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Episode 166: Kombucha&Meat Alternatives&Microplastics, Oh My! from 2023-05-02T09:00
Three topics, one host. Welcome to Anna's last episode where she explores three issues plaguing the minds of food fixers everywhere. Thank you for the support, it's been an honor to chat food wi...
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Episode 165: A Lifelong Food Fixer from 2023-04-25T09:00
I've been hosting this podcast for a semester. This week's guest has been fixing food for decades. Listen to hear the journey of a lifelong pursuit to better the food systems for so many. Food Fi...
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Episode 164: Let's talk about seed libraries from 2023-04-18T09:00
This week, we learn about how to better seed the world! Get it? Okay, but have you heard that libraries aren't just for books anymore? Michigan has a vast network of seed libraries connecting peopl...
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Episode 163: Students Feeding Detroit from 2023-04-11T09:00
Wayne State University's Detroit Feedback Loop is a nonprofit taking food that would otherwise be wasted by local businesses and school cafeterias and giving it back to the community. Hear about th...
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Episode 162: McDonald's vs the Plastic Wave from 2023-04-04T09:00
McDonald's serves over 69 million people daily. Where does all the trashed packaging go? Landfills. But what if they had reusable packaging and silverware in store? How would that small change make...
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Episode 161: A Conversation on Corn from 2023-03-28T09:00
Tar spots are a big problem for corn! A fungal disease that damages the plant and reduces crop yield. Luckily, science is on the case! This week we hear from Professor Addie Thompson from the Thomp...
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Episode 160: Feed Seaweed to the Cows! from 2023-03-21T09:00
Livestock has a new diet and they have gone green. Metaphorically because the seaweed is actually red but it helps reduce methane emissions. Learn about the magic of asparagopsis and why less burp...
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Episode 159: Too Good to Go from 2023-03-14T09:00
Food waste? There's an app for that! Too Good to Go is combating food waste, one surprise bag at a time. Bag Bringer: Sara Soteroff https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-us Tunes Ringer: The Freezer Be...
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Episode 158: Eating with the Ecosystem from 2023-03-07T10:00
This non profit has a bone to pick with overfishing of species. Eating with the Ecosystem is on a mission to promote a place-based approach to maintaining New England's seafood. First Mate: Kate ...
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Episode 157: Composting Pickup Service from 2023-02-28T10:00
Compost pickup, coming to a city near you! In today's episode I talked with Tim from Bennett Compost, a company that picks up compost from over 6,000 households and 100 businesses in the Philadel...
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Episode 156: Finabar Chocolate from 2023-02-14T16:31:11
A chocolate bar whose packaging can be planted to grow wildflowers?! Join me as I unwrap the story of this sweet treat and all of its benefits. Sweet Guests: Yolanda Neumüller Greg Shortt https:...
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Episode 155: Eating Lionfish from 2023-02-07T10:00
Got to eat these fish to beat these fish. Lionfish are king of the Atlantic. But what happens when the Cayman Islands fight back by having lionfish derbys? Champion Chef: Thomas Tennant https://...
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Episode 154: Microgreens from 2023-01-31T10:00
You may have seen these little greens at the grocery store or on your fancy toast, but did you know what they can do for your nutrition? Well buckle up food fixers because you're about to find out....
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Episode 153: Vermicomposting from 2023-01-24T10:00
Worms. They wriggle they wobble and they eat the food you left on your plate. Big thank you to the MSU Recycling Center and Surplus store for giving me a tour. I love my job. Special Guest: Sean...
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Episode 152: 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids and Farms from 2023-01-17T10:00
***EDIT: FoodCorps is a national non-profit that is focused on food education. This is different from FoodCORE which is run through the CDC. 10 cents doesn't sound like a whole lot for a meal... b...
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Episode 151: Cass Says Goodbye, Anna Says Hello from 2023-01-10T10:00
Now read the title to the tune of "Hello, Goodbye" by the Beatles. It's what Cassidy would have wanted. This is Cassidy's final episode of The Food Fix. Now that she's graduated with her degree i...
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Episode 150: Octopuses from 2023-01-03T10:00
First of all, octopuses are the coolest animals ever. Second of all, it's octopuses, not octopi. Third of all, octopuses are super resilient. Remember climate change? That thing killing the polar ...
