Carl Jr. Kodakin-Yakeleya is Shutagot'ine (Mountain People) from the communities of Tulita and Deline First Nations located in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. He grew up living in many towns across the Northwest Territories and spent extended periods of time in the bush with his father and siblings. Now, as a father to 3 children of his own, Carl want to pass on the teachings that have protected these Lands for millennia. In this time of rapid climate change, the team at E...
Jul 04, 2023•43 min
Chef Dr. Mike gives us an intro to Nutrigenomics, the study of how food affects your genes and how your genes affect the way your body responds to food. This is a different way of looking at food than nutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc.) but how different foods have bioactives, chemical compounds that interact with our genes and cause certain genes to turn on or off. Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culi...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Happy AAPI month! (Yes, it's technically still May.) To celebrate Asian eco-foodies everywhere, here are six of my favorite clips from the Asian American/Canadian voices we've had on the show. Buckle up for some fun stories and colorful perspectives on food and sustainability, that you don't typically hear in the farm to table world. Check out the full episodes: John Yau, art curator: Apple | Spotify Rose Wang, co-founder of Chirps cricket chips: Apple | Spotify Anica Wu, founder of Bonjerk Asia...
May 30, 2023•24 min
Story time! Hear about how I healed my gut through years of trial and error, and how I pieced together my gut health triggers and needs over the years, from fainting and migraines in high school to experimenting with vegan diets in college, to cutting gluten in adulthood. Plus, I share my favorite gluten-free foods that have changed my life. TW: I talk about eating disorders. Disclaimer: I'm not a healthcare professional. Everything I share in this episode is based solely on my personal experien...
May 16, 2023•30 min
Amy van Saun is a Senior Attorney in the Center for Food Safety's Portland, Oregon office. After clerking for CFS in law school, Amy joined CFS as an attorney in 2015. As part of CFS's legal team, Amy practices environmental and administrative law to defend farmers, communities, and the environment from industrial animal factories, aquaculture, genetically engineered crops and animals, and the overuse of toxic pesticides, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Amy also works to protect the integri...
Apr 25, 2023•45 min
Kelly Ryerson, MBA, IHC, is a health advocate and environmental health writer, better known as Glyphosate Girl on social media and for her blog, Glyphosate Facts. In coping with and curing her own illness through diet change and vitamin replenishment, Kelly spent years studying intestinal permeability, the microbiome, and toxins. She writes on behalf of all those who are chronically sick, fatigued, depressed, anxious, cancer-ridden, hormonally off, coping with allergies, suffering with pain, dig...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr
Erica Campbell is the Policy Director at Kiss the Ground, where she helps guide Regenerate America, a coalition-based campaign advocating for increased support for regenerative agriculture and soil health in the US Farm Bill. Erica has been working to transform food and agriculture systems for 25 years; most recently, she was Senator Sanders' policy advisor and farmer liaison. She's worked on local food systems development, farm to school, farm viability, and sustainable agriculture initiatives ...
Mar 28, 2023•47 min
Chef Dr. Mike shares how he as a physician evolved his guidance on fat — from low-fat diets to promoting saturated fats as part of a healthy lifestyle. He shares practical tips and answer all of your listeners questions, including: What oils are safe to use at high temperatures? What's the latest science on cholesterol? How much fat is too much? Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the ...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Join Jane Z. for a kitchen chat! Today we're discussing the spicy IG comments about medicinal plants and beef, survival tactics for soaring egg prices, and my favorite high-protein snacks for all my fitness fiends out there. Enjoy! Studies on Plants and Meat Comprehensive Toxic Plants–Phytotoxins Database and Its Application in Assessing Aquatic Micropollution Potential: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01639 Health-Promoting Phytonutrients Are Higher in Grass-Fed Meat and Milk: https...
Feb 28, 2023•29 min
How to build your immunity while traveling, how pine trees and music can help your immune system, why we should all be living in log cabins, and the easiest recipe for bone broth you can make at home. Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the only Interventional Cardiologist, and Professional Chef to do so. Through his Culinary Medicine program at the University of Montana, speaking even...
Feb 14, 2023•55 min
EDIT: The Inflation Reduction Act’s allocation for regenerative agriculture is $20 billion, not $20 million as mentioned in the episode. Julia Ranney is the Creative Communications and Policy Associate for the Center for Food Safety. After over a decade of independent, academic, and professional research, Julia has built varying levels of subject expertise on food systems as they relate to genetics, international development, public health, sustainability, and nutrition. Her goal is to utilize t...
