“Local man likes pizza”
Producer Toby Foster gets in the weeds about home pizza making with Pete Giordano.
Mar 30, 2023•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
Small Favors features local ingredients [replay]
Listen to our conversation with the owner and chef of Small Favors, and his recipe for rich and savory cream puffs.
Mar 24, 2023•51 min
If you care about food, pay attention to The Farm Bill
The farm bill isn’t just about farming. It’s about food security for households across the nation.
Mar 17, 2023•51 min
Jori Lewis on the complex story of the peanut [replay]
While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its role in history.
Mar 10, 2023•51 min
Raise your hand if you want to work in a meatpacking plant [replay]
A conversation with Elizabeth Cullen Dunn about our food system’s dependence on the labor of forced migrants.
Mar 02, 2023•51 min
Writing a novel is easy as pie (if only pie were easy)
The creators of How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies talk with Earth Eats about their book.
Feb 24, 2023•51 min
Who lives in a beehive?
Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.
Feb 17, 2023•51 min
Wake up and slow down–with coffee
A conversation with Korie Griggs of the Color of Coffee Collective.
Feb 10, 2023•49 min
Rethinking the restaurant industry
A conversation with geographer Jen Watkins on her experience as a server and her research on the industry.
Feb 03, 2023•51 min
What does it mean to “queer” the food system? [replay]
A conversation with Dr. Ike Leslie, questioning the traditions and assumptions around the role of family in farming.
Jan 27, 2023•51 min
Max Haiven explains palm oil [replay]
What can one commodity reveal about our food systems, about health, about labor and capitalism and about the environmental costs of so-called cheap food production?
Jan 20, 2023•51 min
Art and science in the kitchen, with Cakes by Yenni
When your grandmother tells you it’s time to open a cake business, maybe you should listen.
Jan 13, 2023•51 min
Old-school customer service meets the latest kitchen trends [replay]
Goods for Cooks owners Sam Eibling and George Huntington are siblings who make a good team. Hear the story of their independent store–filled with cooking equipment, tableware and specialty food items.
Jan 06, 2023•51 min
Building a bridge for community food security [replay]
Heather Craig crafts nourishing menus at the Community Kitchen.
Dec 30, 2022•51 min
Toasty winter treats
A winter holiday special with chestnuts roasting, cookies baking and coffee outside.
Dec 23, 2022•51 min
Pinoy Garden Cafe brings a new taste to town
The owners of a new pop-up talk about Filipino cuisine and their plans for the future.
Dec 17, 2022•51 min
“Profound acts of care” at the Ukrainian-Polish border [replay]
Stories of ordinary people assisting those fleeing Ukraine at the start of the war earlier this year.
Dec 09, 2022•51 min
Crisis leads to transformation in Greek cuisine
A conversation with chef and anthropologist, Nafsika Papacharalampous about changes in high-end dining in Greece, sparked by the financial crisis.
Dec 03, 2022•51 min
The National Young Farmers Coalition centers racial equity
The future of farming must be inclusive, and the NYFC is intentionally moving agriculture towards racial diversity.
Nov 24, 2022•51 min
A love for cooking isn’t the only reason to start a food business [replay]
Hear the story of a public health professor with a passion for popcorn.
Nov 18, 2022•51 min
A glimpse at local history through the lens of restaurants and pudding
The Monroe County History Center shares the stories of bygone diners and dives.
Nov 11, 2022•51 min
Little sweets, from Italy to Indiana
Maria Carlassare’s business is called Piccoli Dolci, which is Italian for little sweets. These days she’s making plenty of savory Italian specialties too, from distinct regions in Italy.
Nov 04, 2022•51 min
When CAFOs come to your neighborhood
A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities
Oct 28, 2022•51 min
When CAFOs come to your neighborhood
A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities
Oct 28, 2022•51 min
Gloria Lucas offers a harm reduction approach to eating disorders
Treatment for eating disorders is often inaccessible and ineffective, especially in communities of color. The founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride has a program that aims to meet people where they are.
Oct 21, 2022•56 min
It’s time to listen to Indigenous farmers and farmers of color [replay]
Liz Carlisle’s new book explores the origins of the farming practices we need today–in order to reduce the devastating effects of agriculture on our planet’s climate.
Oct 13, 2022•51 min
This neighborhood restaurant sources ingredients from neighboring farms
Listen to our conversation with the owner and chef of Small Favors, and his recipe for rich and savory cream puffs.
Oct 07, 2022•51 min
As the weather cools, summer’s heat is captured in a hot pepper
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.
Sep 30, 2022•51 min
A conversation with Jori Lewis, author of Slaves for Peanuts
While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its role in history.
Sep 23, 2022•51 min
Bread, beer and persimmons
An Earth Eats anniversary show featuring the farm-to-tap journey of a special beer, baking challah for Rosh Hashanah, and a favorite story from Annie Corrigan about a community gathering around a generous tree.
Sep 16, 2022•51 min
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