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. It is an evolutionary response that developed way back when sweet things were hard to find in the natural environment. Now, we can find sweets...

Many people are planning smaller meals for Thanksgiving this year and may be wondering how to pare down their typical dishes to avoid waste. Matthew shares his Thanksgiving menu and talks through his prepping process, which includes starting early to enjoy Thanksgiving Day as much as possible and calculating how...

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. He talks about the history of oyster...

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. This week he...

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. He and Jovan share what they experienced while sheltering in place during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and then Matthew offers...

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. Hear her story and then dive deep into the tips you need to take...

For the inaugural episode of Jupiter’s Almanac, host Matthew Raiford introduces himself, along with his family history and the history of his farm. These lineages go hand in hand, dating back nearly 150 years ago when Matthew’s great-great-great grandfather, Jupiter Gilliard, bought Gilliard Farms. Matthew and his partner Jovan Sage...

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Can a chicken save your life? Which dinosaur can call chickens its closest surviving relatives? On the season two premiere of Time For Lunch we are getting to know our fine feathered friends, chickens! Hannah and Harry learn about the magic of...

Lisa Held spoke with three farmers from three different parts of the country about forging your own path and experimenting with crops. David Bohlen is the owner of Bohlen Family Farms in Florissant, Missouri. He is working with seed savers to and plant breeders to cultivate the best produce his...