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Episode 149: Perennial Grains Taste Test from 2022-12-20T10:00
Battle of the cinnamon rolls. In this extra sweet sequel, Cassidy chats with co-reporter Jake Christie to get to the bottom of the biggest question you were probably left with after the perennial...
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Episode 148: Hunting Sustainably from 2022-12-13T10:00
I know I know. Cassidy, the vegan, is promoting hunting on her show? Sounds fishy. Well believe it or not, Cassidy isn't totally anti-meat consumption. She's just anti-unsustainable meat consumpti...
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Episode 147: Space Food from 2022-12-06T10:00
I mean come on was the title not enough of a grab? Everyone loves space... probably. How do astronauts eat in zero gravity? Can we grow food in space? Why should you be concerned with the 96 bags ...
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Episode 146: Eating Crayfish from 2022-11-29T10:00
Crayfish? Crawfish? Crawdads? Regardless, they're terrorizing the state of Minnesota with their tiny claws and big appetites. The rusty crayfish is invasive in Minnesota, and they've become a mass...
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Episode 145: Diaries of a WWOOFer from 2022-11-22T10:00
You sleep in a storage container. You poop in a bucket. You pick weeds under the hot sun for six hours a day. You live on a mountain and wait for food to be delivered every week, and when it gets t...
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Episode 144: Foraging from 2022-11-15T10:00
Picture this: a world where you're surrounded by free food. The only catch is if you eat the wrong thing you'll drop dead... or at least, get really sick. Well that world is Earth- you just probab...
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Episode 143: What in the World is WWOOFing? from 2022-11-08T10:00
Want a taste of farming without committing to a career of it? Want to hear Cassidy reminisce on her farm days? Want to learn about abandoned reindeer? Well, we don't really cover that last question...
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Episode 142: Perennial Grains from 2022-11-01T09:00
PERENNIAL GRAINS BABY! What if our crops grew back every year like your lawn does every spring? I know what you're thinking. "Cassidy, you're off your rocker. Everyone knows that almost all food...
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Episode 141: Bees in the D from 2022-10-25T09:00
Why are the hippies always screaming about "saving the bees?" Well because the hippies are smart. Don't disrespect the hippies. Bees make the world go round! Bees make plants grow and plants make ...
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Episode 140: Deep Winter Greenhouses from 2022-10-18T13:08:04
Remember at the peak of COVID when there was a meat shortage across the Unites States? Long story short, that issue stemmed back to our heavy reliance on a few major meat packaging factories. If we...
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Episode 139: To Eat Bugs, or Not to Eat Bugs from 2022-10-11T09:00
In this episode, Cassidy finally reveals that she's vegan, and then spends a few minutes yelling about it. But if you can get past her tone, you'll learn that meat consumption is huge source of fos...
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Episode 138: Permaculture! from 2022-10-04T09:00
Not so fun fact about the Earth- our population is growing and our land is not. We've got a lot of people to feed and not a lot of space to do it. But what if there were a way to grow more food on ...
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Episode 137: Farming with Human Waste? from 2022-09-27T09:00
The Netherlands is the second largest exporter of agriculture products in the world- behind the United States. To decrease the environmental toll that standard fertilizers have on the planet, the D...
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Episode 136: Avocados do More Than Satisfy Hunger from 2022-08-16T10:00
In Taylor's last episode as podcast host she covers a study that found eating at least two servings of avocado a week might lower your risk of cardiovascular disease. Follow us and join the conve...
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Episode 135: Why Does This Matter? from 2022-08-02T09:00
In today's episode our host, Taylor Haelterman, answers some of the most frequently asked questions about her work covering food innovation and research. Follow us and join the conversation @msuf...
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Episode 134: The Importance of Local Farmers' Pumpkin Seeds in Egypt from 2022-07-26T09:00
In this episode, two researchers discuss their work collecting pumpkin seeds from farmers in Egypt with the goals of conservation and fighting food insecurity. The seeds were analyzed to see if th...
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Episode 133: Why Are Salmon Eating Human Food? from 2022-07-19T09:00
Did you know that over 90% of the wild-caught fish used to feed farmed salmon are food-grade, meaning they could be consumed by humans? So why aren't they fed to humans? And can salmon be farmed mo...
