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 119: Organic: All It's Cracked Up to Be?
Demand for organic products continue to rise as consumers become increasingly conscientious about their food choices. Indeed, being mindful of the kinds of food and production methods used to produc…
00:38:45 |
Sun 18 Nov 2018
Episode 118: The Dead Zone: Runoff in our Waterways
Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution is wreaking havoc on our waterways - notably in the Gulf of Mexico, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Great Lakes - and is getting worse every year. Science journalist Vi…
01:05:44 |
Sun 28 Oct 2018
Episode 117: Past Due: The Farm Bill
The Farm Bill – the primary legislation passed by Congress that sets national nutrition, agriculture and conservation policy – officially expired on October 1st, with no new legislation to take it's …
00:52:53 |
Sun 21 Oct 2018
Episode 116: Big Chicken
The United Nations calls the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria the "the greatest and most urgent global risk," an epidemic that is projected to cost the world $100 trillion (TRILLION) and cause 1…
01:01:29 |
Sun 07 Oct 2018
Episode 115: (Not So) High Times
The abundance and prevalence of CBD products has exploded in recent months – so much so that even Coca-Cola is considering making a line of wellness beverages infused with CBD. With the rapidly chan…
00:51:40 |
Sun 30 Sep 2018
Episode 114: Eating NAFTA
With the renegotiation of NAFTA currently underway and a new trade agreement close to being finalized, host Jenna Liut welcomes author Alyshia Galvez to the show to discuss the repercussions the deal…
00:50:38 |
Sun 16 Sep 2018
Episode 113: A Small Word After All
The agriculture industry, including both U.S. farms and agribusiness, has been undergoing widespread and persistent consolidation for decades. And yet, family farms continue to account for most U.S.…
00:53:52 |
Sun 05 Aug 2018
Episode 112: SNAP Software Snafu
In recent weeks, the Novo Dia Group, an Austin-based company that processes approximately 40% of SNAP transactions at farmers markets nationwide, said it will end its service by July 31st, leaving a …
00:50:20 |
Sun 29 Jul 2018
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 220 billion liters of fluid white milk was estimated to be consumed worldwide …
01:03:12 |
Sun 22 Jul 2018
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? Answer: crickets! Indeed, many believe that insects will be the food of the fut…
00:47:15 |
Sun 15 Jul 2018
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 begs the question – how will we do this? Joining host Jenna Liut with the inside…
00:58:28 |
Sun 08 Jul 2018
Episode 108: A Conversation with Deb Eschmeyer
Host Jenna Liut is thrlled to welcome Deb Eschmeyer to the show today. A dedicated and passionate food system reformer, Deb's work has included organic farming; co-founding the national nonprofit, Fo…
00:50:28 |
Sun 24 Jun 2018
Episode 107: Water, Water Everywhere
Michigan, which sits in the middle of one-fifth of the Earth’s surface freshwater and has a higher percentage of surface water than any other American state, has experienced a spate of water related …
00:48:57 |
Sun 03 Jun 2018
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 candy bars are always available at the cash register? The layout of stores and str…
00:44:19 |
Sun 08 Apr 2018
Episode 105: Interview with Jillian Hishaw, Founding Director of F.A.R.M.S.
Jillian Hishaw joins the show to talk about her work as the Founding Director of F.A.R.M.S., a nonprofit located in the South that provides legal services to small farmers and hunger relief services …
00:47:38 |
Sun 25 Mar 2018
Episode 104: Hemp on the Horizon
Hemp is a plant that has an enormous opportunity to benefit the american agricultural system in myriad ways and yet has been faced with a series of legal and regulatory issues over the past several d…
00:57:42 |
Sun 18 Mar 2018
Episode 103: SNAP Decisions
Caitlin Dewey, who covers food policy for Wonkblog at the Washington Post, joins the show to talk all about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one of the most important, successful, and m…
00:48:27 |
Sun 11 Mar 2018
Episode 102: Reaping What We Sow
Kara Cook-Schultz from U.S. PIRG joins the show to talk about their recently released report, Reaping What We Sow: How the Practices of Industrial Agriculture Put Our Health and Environment at Risk, …
00:51:07 |
Sun 04 Mar 2018
Episode 101: Magic 8 Ball
Eating Matters welcomes Sam Fromartz, Editor in Chief of the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN), back to the show to discuss the new, annual survey highlighting the top 10 issues their journ…
00:48:32 |
Sun 25 Feb 2018
Episode 100: Rotten
Christine Haughney, food and agriculture writer at Politico, joins the show to talk about her work as the investigative reporter of Rotten, Netflix’s new food crime docu-series. ROTTEN covers some of…
00:46:51 |
Sun 04 Feb 2018
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