Farm To Table Talk

Farm To Table Talk


Latest Episodes

Farm to Hospitals – Chef Santana Diaz
February 09, 2024

Since good food is good medicine, it makes sense for Hospitals to source protein and produce from healthy soils as close by as possible. At UC Davis Health the food landscape has been transitioning in

Regeneration Nation – Dr. Cindy Daly
February 02, 2024

Regeneration is what to do when just Sustaining is not enough. Regenerative agriculture embodies the idea that we must regenerate our degraded systems, rebuilding the resiliency that we need. When far

Stepping Up, Giving Back – Jimmy Taylor
January 26, 2024

Successfully growing crops or livestock is a lonely enterprise without some help. In many industries that help in the form of research, education and promotion is funded by a state or federal checko

Putting Farmers First, Anywhere – Raffi Vartanian
January 19, 2024

Putting farmers and marginalized communities first prioritizes ethical sourcing, economic development, responsible innovation, fair compensation and sustainability. Raffi Vartanian, CEO of Ziba Foods

Making Communities Better – Amira Resnick
January 12, 2024

Healthy farms, crops, livestock, families and communities are a priority beyond the farm gate to the tables. Tables are also where strategies are developed to make communities better. For over 100 yea

Power for People – Charles R. Toca
January 05, 2024

Power comes from the food we consume and the choices we make from farm to table for consumers, farmers and those in between. When it comes to power for transportation and cultivation, captured methane

The Right Thing To Do – Wendell Berry
December 28, 2023

The only thing we should ask is: what is the right thing to do? That is what the Earth requires of us according to author/philosopher Wendell Berry. "We have the world to live in and the use of it to

Local For Locals – Tom Willey
December 22, 2023

To survive today as an organic farmer of modest scale requires being very intimate with local customers--taking real good care of them and communicating why they should pay a fair price when large sca

Call COP – Eric Mittenthal
December 15, 2023

COP 28 was widely expected to call for drastic reduction of meat consumption in Western Nations. That didn't happen! Instead it was decided that the world needs to scale up productivity growth of liv

Empowering Farmers – Nelson Hawkins
December 08, 2023

The next generation of farmers of color are being inspired and empowered to grow high quality seasonal vegetables for local urban communities. It's a mission of We Grow Farms and the Ujamaa Farmer C