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Episode 132: A New Use For Insect Waste from 2022-07-05T09:00
In the first in-person interview episode since the re-launch, Taylor speaks to a PhD candidate at Wageningen University about using waste from insect production (as in insects used for food and fee...
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Episode 131: Does Your Diet Feed Depression? from 2022-06-28T09:00
Today Jessica Bayes joins the podcast to discuss her study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It found that young men who switched from a poor diet to a healthy mediterranean diet saw i...
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Episode 130: 2,000 Fruit Trees and Counting from 2022-06-21T09:00
Today the president of the Baltimore Orchard Project, Deborah Howard, joins the podcast to talk about how the volunteer run non-profit plants fruit trees across the city. The team has planted over ...
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Episode 129: Will Seaweed Be Your New Favorite Protein Source? from 2022-06-14T09:00
As the human population increases and finding more protein options becomes critical, seaweed growers may be able to use leftover water from the food industry as a fertilizer to make the plant grow ...
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Episode 128: How Do Bees Like Their Flowers? from 2022-06-07T09:00
This week Péter Batáry joins the podcast to talk about how effective different agricultural methods are at supporting wild bee populations. It turns out the answers are more complicated than the da...
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Episode 127: Why Do People Choose Meat Alternatives? from 2022-05-31T09:00
What motivates consumers' to eat meat alternatives like tofu, chickpeas and plant based meats? Is it health concerns, animal welfare, environmental concerns, or a combination of factors? Research...
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Episode 126: A Storage Change to Extend Produce Shelf Life from 2022-05-17T09:00
In this episode, guest reporter Caroline Miller talks to the owner of Country Mill Farms in Charlotte, Michigan about a storage innovation that extends the life of their produce. These new storage ...
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Episode 125: Nutcase Vegans say Plant-Based Food is Better for you and the Planet from 2022-05-10T02:00
In this episode, guest reporter Jonus Cottrell talks to the owners of Nutcase VeganMeats about the benefits of eating plant-based food. These physicians-turned-entrepreneursfound themselves dissati...
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Episode 124: Sharing Seeds Brings More to the Table Than a Snack from 2022-05-03T09:00
This episode features the founder of the Michigan Seed Library Network, Bevin Cohen. He travels the state to establish community seed libraries that distribute parcels of seeds so individuals can l...
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Episode 123: The Mobile Market That Rescues Food from 2022-04-26T09:00
In this episode reporter Genevieve Fox covers a non-profit organization in Detroit working to relieve food insecurity and waste with mobile pantries. Forgotten Harvest's Marketing and Communication...
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Episode 122: Growing Salad Greens Seven Feet High In Detroit from 2022-04-12T09:00
In this episode our host, Taylor Haelterman, expresses her frustration with slimy salad greens and learns about a Detroit-based company looking to solve that problem. Planted Detroit's Leader of Pl...
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Episode 121: The Dietary Change That Increases Life Expectancy from 2022-04-05T09:00
In this episode Lars Fadness, professor of global public health and primary care at the University of Bergen, explains his research on a dietary change that can add over a decade to your life expec...
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Episode 120: Urban Gardening for Sustainability, Community and Profit from 2022-03-29T09:00
This episode features Josh Rosenstein the owner and founder of Edible Eden Baltimore Foodscapes. He talks about how his company designs, installs, and maintains edible gardens and ecological landsc...
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Episode 119: Choosing Chicken Over Beef Can Lower Your Carbon Footprint from 2022-03-22T09:00
In this episode of the Food Fix, our host, Taylor Haelterman, speaks to Diego Rose, professor of nutrition and food security at Tulane University, about his recent study that found swapping out "hi...
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Episode 118: The Food Waste Fight from 2022-03-15T14:14:52
In this episode our host, Taylor Haelterman, dives into food waste consequences and solutions with Katy Hart, operations director of the non-profit organization ReFED. The majority of America’s foo...
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Episode 117: Can Farmers Chase Migrating Crops? from 2022-03-01T18:00
In this episode of the Food Fix our host, Taylor Haelterman, and journalist, Sheldon Krause, break down the impacts of the warming climate on Michigan crops and how it might affect what farmers can...
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Episode 116: Brewing a Just Cup of Coffee from 2022-02-22T18:00
In this episode of the Food Fix we're covering coffee. Our host, Taylor Haelterman, talks with Paul Katzeff about his mission to brew "not just a cup, but a just cup" and how he's bettering the wor...
