Today on We Dig Plants, hosts Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen DeVito do their part to contribute to the "robots will take our jobs" story! Our guest: Rory Aronson, the creator of the FarmBot. This robot is installed above a planter box, before Raspberry Pi, a rudimentary (and cheap) computer...

This week on a brand new season of What Doesn't Kill You, host Katy Keiffer welcomes writer Tom Philpott to discuss a plethora of inter-related topics, kicking off the show with a discussion on the California drought situation and its coinciding water politics, plus how almond and pistachio farmers are...

Why will soil save us? Kristin Ohlson has the answer. Kristin, the author of The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet, is this week's guest on Eat Your Words with host Cathy Erway. Tune in for an in-depth conversation...

To celebrate his 200th episode, Patrick Martins takes on food justice on The Main Course! Patrick enlists Anthony Butler, Execuitve Director of St. John's Bread & Life, to discuss the topic. Tune into this episode to hear why hunger is a justice issue, and why its relationship with policy and...

This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is exploring the homesteading lifestyle! Hear from Gloria Varney of Nezinscot Farm- the first certified organic dairy in Maine! Learn why Gloria lost interest in her academic pursuits and began to focus on growing and producing her own food. What role does...

What is 'natural wine'? This week on The Morning After, Jessie Kiefer sits down with Nick Gorevic of Jenny & Francois Selections to truly find out what that buzzword means. Find out how the French and Italian wine traditions differ in the natural wine category. In terms of taste, how...

Spring is coming sooner than you think; time to start planting! This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is talking with President and farmer at the Brooklyn Grange, Ben Flanner. Tune in to hear Ben talk about innovations in farm technology, and how these virtually simple tools can increase...

We Dig Fungus! On today's episode of We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito are joined by Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia. Tune into this episode to hear Eugenia talk about the similarities between fungi and animals, and the pervasiveness of fungi in our ecosystem. Learn how plants...

This week on Straight, No Chaser, Katy Keiffer is geeking out with Dr. Charles Benbrook. Dr. Benbrook is a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University. He is the program leader of "Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health."...

This past weekend, Let's Get Real host Erica Wides stumbled upon some wild blueberries while hiking, and was stunned by the flavor! Do the fruits that we eat actually contain the flavors that they're supposed to harbor, or has foodiness diluted them to the point that they've lost their...fruitiness? Erica...