The Leading Voices in Food
Episodes
E87: Hidden Danger of Sugar for Your Kids
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of two podcasts with the authors of a new book entitled, Sugarproof: The Hidden Dangers of Sugar that are Putting Your Child's Healt...
E86: Jim Warenda - How One NC Farming Business is Weathering the Pandemic
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is part of a series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our food system. And in this interview, we'll be exploring how one North Ca...
E85: Changes to SNAP and WIC During Pandemic Are Major Innovations
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is part of a series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our food system. Today, we are talking about the changes policymake...
E84: COVID Highlights Need to Change Food Security Strategies
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is part of a series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our food system. We're interviewing Caitlin Welsh, director of the ...
E82: Rediscovering Navajo Indigenous Agricultural Wisdom
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
. There's a great deal to learn from the deep connections between regenerative agriculture and the farming traditions of First Nations people. My gues...
Hopi Farming - Culture, Agriculture and Environment in Balance
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're digging in to the little known origins of regenerative agriculture, a conservation approach to farming and raising animals that focuses o...
E81: Time for Universal Free School Meals
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is part of series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our food system. When the pandemic forced schools to close, school di...
E80: COVID Highlights The Trouble With Charity Food
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is part of a series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We're exploring today, the role of charitable efforts to address food...
E79: Andy Fisher on the Connection Between Industry and Food Banks
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is part of a series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic is exposing a deep flaw in the country's food system, na...
E78: How NC School Nutrition Programs are Grappling with COVID
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is part of a series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our food system. Today we're looking at how North Carolina's School...
E77: School Meals During a Pandemic--What Works with Katie Wilson
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About 33 million children access school meals every day across the country. Today, we're exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young studen...
E76: Food Fights - A Civil Conversation about Contemporary Food Debates
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding our current food system, where it came from and especially where it might go is much easier if one understands history. Our field needs ...
E75: Land Grant University Gold for North Carolina
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Agriculture is a remarkably complex, fascinating, and important topic. We all eat of course, but often we don't know much about the story of our food,...
E73: Weight Stigma 101 with Rebecca Pearl
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
People who experience weight discrimination are more likely to gain more weight over time than people with obesity who don't describe these kinds of e...
E67: Weight Bullying Backfires and Causes Harm
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stigmatizing people based on factors such as race and sexual identity is being tolerated less and less. But what about stigmatizing people with issues...
E71: Louise Metz on Weight Inclusive Medical Care
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Weight stigma, bias and discrimination can have very profound impacts on individuals. Medical settings are a place where there are real opportunities ...
E74: How Mindful Eating Can Change Your World
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you eat mindfully? Could an approach to eating derived from one religious tradition be helpful to us all? Today's guest, Dr. Lilian Cheung is an ex...
E72: Will Harris on White Oak Pastures' Success in Regenerative Ag
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine being a fourth-generation owner of a business and deciding to completely change things to upend tried-and-traditional ways of doing things in ...
E69: Gabe Brown on the Desperate Need for Regenerative Agriculture
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a farm doing such creative work that more than 2,000 people come to visit each year from all 50 states and more than 20 countries outside the ...
E70: Myths and Misperceptions about the Pork Industry
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Leading Voices in Food podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E61: Awilo Ochieng Pernet on the Global Complexity of Food Safety
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Food safety is a very important international issue and few people have been as engaged on this topic as our guest today, Awilo Ochieng Pernet, a seni...
E64: Technology, Transition and Family at Triple B Farms
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Leading Voices in Food podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E66: Jeremy Everett: Ending Hunger Takes Coordinated Action
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Faith-based efforts can be powerful and compelling ways to address a number of social issues, including food insecurity. About Jeremy Everett Jeremy E...
E62: Bert Pitt on Today's Farming Challenges
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Leading Voices in Food podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E60: A Visit to Middlecreek Farms in the Blacklands of North Carolina
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Leading Voices in Food podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E68: Tobacco, Hemp & Trade Wars
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food Podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E57: How FoodCorps and Walmart are Driving Food Security in the US
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you would like to address food and food insecurity in particular and could start with a blank slate, what kind of programs and practices would...
E58: Pig Farming Family Style at Razorback Farms
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E57: Tom Bollyky on How Food Drives International Instability
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Americans hear the term national security, I suspect few people would think about food in this context. Our guest, Thomas Bollyky is an ideal per...
E59: Hunt Allcott on the Optimum Soda Tax
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest, Dr. Hunt Allcott, had two recent papers with colleagues Benjamin Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky, on whether soda taxes are effective, an...
E56: Gwen Pitt on the Changing Roles of Women in Farming
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food podcast, an educational series produced by the world food policy center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E55: Allan Savory on Regenerative Agriculture
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Regenerative agriculture is a highly visible, interesting and promising approach to raising animals. The person credited for conceiving this approach,...