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Episode 115: Why Dutch Dairy Farmers Aren't Going Nature-Inclusive from 2022-02-15T18:00
In this episode of the Food Fix our host, Taylor Haelterman, dives into five things preventing Dutch dairy farmers from adopting more sustainable and environmentally-conscious farming practices wit...
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Episode 114: Community Fridges Fight Food Insecurity from 2022-02-08T18:00
In the first episode of the Food Fix relaunch our host, Taylor Haelterman, talks to Great Lakes Echo reporter, Kayla Nelsen, about communities fighting food insecurity, waste and cultural stigmas w...
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Managing insects on Michigan berry crops from 2019-12-19T05:03:51
This week we talk with Dr. Rufus Isaacs from Michigan State University. Dr. Isaacs focuses on managing pests to berry crops in Michigan. Collaborating with farmers throughout the state, his work he...
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A discussion with a Michigan State University student active in immigrant food sustainability efforts in Michigan from 2019-11-04T03:26:06
Vanessa Garcia Polanco works with different organizations to help new immigrants from all over the world settle in Michigan. With her work, she is able to assist with helping these people grow thei...
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Feeding Sheep Can Lead To Using Less Fossil Fuels from 2019-10-09T01:45:33
Yuko Frazier spearheads the Ypsilanti-based Project Mow, which uses sheep to tend to large plots of lands overgrown with unwanted vegetation. Project Mow’s concerns lie in reducing the use of fossi...
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How Improving Inland Fisheries Can Reduce Food Insecurity from 2019-04-19T22:00:47
By Gloria Nzeka Dr. Emmanuel Kaunda, professor at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources in Malawi, and Dr. Steven Cooke, professor in the department of Biology at Carleton...
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How Creative Can You Get With Beans? from 2019-03-31T15:51:26
By Gloria Nzeka A team of researchers in the department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University work to improve the quality of beans. In this episode of the Food Fix, th...
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Americans' Eating Habits During the Great Depression from 2019-03-17T00:02:44
By Gloria Nzeka Dr. Helen Veit, an Associate Professor in the department of history at Michigan State University discusses a project focusing on the history of what America ate during the Great De...
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Link Between Science Communication and Food Security from 2019-02-23T04:10:42
By Gloria Nzeka Dr. Felicia Wu, a distinguished professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University talks about the important role science communication ca...
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SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MICHIGAN DAIRY INDUSTRY: ROBOTIC MILKING from 2019-02-18T20:53:55
By Quinn Zimmerman In the second part of this series on sustainability in the Michigan dairy industry, Quinn Zimmerman continues her discussion with Brooke Wilke, the farm manager and Howard Strau...
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Sustainability in the Michigan Dairy Industry from 2019-02-05T06:38:41
By Quinn Zimmerman In this two part series on sustainability in the Michigan dairy industry, Quinn Zimmerman talks with the Kellogg Biological Station -Pasture Dairy Center farm and dairy manager...
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Agriculture Training from 2018-12-03T21:50:12
By Gloria Nzeka Could a multifaceted education in agriculture be the missing link in solving food insecurity in Africa? Blessing Iveren Agada, professor in the department of Soil Science at the F...
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Is Non-GMO Always Healthy? from 2018-11-10T06:12:37
By Gloria Nzeka The MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources launched a series of science-based community conversations around food, called “Our Table”. The aim is to help consumers make...
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Gaining Control from Diet Plans from 2018-10-29T19:00:38
On the final episode for our series, 'What does healthy eating look like?', Michigan State University Nutritionist Anne Buffington shares how people can gain control from falling for diet traps by ...
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Diets are Better Predictors of Weight Gain from 2018-10-25T03:35:09
For the second part of the series, 'What does Healthy Eating Look Like?', reporter Naina Rao explores the relationship between body weight and our health. She talks to Anne Buffington, the nutrit...
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Improving the Quality of Beans from 2018-10-19T22:41:31
By Gloria Nzeka A team of researchers in the department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University work to improve the quality of beans and introduce a variety of healthy w...
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What does Healthy Eating Look Like? from 2018-10-16T17:44:57
There are lots of ideas out there telling you what to eat and what not to eat. Social media has helped distribute messages about food, nutrition, and weight in a much larger platform. Should I eat ...
