Groundwork Indy: Tending Gardens, Nurturing Youth
A youth work program in Indianapolis helps to build personal and community resilience through garden and conservation work.
Jul 23, 2021•51 min
Earth Eats
Earth Eats is a show about food and farming. It’s storytelling, recipes, farm visits, and kitchen sessions. We have conversations with scholars, chefs, growers, and food justice activists. We hear from authors, artists, scientists, poets, and people who love to eat. Earth Eats is a production of WFIU Public Radio and Indiana Public Media.
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Episodes
“Good Life, Good Death, Good Butcher, Good Chef”
A conversation with two livestock farmers focused on the “good life” aspect of this ethical animal farming mantra.
Jul 17, 2021•52 min
Travelling Again? Road Trip Food, Carbon Offsets For Air Travel And More
Rick Steves’ self imposed carbon tax benefits coffee farmers. Black farmers get funding--too little too late. And vegetarian chile verde makes great enchiladas.
Jul 09, 2021•52 min
Food Photography That Pops, And New Tools To End Hunger
A local artist and baker takes up a new hobby, and a food bank director works to reinvent the charitable food system.
Jul 02, 2021•51 min
Feel The Heat--From Farm To Table To Tastebuds
What is the world's hottest pepper and what does it feel like in your mouth? Two public radio hosts are about to find out.
Jun 25, 2021•51 min
Cicada Mania--In The Kitchen
It’s a pop-up restaurant, featuring Brood X.
Jun 18, 2021•51 min
Summer Youth Farm Camp, French Sorrel Recipe And More
Hands-on learning in an East Indianapolis community garden builds skills for life.
Jun 11, 2021•51 min
A Journalist, A Cancer Patient, A Team Of Lawyers And A Corporate Giant
A conversation with award winning journalist Carey Gillam who covered the case of Lee Johnson vs. Monsanto.
Jun 04, 2021•51 min
Strawberries, Bakeries And Pie
It’s strawberry season in the Midwest, but on the coast of California, it’s always strawberry season. And when we’re talking about berries, naturally, we’re gonna talk about pie.
May 28, 2021•51 min
Food And Place
A conversation with Olga Kalentzidou on the complexity of food geographies.
May 21, 2021•51 min
Growing Staple Foods And What It Means To Grow Enough
This week on earth eats, beans and corn and cornbread and bean poetry and planning for your own apocalypse.
May 14, 2021•50 min
Cooking For Science--Inside The Fly Food Kitchen
Most of us, when we encounter a fruit fly, are focused on keeping it out of our food. But what if it was your job to feed fruit flies?
May 07, 2021•51 min
When Food Meets Art
With art museum programming going remote during a pandemic, finding ways to engage the public with the collection can be a challenge.
May 01, 2021•51 min
Sourdough: In The Backyard, The Home Kitchen And The Science Lab
Years in the making, a baker’s wood-fired bread oven dream finally comes true.
Apr 23, 2021•52 min
Cooking For The Persian New Year
Ash-e Reshteh features bright green herbs and greens, making it a suitable dish for celebrating Navruz.
Apr 16, 2021•50 min
A Young Family’s Search For A Farm Of Their Own
From walking a horse 6 miles on a rail trail, to transporting 24 sheep in the back of a Chrysler minivan, these young farmers will find a way to get their animals, and themselves, to the farmland of their dreams.
Apr 10, 2021•51 min
A Mountain Goat, A Sufi Sheikh And A Christian Monk: Origin Stories Of Coffee
The story of Kaldi the goat herder discovering coffee by accident is a common tale. Religious studies scholar Jamel Velji explores a few more origin stories for one of the world’s favorite sources of caffeine.
Apr 02, 2021•51 min
Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs With Top Shotta Jerk Chicken
Owner and Chef Taneisha Henline shares the story behind her flavorful chicken and why she wanted to share it with the Bloomington community.
Mar 26, 2021•50 min
Essential Workers And Fig Tree Fans
A grocery store butcher shares his story, migrant farm workers get vaccinated and we celebrate the fig tree.
Mar 19, 2021•51 min
Black Food Matters--A Conversation With Ashanté Reese
What is possible when we listen to Black people’s food stories beyond an all encompassing narrative of lack?
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Food Comics, Flavor Maps, Poetry, Popcorn And Slaw
Insect cuisine is a part of many cultural traditions throughout history and across the globe. So why does everybody talk about it as a future food?
Mar 06, 2021•52 min
Hoosier Young Farmers, Detroit Growers And Food Justice
The cofounder of the Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition tells us what it means to be a young farmer today and grower Shane Bernardo talks about organizing around food justice in Detroit.
Feb 27, 2021•51 min
Fannie Lou Hamer, Heritage Grains And Cooking In A Blackout
Priscilla McCutcheon talks about her research on Fannie Lou Hamer’s Freedom Farm, and we learn how to eat well when the power is out.
Feb 20, 2021•52 min
Herbal Wellness And Oven Treats
The owner of Wild Mint Apothecary shares what it means for her to make medicine from plants, and the owners of Two Sticks Bakery talk about turning a passion for baking into a thriving business.
Feb 12, 2021•51 min
Farming And Racial Politics; Music And Vegan Cooking
Young farmers at Outlier Farmstead say you can’t avoid politics on the farm, and band member Dani Dubuto cooks vegan food on the road.
Feb 05, 2021•52 min
Honey Slingers, Cucumber Grafters And Sour Beers
What does it take to get honey from a honeycomb--and why would you ever want to graft a cucumber stem?
Jan 29, 2021•51 min
Anthropologists Discuss Gluten’s Complications And A Baker Teaches Pita Bread
Learn how easy it is to make your own pita pockets, and how to make falafel without a box mix.
Jan 22, 2021•51 min
Food As Medicine, Even On The Open Road
Learn how one participant in a nutrition prescription program adapts his new diet to fit his job as a truck driver.
Jan 16, 2021•51 min
Make Your Own Soft Pretzels And Learn About Federal Food Policy
IU Food Researcher Angela Babb talks about the USDA’s glaring conflict of interest.
Jan 08, 2021•51 min
Problem Solving You Can Eat
If you have a new year’s resolution to improve the way you eat, it might be nice to think about adding to your diet, rather than restricting.
Jan 01, 2021•51 min
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