E54: Farming with Hurricanes in the Blacklands of North Carolina
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Leading Voices in Food Podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E53: Michael Osterholm on Food Safety and Killer Germs
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With our daily food now coming from around the world, keeping food safe needs to be a practice of prevention--at home and in commercial factories. Foo...
E52: Hogs and Hurricanes
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food Podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E44: Chile's Health Success: warning labels, soda taxes and marketing limits
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
E44: Chile's Health Strategy: Warning Labels, Soda Taxes, and Marketing Limits So what happens when a country gets really serious...REALLY serious abo...
E51: Neena Prasad on the Sound Benefits of Soda Taxes
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you've come to work for a major foundation and were asked to create a program on obesity prevention. With the vast array of possible things on...
E50: Gwen's Cotton
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E42: Jim Krieger on the Making of a Soda Tax
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Let's say that you are a public health advocate and would like to see a tax on sugar sweetened beverages established in your community. What steps wou...
E48: Maureen Black on Lasting Impact of Food Insecurity on Children
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It is well known, and has been for many years, how prevalent food insecurity is in the US and elsewhere. People are especially moved when they think o...
E47: Hickory Nut Gap Farm's Jamie Ager on Regenerative Grazing
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food Podcast, an educational series produced by the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. I'm Deborah Hill. Yo...
E46: Carolyn Federman on the CharlieCart Success
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Americans have become distant from their food. It was once the case that people either grew food themselves or perhaps, just one step away from it, bu...
E45: Celebrating Howarth Bouis' Contributions to Biofortification
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So imagine that you face a daunting challenge: addressing malnutrition and nutrient deficiencies that affect people all around the world. These are pe...
E40: The Cruel Impact of Weight Stigma
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Think back to your time in school and try to remember how the overweight children were treated. It is possible that you were the subject of such treat...
E41: Combatting Weight Bias
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In an earlier podcast with Dr. Rebecca Puhl, she described the nature extent and impact of weight bias on the lives of individuals was described and c...
E43: Barry Popkin on the International Success of Soda Taxes
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Taxes on sugar sweetened beverages now exist in a number of cities in the United States, including Philadelphia, Oakland, and San Francisco, and in mo...
E38: Diego Rose on the Environmental Sustainability and our Food
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When you make decisions about what to eat, what factors in? Most people think about taste, what food costs, what is available and in some cases the he...
E39: Rick Larrick on the Hidden Energy Costs of our Food
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We've recorded a number of podcasts discussing the environmental impact of food production, and the food choices made by individuals. But how aware of...
E35: Jennifer Pomeranz on Food Policy and Industry Tactics Driving Preemption
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the past several years, cities in California led the way in passing taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages. Berkeley was first with Oakland, San Franci...
E34: Juan Rivera on the Success of Mexico's Soda Tax
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For people around the world who believe that taxing sugared beverages is a good public health policy, the country of Mexico passing such a tax was a s...
E26: Aaron Gross on Factory Farming and New Ways to Support Farmers
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a conscientious consumer of food? Does it make a difference to the economy, the environment, or is it simply a personal decisi...
E24: Carlos Monteiro on the Dangers of Ultra-processed Foods
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder how the body processes processed foods? When corn becomes Cheetos or wheat becomes Twinkies, for example, or water becomes Coca Cola? How ...
E25: Christopher Carter on Looking at Food Theologically
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How should society balance people's needs and wants for meat and eggs against the needs and wants of farmers and farm animals? What do theologians and...
E22: Heber Brown on Organizing Black Congregations Around Their Food
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the US food system, communities of color suffer disproportionately from lack of access to affordable, nutritious food. But what happens when you co...
E20: Darriel Harris on Harnessing Faith to Improve Community Health
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Can you make sustainable changes in community or neighborhood health without tackling the issue of food and diet? Why is such work so difficult? What ...
E37: Unhealthy Foods Make Healthy Choices Stand Out
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you are a manager of a supermarket and you're working with health authorities to increase the purchase of healthy foods. Let's say broccoli. W...
E28: Regenerative Grazing and the Ranney Ranch
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you're like me, you've read or heard of reports and news accounts talking about the negative consequences of producing beef, with greenhouse gas em...
E19: Martin Bloem on the Global Complexity of our Food System
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most important questions facing the world is how it will feed itself both now and in the future. Answering this question will require the b...
E30: Christina Roberto on Food Labeling Research in Guatemala and Soda Taxes in Philly
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Many policies have been proposed and enacted to help improve public health by changing their diet and preventing obesity. Among the most prominent, ou...