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Bringing Scientific Knowledge to Farmers in Rural Areas from 2018-10-11T17:26:08
Julia Bella-Bravo and Barry Pittendrigh, researchers in the Feed the Future Innova...
VOLUNTEER RUN FOOD BANK AIMS TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AMONG STUDENTS from 2018-10-02T16:05:58
Julia Primavera Kuntz is the engagement manager of Western Michigan University. Th...
How Innovative Agricultural Policies Can Improve Food Production in Africa from 2018-09-27T05:31:44
By Gloria Nzeka
Hunger is on the rise. The number of undernourished peo...
Migrant Workers in Michigan from 2018-05-22T18:47:28
By Lizzy Lafave
As we've previously covered on the Food Fix, mi...
Cultural Sensitivity in Food from 2018-05-15T17:48
By Evan Kutz
In part our series on the intersections of food and race, The ...
Teaching Consumers about the Politics of their Food from 2018-05-10T18:01:41
By Lauren Caramagno.
Lina Yamashita is a doctoral candidate at the Universi...
The Good Food Purchasing Program from 2018-05-08T16:20:45
By Hannah Holliday
In 2012, the Good Food Purchasing Program in...
Precision Agriculture: Better Fertilizer for Better Food from 2018-04-23T19:14:46
By Gloria Nzeka
In an expanding global food market farmers need...
Jackfruit: An Old fruit with new fans from 2018-03-19T18:05:25
The jackfruit is a large tree borne fruit that has been cultivated in southeas...
Startup Incubator Gambia: Preparing the future of farming from 2018-02-28T19:50:28
By Gloria Nzeka
In The Gambia in West Africa, there’s a non-profit that is ...
Crops rotting in the field: How the immigration debate is keeping food off the table from 2018-02-09T20:20:28
By Max Johnston
Farms across the Midwestern United States are b...
Inland Valley Swamp Farming in Sierra Leone from 2018-02-05T18:05:31
By Gloria Nzeka
In countries like Sierra Leone in Africa, there are essent...
Improving Stevia's Taste and Production from 2018-01-29T21:22:32
By Gloria Nzeka
Most know Stevia as a sweetener for their coffee or tea, but there is a complex agricultural operation behind the tiny packets.
Michigan State University just received...
Structural Racism Present in the US Food System from 2018-01-24T20:35:23
Some critics argue that structural racism exists in many pillars of American socie...
Deep Fried Clouds: Fried Food may be Changing our Weather from 2017-12-15T19:44:05
By Max Johnston
To some, like myself, fried food is a delicacy. While fryin...
Crops vs. Disease: How Heat changes Bio-Warfare from 2017-12-08T17:52:22
By Max Johnston
When looking at the fight between crops and bacteria, it mi...
Decreasing Food Waste and Food Insecurity from 2017-12-01T21:55:19
By Gloria Nzeka
A non-profit organization in Pittsburgh is trying to feed h...
Homegrown: Urban Farming in Pittsburgh from 2017-11-17T16:54:37
By Gloria Nzeka
Eating healthy often appears to come with a high price tag ...
Childhood Hunger and Crime: After-School Programs from 2017-11-11T00:48:54
By Max Johnston
This story is the second and final segment in our series on...
Childhood Hunger and Crime: Being Raised in Food Insecure Households from 2017-11-03T22:46:38
By Max Johnston
This story is the first segment in a two-part story on chil...
Getting graduates agricultural experience in Malawi: Interview with Sera Gondwe from 2017-10-27T23:49:25
Sera Gondwe is a faculty member at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natu...
The Food Crisis in Venezuela from 2017-10-20T18:13:31
The country of Venezuela has been embroiled in political turmoil for most of the 2...
Teaching a sweet potato self-defense from 2017-10-11T18:56:50
By Max Johnston
Here in the states we like our sweet potatoes fried, sweete...
Global Partnership Series: Improving research through awareness from 2017-09-11T20:10:21
As part of The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism’s two-continent, three-c...
Global Partnership Series: Fixing the relationship between scientists and farmers from 2017-09-07T16:56:09
As part of The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism's two-continent, three-c...
Global Partnership Series: Communicating research through the Media from 2017-08-31T17:30:44
As part of The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism's two-continent, three-c...