Jan 31, 2023•47 min
Samuel spent 15 years making a living in Shakespeare, puppetry, and the circus. He fell in love with an acrobat and made her nutrient-dense pancakes out of popcorn to get her attention. She married him (for her own reasons) and talked him into selling the pancakes as a side hustle. In 2015, Samuel founded Long Table to sell those mixes. When all the theaters closed in 2020 Samuel went full time on Long Table. He and Lindsey both appeared on Shark Tank on January 6, 2023. Banana pancake recipe (s...
Jan 17, 2023•43 min
Sara Hauman is a self-proclaimed yogurt queen and tiny fish enthusiast, known for her appearance on Top Chef Portland in 2021, amassed skills at a range of restaurants—from San Francisco’s Mister Jiu’s to world recognized restaurant Asador Etxebarri in the Basque region of Spain. She employs a hands-on approach, preserving farm fresh ingredients, celebrating the Oregon coast’s bounty, enjoying yogurt and salty fish and letting quality speak for itself. She holds Eater Young Guns and Zagat 30 Und...
Jan 05, 2023•55 min
Caroline James is the Director of Sustainability at Atlantic Packaging, where she works with customers across the Fortune 500 and beyond to transition towards using more sustainable packaging. She is particularly interested in designing packaging for circularity, as well as in improving systems for recycling and composting. Caroline graduated from the Yale School of Management with an MBA in 2022, where she was also grateful to take many classes at the Yale School of the Environment. While at Ya...
Dec 21, 2022•51 min
Ariana Day Yuen started her career as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in their DC and New York City offices where she advised clients across the government, non-profit, and private sectors. She then joined TechnoServe as a Fellow in their Ethiopia office and joined them full-time thereafter supporting a range of projects with Nespresso, Mondelez, Gates Foundation, JDC, the Swedish Government, and Diageo to ultimately design and build more sustainable and equitable value chains and...
Dec 06, 2022•35 min
Farm to Future turns one this week!! 🎂🎉 Enter the birthday giveaway to win a sustainable snack box: http://tiny.cc/farmtofuture In today's episode, I share five of my biggest takeaways from this year's guests, and why I changed my mind on things like plant-based foods and good food having to be expensive. You'll hear clips from these guests — check out the full episodes below: 1. Joel Salatin: https://open.spotify.com/episode/48FPxIQqpUhlQMQCHYlVS3?si=R6kzjoKiSI-Qxza_vFeI7w 2. Chef Dr. Mike: h...
Nov 22, 2022•29 min
How to make good-for-you, good-for-the land pizza at home that you'll love, from our favorite culinary medicine friend Chef Dr. Mike. Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the only Interventional Cardiologist, and Professional Chef to do so. Through his Culinary Medicine program at the University of Montana, speaking events, articles, books, personal outreach, and media appearances, Chef...
Nov 08, 2022•42 min
Anica is a whole-animal butcher and founder of Bonjerk—an East Asian-spiced jerky company based in San Francisco. She is a first-generation Chinese American. In the years of growing up in Kansas, where Asians were the minority, food was a means for her family to keep traditions alive and celebrate their Chinese culture. Her love for food, especially meat, led her to the realization that Good Meat was mostly absent from Chinese grocers in America. Experimenting with jerky recipes became a way for...
Oct 25, 2022•46 min
Christian Camargo is an award-winning actor and the owner of Sunever farm, a regenerative farm in the Mojave desert. He is perhaps best known for roles as Brian Moser in Dexter , Michael Corrigan in House of Cards, and Eleazar in The Twilight Saga. He currently plays Tamacti Jun in See and directed The Last Manhunt , which comes out in theaters November 18. Off-screen, Christian is a Mexican-American descendent of 4-5 generations of storytellers and ranchers. He believes that studying the desert...
Oct 11, 2022•46 min
Manifest Commerce is a 3PL (third-party logistics) platform that aims to be a true logistics partner to merchants by providing them with high performance fulfillment done in an environmentally responsible way. They've only just begun, and have already deployed: No Plastics during the fulfillment process (Elimination of bubble wrap, bubble fill & plastic tapes) Carbon Offsets of all shipments included in pricing Biodegradable and / or recyclable boxes, poly mailers, and void material Sustaina...
