We first met Farm.One founder Rob Laing in 2016 on episode 145. Farm.One opened in Tribeca growing rare herbs, edible flowers, micro greens, and other exotic produce year-round for chefs and restaurants, using hydroponics and LED lighting. Episode 240 covers 2020, the global pandemic, and Farm.One’s pivot into delivering freshly-harvested...

Gringx bartenders like to tell the bigger story of mezcal, the story that goes beyond the delicious spirit to explain why it’s delicious — the thing that gives it that pulse. One of those things is the landscape from which the agave comes from. Eating to Extinction author Dan Saladino...

Melissa and Wythe are joined by their friend Leigh Ollman, a mushroom grower, educator, and food systems consultant. We talk about Leigh’s role in kickstarting the NYU Mycology Group, her work as a professional mushroom grower (she started with 150 logs, farming mushrooms commercially during the pandemic), and her current...

There’s an idea that mezcal made with wild agave is more delicious, because the agave lived in a hostile environment. But in the world of pulque, there’s an idea that the most delicious batches of that fermented beverage come from pampered, farmed agave. We check in with Gonzalo Álvarez-Ríos (who...

Vermont farmer Erik Andrus is practicing an ancient form of agro-ecology from Japan. Learn how the old informs the new as Erik describes his approach and how it works. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member! What Doesn't...

Abra Berens is the executive chef at Granor Farm in Michigan, a certified organic farm that also hosts dinner parties and other events. On this week's episode, Abra talks about her upbringing on farms and how that guided her career path, as well as how important it is for people...

Through her profound connection to her people and land in Apex, North Carolina, cultural preservationist Gabrielle Eitienne shares the importance of place and the power of archiving the wisdom of your community. Says Eitienne: "I was working in the food industry, I was doing pretty well. I had just gotten...

There are so many different approaches to farming these days, and so many different terms that, from the outside, feel like they mean the same thing. But how do they look from the inside? And which one best describes the agaves you’ve seen in rural Mexico? It’s a rhetorical episode...

Over this 3 episode series we're highlighting individuals that are both involved in agriculture and identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. We've met an agriculture educator in Michigan, flower farmers in Iowa and a fifth-generation dairy, grain and beef farmer in North Dakota. Agriculture is becoming increasingly more inclusive...

Introducing a special series of episodes that highlight individuals that are both involved in agriculture and identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. In this series of 3 episodes, we meet an agriculture educator in Michigan, flower farmers in Iowa and a fifth-generation dairy, grain and beef farmer in North...