Global Partnership Stories: Researchers reaching out from 2017-08-23T18:06:04
As part of The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism's two-continent, three-c...
Global Partnership Stories: More productive goats from 2017-08-22T16:28:20
As part of The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism's two-continent, three-c...
Global Partnership Series: Food Preservation Report from 2017-08-21T16:45:59
As part of The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism's two-continent, three-c...
Fixing food labeling to end world hunger from 2017-07-27T19:12:42
Today’s idea to make the world less hungry is to regulate and standardize the date...
How private sector investment in food production can make the world less hungry from 2017-07-11T12:51:58
Food finances are tricky. For example, funding food production in developing count...
Fighting 'hiding hunger' with biofortified plants from 2017-07-05T13:13:42
There is a form of hunger afflicting people worldwide that you can’t...
Using Social Media to Make the World Less Hungry from 2017-06-19T16:25:17
There’s an application for buying, selling, dating, driving. How about one for sav...
Making the world less hungry through agronomy management from 2017-05-20T21:51:46
As part of our series, "10 ideas to make the world less hungry," Ben Muir talks to...
How investing in infrastructure can make the world less hungry from 2017-05-20T20:16:55
Megan Konar, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the ...
Investing in ideas that already work to tackle hunger from 2017-05-20T19:42:01
In this episode of "10 ideas to make the world less hungry," reporter Ben Muir tal...
Rethinking food packaging to make the world less hungry from 2017-05-20T19:28:44
By Max Johnston
One percent of food sent abroad by USAID is lost to food sp...
Professor wants to give farmers"magic wands" from 2017-05-20T19:17:21
If you had a magic wand that could make the world less hungry, what would you do? ...
Study: Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program was not 'miraculous' from 2017-04-21T12:30:01
When geographer Joe Messina first analyzed satellite images of Malawi farm fields,...
Researcher helps Ugandan farmers with community-driven irrigation tech from 2017-04-05T07:54:42
In Uganda, farmers in rain-fed agricultural communities depend on irrigation. With...
Cooking, cooling and cultivating with poop from 2017-03-23T17:19:11
Decomposing human and animal waste has the power to change lives. While it might s...
Improving coconut production in the Philippines using mobile technology from 2017-03-16T14:13:10
Coconut is the largest stone fruit in the world. Sold in the food and beverage ind...
Managing bacterial diseases in onion from 2017-02-20T19:10:13
The onion has been a part of the human diet for more than 7,000 years. But it’s no...
Keeping farms alive on a budget from 2017-02-08T17:34:52
As Southern Africa struggles to recover from its worst drought in decades, farmers...
Pakistani engineer invents fitbit for cows to boost dairy farming from 2017-01-17T07:51:31
Every year a trillion dollars of milk is sold worldwide.
Small farmers in m...
Researcher unlocks plant secrets that could better feed the world from 2017-01-11T20:24:35
The world’s population grows by more than two hundred thousand daily. That’s te...
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Protecting potatoes–when all your money is underground from 2016-12-08T08:22:25
French fries, hash browns and crispy chips come to mind when we think about potato...
Making sorghum available, easy to eat from 2016-10-24T15:17:30
Sorghum is a cereal grain that grows tall like corn. It originated in Africa, wher...
Book examines power, concentration in the food system from 2016-10-11T07:25:35
Every minute people flood supermarkets and grocery stores to buy food...
Innovator creates solar powered irrigation system from 2016-10-04T12:00
In the African country of Cameroon, the lack of readily available water during the...
Researchers study fair price shops in India from 2016-08-12T05:24:40
Every month millions of poor people in India visit fair price shops to...
Researcher studies effectiveness of cocoa certification program from 2016-08-01T05:30:05
For some people anything is good if it's made of chocolate. But many people don’t ...
Student researcher works to create better food packaging from 2016-06-06T08:09:04
Plastic is used for food packaging because it is widely available and cheap. However some plastics are not recyclable and those plastics contaminate the environment.
This has led to a push for ...
Farmer invents air conditioner powered cold storage units from 2016-05-03T05:27:58
Typically, air conditioners are not seen as a way to keep food cold e...
Researcher studies limiting factors to safe drinking water from 2016-03-28T20:33:06
In some urban areas of Malawi, 42 percent of households spend at le...