Sep 27, 2022•42 min
Amy Adams is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian with more than 8 years working with patients and students from all walks of life. She has been gardening, tending chickens, and keeping bees since 2020. Amy is the host of The Backyard RD Podcast and blog. Her hope is to inspire beginners and seasoned growers alike with evidenced-based research to help you make more informed health choices. Amy has been a Registered Dietitian since 2014 and currently works with dietetic interns across the country....
Sep 13, 2022•45 min
Alison Kay creates foods that enhance our biome, community and environment, working from her kitchen near Florence, Italy. She's the founder of Ancestral Kitchen, where she shares traditional food wisdom, fermentation and joyful eating in a practical and easily-accessible way. Start lending to regenerative farms today — get your money back plus interest: gosteward.com Connect with Alison Website: https://ancestralkitchen.com/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ancestral-kitchen/id156...
Aug 30, 2022•42 min
Chef Dr. Mike answers all your questions about gut health: why you don't need to spend $$$ on probiotics, what cuisines cater to better gut health, and ways to diagnose gut issues at home or with your doctor. Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the only Interventional Cardiologist, and Professional Chef to do so. Through his Culinary Medicine program at the University of Montana, speak...
Aug 16, 2022•51 min
Dan Miller is the Founder and CEO of Steward, a private lender providing regenerative farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and producers the capital they need to expand and sustain their businesses. And through our innovative online platform, qualified lenders have the opportunity to join in our mission and help fund the growth of regenerative agriculture by purchasing loan participations. After graduating from the Wharton School with a B.S. and M.B.A., Dan co-founded a pioneering investment crowdfundi...
Aug 02, 2022•48 min
Bert Schamp is a Research Manager at Puratos and an Agronomist in the R&D team. As a researcher in applied biosciences, he has a track record in sustainable agriculture, vertical farming and smart farming techniques. At Puratos, he is also responsible for the Mission to Mars program, an R&D initiative where Mars' extreme conditions are an inspiration and stimulation to move the planet Earth forward by creating innovative food solutions for the health & well-being of people everywhere...
Jul 19, 2022•40 min
Claire Smith grew up as the 7th generation on a 2,300 acre family farm vowing to move as far away from the farm as she could. After graduating from University of Michigan with a BS Neuroscience and minor in Classics, she moved to western Canada. During this time, her parents decided to start pivoting the farm from corn and soybeans to alternative grains and seeds. Claire, acknowledging the irony, moved back to the farm to work with teff, an ancient grain native to Ethiopia. She created Teffola, ...
Jun 28, 2022•53 min
Neil Dudley is a Texas gentleman who believes in hard work with a little fun thrown in. His day job is makin’ bacon at Pederson’s Farms as the Vice President. But, his most important job is lovin’ on his wife & three young daughters…and throwing in some cowboy stuff when he can. As if that doesn’t keep Neil busy enough, he's picked up podcasting. You may know Neil from the Instagram account, The Cowboy Perspective. Most of the things he is confident in today stem from the things he learned a...
Jun 14, 2022•50 min
Your favorite chef-cardiologist is back! And this time, we're talking all about sugar — the good, the bad, and the ugly — from a culinary medicine perspective. Plus, we answer your listener Q's about sugar addiction, low-calorie sweeteners, and what the deal is with natural sugars. Michael S. Fenster, MD, better known as Chef Dr. Mike, is one of a handful of physicians worldwide to hold both culinary and medical degrees and is the only Interventional Cardiologist, and Professional Chef to do so....
May 31, 2022•44 min
Aidan Dowdle is the CEO and founder of Verdethos Inc, a technology company which produces blockchain based ERP platforms that create greater efficiency, fosters traceability and eases sustainability reporting across complex supply chains. Aidan spent more than a decade working for Wilmar International, Asia’s leading agribusiness firm, where he held a variety of managerial positions leading Wilmar’s trading division and new ventures in South Africa. Being commercially responsible for Wilmar’s ac...
May 17, 2022•28 min
Amal Chatterjee is an agricultural economist with 16 years of experience in Procurement. He graduated with a Master of Science degree from Penn State University in 2006. He currently manages the procurement of fats and oils, emulsifiers, and ingredients for his bakery ingredients company. He is married with two children and resides in a Philadelphia suburb. In his downtime, he enjoys reading, fishing and playing on his kids’ Nintendo Switch. Links What is palm oil in? https://www.worldwildlife.o...
May 03, 2022•34 min