E32: Food Defense 101 with Amy Kircher
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fraud. We hear about it a lot. Financial fraud, political fraud, and more, but food fraud? It turns out that this is a more significant issue than one...
E33: Food Defense & the Extreme Complexity of our Food Supply Chain
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In another podcast called Food Defense 101, Amy Kircher, director of the Food Protection and Defense Institute at the University of Minnesota, painted...
E36: Amy Kircher on Food Fraud, Pomegranates & Baby Formula
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fraud. We hear about it a lot. Financial fraud, political fraud, and more, but food fraud? It turns out that this is a more significant issue than one...
E23: Al Sommer on Childhood Blindness, Vitamin A and Global Politics
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We speak today with someone whose work is credited with preventing 400,000 cases of blindness and saving as many as 1 million deaths per year. Dr. Alf...
E29: Linda Bartoshuk on Super Tasters, Yuck, and the Future of Food Nutrition
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever heard the term supertasters? Have you wondered why some people love broccoli, and others find it very unpleasant? Is family upbringing the answer...
E18: Ashley Gearhardt on Food Addiction and You...Yes, You
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Can some foods have addictive properties? We all have cravings for some things--chocolate, let's say? But can food really hijack the brain much as hap...
E16: Sara Bleich on Menu Labeling, Marketing and Public Health
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Do you make better food choices when you see calorie counts listed on restaurant menus? Do you think food stamp recipients should be able to buy unhea...
E17: Cheryl Queen on Corporate Responsibility and Power in the Food Industry
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine working for a company that serves more than 5 billion meals worldwide every year. Balancing what people like to eat with corporate goals of pr...
E14: Nurya Love-Parish on Reinventing Faith Practice Through a Calling to Steward Lands and our Food
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that most church land holdings are not located in high-priced cities? Instead, they're in countless rural locations from Maine to Califor...
E15: Hisham Moharram on Shared Farm Investments to Empower Youth
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hisham Moharram describes himself as an agripreneur and an environmental and social justice activist. His life's goal is to establish a local food eco...
E13: Mark Bittman on Eating Sustainably and Agroecology
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Many people in the modern world have become distant from their food. They may not know where it's grown, who grows it, who produces it, or who harvest...
E27: William Dietz on Obesity, Undernutrition & Climate Change
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It would seem at first glance that undernutrition and obesity are opposite sides of the same coin and not very related to one another and that neither...
E12: Shenggen Fan on Hunger, Climate Change and the Hope of Innovation
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a child is malnourished? Can such a child ever "catch up" later in life? Why does urbanization and obesity seem to go hand in hand—...
E10: Lynde Renske on Cultivating Food System Entrepreneurs for Impact
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine if the focus of your work was to identify the most promising entrepreneurs, those who could potentially develop transformative and scalable fo...
E11: Kornegay Farms' Kim LeQuire on the Blessings of a Life in Agriculture
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Has the buy local food movement helped farmers and open up new markets? Is organic farming really better than conventional farming? And what does it t...
E9: A'dae Romero-Briones on First-Nations-Food-Systems
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What can food teach us about our community lifeways, past and present? Community food life ways or one way that first nations tribes can regain food s...
E6: Shiriki Kumanyika on the Disparity of our Food
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is it fair or ethical to allow food companies to target low-income communities with marketing for unhealthy foods? Should the health of our communitie...
E7: Thomas Farley: The Real Returns on a Soda Tax in Philadelphia
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest has had a fascinating career and has made significant contributions to public health in Louisiana, New York, and in Pennsylvania. He say...
E5: Kevin Concannon on the Role of Federal & State Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine presiding over one of the nation's major food assistance programs. The supplemental nutrition assistance program that helps feed more than $40...
E4: Billy Shore on Politics, Food and our Children's Future
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you had the opportunity to shape the country's agenda for addressing hunger, what solutions would you suggest and how would you drive this needed c...
E3: Marion Hetherington on Kids, Vegetables and Appetite
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder how children develop preferences for certain foods? Why in the same family, different children may like different things? Why some people ...
E2: Andrew Prentice on Nutrition and the Genetic Legacy of our Food
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You have likely heard the saying "You are what you eat." But what if I told you that how well your parents were eating in the days and months before y...
E5: Norman Wirzba: Does Faith Shape Your Relationship to Food?
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Does faith shape your relationship to food? Should we be more spiritually connected to our food and how it is produced? Explore these ideas and more w...
E1: Billy Shore on Feeding Kids in the US and Abroad
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered why people are hungry in a world that produces more than enough food to feed them? Very few people in the world could address t...
Leading Voices in Food Podcast Series Intro
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Leading Voices in Food podcast series features scientists, farmers, policy experts and world leaders all working to improve our food system and fo...