The Stories Behind Our Food | An Equal Exchange Podcast
The Stories Behind Our Food podcast explores what we eat and how it gets to us. What are the human stories beyond the labels at a grocery store? Equal Exchange is one of the largest and most successful worker co-ops in the US and one of the largest Alternative Trade Organizations in the world. Listen to farmers, traders, activists and other experts talk about their work ... and expand your palate!
Episodes
13 episodes
Taking a Passion for Food Online
Dreaming about quitting your day job? Food blogger and photographer Chelsea Colbath decided to pursue her passion for food full time. She joined us to talk about Baked Greens, her food-focused blog and photography business. A participant in Equ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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30:08
Local Meat, Lower Impact
Did you know that pasture-raised beef can be carbon-negative? Neither did we! Charley Cummings, the founder and CEO of Walden Local Meat, started his business to help New England farmers bring their best cuts right to customers’ doors. His mode...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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35:49
The Spicy Origins of Burlap & Barrel
Where do you go to find the most unusual spices? Former chef Ethan Frisch travels all over the world. More specifically, he seeks out farmers who are growing herbs and seasonings of exceptional quality, and through his company, Burlap & Bar...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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36:00
A Future for Black Farmers
This month Shirley Sherrod joined us on The Stories Behind Our Food to talk about the half century she’s spent seeking justice for Black farmers. New Communities Inc. in Georgia was the first community land trust in the United States. Weatherin...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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36:45
Wine for Everyone!
It seems like there's so many choices when we're shopping for wine. It's easy to get dazzled, confused ... or intimidated. Join our guest Molly Madden, founder of RedHen Collective, who says it's time to take the elitism out of wine culture.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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32:13
The Afterlife of Food
Composting seems simple. Just throw your food scraps in a bin and let them decompose, right? It turns out there’s a lot more to it. We went to an expert, Igor Kharitonenkov, the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Boston-based pick-up ser...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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31:46
Organizing for the Long Haul
Want to hear some activist war stories? After Rob Everts dropped out of college in 1975, he helped organize consumer boycotts of Gallo wine, Purina Dog Chow and Folgers coffee, building people power. Rob joins us on The Stories Behind Our Food ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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35:45
Big Doesn’t Just Happen. Big is Allowed to Happen.
Bad news -- independent family farms are going extinct. Corporations control everything from seeds to supply and prices while chipping away at regulations that inform and protect consumers. It has left the independent food economy especially fa...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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34:39
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Lots of us like to fantasize about what a career in chocolate might be like. In this episode, Dary Goodrich gets real with us about his job as Chocolate Products Manager. Learn about the process for developing delicious new bars, like the inten...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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32:30
Farmers Sharing Knowledge for Better Chocolate -- and Better Outcomes
Cristina Liberati's job is to support farmers who are working to improve their crops and make their co-ops as stable as possible. She visits farmer cooperatives in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and the Dominican Republic, coordinating projects funded...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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33:10
Conflict, Coffee Farmers, and the Nobel Peace Prize
In conflict zones around the world, sexual violence is a tool of power and intimidation. 2018 Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege, founder of the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, works tirelessly for the physical and emoti...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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34:00
Why Does Good Food Sell Out?
You get excited about a cool new food company that offers ethical and healthy products. But the next thing you know, they’re out of business – or worse, they’ve been bought up by a giant global conglomerate that doesn’t share your values. If yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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38:12
Back to the Food Co-op
In the 1970s, at the dawn of the natural foods movement, Americans were moving from Jello molds and canned vegetables to raw ginger and bulk whole grains. Co-op grocery stores made these new foods accessible -- and their democratic organization...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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28:04
