The desire for sweetness is biologically hardwired in humans, according to Dr. Gary Beauchamp, longtime former director and president of the Monell Chemical Senses Center.

Many people are planning smaller meals for

This week, Matthew shares one of his favorite Thanksgiving recipes: oyster dressing. You can’t make great oyster dressing, without great oysters. In the first half of the show, hear an interview with Thomas Bliss, the Director of The Shellfish Research Laboratory in Brunswick.

This episode is one part of a two-part series about couples who farm together. Matthew is intimately familiar with the dynamics of building a life and stewarding the land with your significant other. In this episode and the next, he seeks out stories and advice from others.

Matthew is a strong believer that “the time to get out the map is before you enter the woods.” That’s why this week he’s diving deep into natural disaster readiness.

Jovan Sage once considered chickens to be tiny dinosaurs, creatures that were totally foreign to her. Now she is considered Gilliard Farms’ resident chicken whisperer. This transformation happened because, Jovan says, a chicken saved her life.

For the inaugural episode of Jupiter’s Almanac, host Matthew Raiford introduces himself, along with his family history and the history of his farm.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Can a chicken save your life? Which dinosaur can call chickens its closest surviving relatives?

Lisa Held spoke with three farmers from three different parts of the country about forging your own path and experimenting with crops.