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 60: Nature's Perfect Food
On this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut and Associate Producer Taylor Lanzet dive into the world of milk with their guest Melanie Dupuis. Melanie discusses how milk grew to be ubiquitous —…
00:46:10 |
Wed 13 Jul 2016
Episode 59: Raising the Bar: What Makes Fine Chocolate Fine
On this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with Dan Pearson, the CEO of Marañón Chocolate about fine chocolate and what advocates are doing to ensure rare, flavorful varietals don't go…
00:46:54 |
Wed 29 Jun 2016
Episode 58: Vote Hemp
What's as American as apple pie and still illegal to produce? The answer: hemp. On this episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with Eric Steenstra, Executive Director of the Hemp Industrie…
00:51:24 |
Wed 15 Jun 2016
Episode 57: Let's Talk About SNAP, Baby
On this episode, host Jenna Liut and associate producer Taylor Lanzet discuss the USDA’s proposed changes for retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (or, SNAP). This…
00:55:29 |
Wed 08 Jun 2016
Episode 56: Aeroponics & AeroFarms
This week on Eating Matters, we bring you a special field piece recorded at AeroFarms - an indoor, vertical farm - in Newark, New Jersey. Jenna Liut teams up with fellow Heritage Radio Network hosts …
00:54:31 |
Wed 01 Jun 2016
Episode 55: Strike A Pose
We've talked a lot about the principles of Slow Food on this show – essentially by advocating, questioning and thinking through what a good, clean, and fair food system looks like for all. Today, hos…
00:50:56 |
Wed 25 May 2016
Episode 54: Coverage of the Good Festival
This week on Eating Matters, we provide a recap of the Good Festival, a Brooklyn-based conference started by Wen-Jay Ying, Founder and Director of Local Roots NYC.
Wen-Jay joins host Jenna Liut in t…
00:46:25 |
Wed 18 May 2016
Episode 53: Living Wages for Farmers
This week features the second in a two part series on food and labor, focusing on living wage issues faced by farmers throughout the country. What are working conditions like for those who actually g…
00:45:06 |
Wed 11 May 2016
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 with guest Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportun…
00:42:56 |
Wed 04 May 2016
Episode 51: The House Starts a Food Fight: Update on CNR
Host Jenna Liut kicks off the season discussing the recent CNR activity in the house and how it will effect the nutritional quality and accessibility of school food throughout the country.
See Priva…
00:43:46 |
Wed 27 Apr 2016
Episode 50: Genetic Modification Nation
As a food policy show, we would be remiss to not discuss one of the most hotly contested issues in the food space over the past year - GMO labeling. What has been going on at the state and federal le…
00:39:14 |
Thu 07 Apr 2016
Episode 49: Conversation with Will Rosenzweig
Host Jenna Liut is joined today by Will Rosenzweig, Dean and Executive Director of the Food Business School at the Culinary Institute of America, to discuss the intersection of food policy, culture a…
00:38:03 |
Thu 31 Mar 2016
Episode 48: Bob Martin, Director of the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Joining host Jenna Liut today to discuss the importance of addressing sustainability issues in our food system is Bob Martin, the Director of the Food System Policy program at Johns Hopkin’s Center f…
00:34:23 |
Thu 24 Mar 2016
Episode 47: From Farm to Canal Street
On today's episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut speaks with Valerie Imbruce about her new book, From Farm To Canal Street, which tells the story of one of New York City's oldest and most vibran…
00:40:35 |
Thu 17 Mar 2016
Episode 46: Campus Hunger
This week, host Jenna Liut is talking about campus hunger. Although not typically associated with institutes of higher education, evidence suggests that food insecurity among US college students is …
00:42:48 |
Thu 10 Mar 2016
Episode 45: Millennial Madness
On this episode of Eating Matters, Jenna Liut and Austin Bryniarski are joined by A Taste of Generation Yum author Eve Turow Paul and food entrepreneur Hallie Meyer to discuss the origin and degree o…
00:39:38 |
Thu 03 Mar 2016
Episode 44: Alan Sytsma, editor of Grub Street
On this week’s episode of Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut welcomes Alan Sytsma, editor of Grub Street to talk about the intersection of food media and policy. Tune to hear them discuss the most signi…
00:38:51 |
Thu 25 Feb 2016
Episode 43: Food Startups with Derek Denckla, Ethan Brown, and Alex Sorenson
In this episode of Eating Matters, Jenna is joined by the founders of 3 food companies representing different aspects of the startup communities. Derek Denckla draws from his years of experience as a…
00:47:34 |
Thu 18 Feb 2016
Episode 42: Aquaculture: All That Fishy?
Tune in to Eating Matters this week as Jenna Liut and guests are talking about a part of the food system worldwide that gets little attention in the U.S. – aquaculture. Globally, aquaculture is a $10…
00:35:06 |
Thu 11 Feb 2016
Episode 41: Soda Policy: What’s on Tap
Last season Eating Matters had pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Robert Lustig, on the show to discuss sugar and its negative impacts and this week, as a follow up, Jenna Liut and Austin Bryniarski foc…
00:39:32 |
Thu 04 Feb 2016
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