Researcher helps farmers in Malawi try new techniques from 2016-03-09T23:27:06
In the African country of Malawi there is not a lot of vegetation,...
Researcher works to grow multiple crops in the same spot from 2016-02-24T02:19:33
Think of a kitchen sink, with taps that supply water and drains th...
Researcher studies insect brain models to make better repellants from 2016-02-10T03:01:17
Farmers use insecticides to keep insects away from their crops. But in...
Innovator works to improve food safety from 2016-01-27T05:40:11
A tiny piece of technology may be a simple way to reduce food waste...
Researchers study plant chemicals to stop food from spoiling from 2015-12-28T05:29:48
In developing countries, more than 40 percent of food is lost between harvest and ...
Researchers try to speed up wheat breeding process from 2015-12-08T06:01:06
Wheat is the second most widely grown cereal grain in the world. Wheat Farmers cou...
Business owner harvests wild foods from 2015-11-17T21:42:32
Barb Barton harvests and sells wild food such as wild rice, wild mushrooms, maple ...
Urban farmers use once dangerous land from 2015-11-01T22:16:27
Urban farming is often celebrated for bringing fresh, homegrown food into the city...
Group creates animations to teach agricultural methods from 2015-10-20T21:07:02
A group called Scientific Animations Without Borders is creating animated videos t...
Student shows microbes help plants from 2015-10-13T19:06:55
How can plants grow in the boiling waters near volcanoes? How do they survive in d...
ArtPrize Artists explore Michigan's abandoned farms and child hungerx from 2015-10-10T00:53:19
The Food Fix went to ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan...
ArtPrize artist creates piece on water scarcity from 2015-10-06T18:57:09
The Food Fix went to ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk to peopl...
Students explore waste innovation to attract ecotourism from 2015-09-30T01:20:51
Costa Rica is a relatively developed country in Central America, b...
Changing where biofuels are grown from 2015-09-22T04:58:10
Researchers are exploring growing plants for bio fuels in a low-qual...
Aquatic life in Ghana from 2015-09-11T04:41:55
Understanding fish and water resources is vital for the food system in Ghana. Ille...
Followup on the Frugal Innovation Practicum from 2015-08-31T17:30:26
A couple weeks ago we talked to Jodie Zhu and Kevin Mills before they headed off t...
Researchers study food storage to reduce waste from 2015-08-24T15:51:28
About one third of all the food that is produced is wasted, accordin...
Farming and Karate from 2015-08-17T16:16:12
There are many reasons community gardens are created. However few of those reasons...
New interdisciplinary student program studies frugal innovation in Malawi from 2015-08-10T20:50:48
A group of Michigan State University students and faculty workin...
Energy from animal poop from 2015-08-03T14:45:15
They say one person’s trash is another person’s treasure...but what about one farm...
Using bitter melon to treat diabetes from 2015-07-28T05:21:28
A bitter-tasting plant that looks like a cucumber with warts growing a...
Researcher uses photography to measure nutrition from 2015-07-20T15:45:51
Researchers who are figuring out how to better feed the world need to...
Center provides place for food businesses to begin from 2015-07-13T15:42:02
It takes a lot of work to start a new business, especially when that business invo...
Researchers developing new kinds of wheat from 2015-07-07T21:09:08
Can modern genetic research help find ways to produce wheat tha...
Michelle Napier-Dunnings: Underserved Farmers from 2015-06-29T21:42:35
There are numerous challenges faced by the people who bring you fresh produce. They have to meet rigid standards, obtain pricy certifications and work hard to gradually “move up the food chain,” by...
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Ellis Adams: Social Dynamics of Crop Adoption from 2015-06-22T21:08:14
Malnutrition remains a significant problem in less developed countries. It is the leading cause of death and illness among mothers and children. Legumes like beans and peas are very nutritious. Th...
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Paul Thompson: Food Ethics from 2015-06-15T22:25:29
Is it okay to give food to a food pantry that you wouldn’t eat yourself? Can you have another farmer sell your strawberries at the local farmer’s market?
When we think of “ethics,” we pro...
Kirk Mason: How–To Videos from 2015-06-08T17:15:24
In Malawi, better education for farmers could help them to grow more crops, earn more money, and improve their quality of life.
Government Extension Officers visit villages to educate farm...