Hot in Here
Last week, the day after Thanksgiving, US government agencies released the much anticipated Forth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) which assesses the state of the climate across the US. The report…
00:54:05 |
Sun 02 Dec 2018
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