Calling all foodies, a farmer’s market fans, and die-hard gardeners! Your new favorite podcasts have arrived.
Talking about supply chains, climate change and bees dying can often be dull and/or depressing. But, there is a whole world of podcasts that are using audio to tell the stories behind your food in fun and compelling. There are incredible shows covering things from what organic really means to how to eat grasshoppers (bonus recs, you’re welcome). Here is a list of the six best indie podcasts about food and farming.
When I first found this podcast, I was floored. Sourceress looks at supply chains through an intersectional feminist lens, and if that’s not cool enough they use music to tell that story. Colleen King and Carolyn Kissick have heaps experience in the industry and that shines through as they thoughtfully explore the pathways that speciality crops such as tea, oysters, and cannabis take to market.
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify
Toasted Sister boasts of being the only indigenous food podcast, but it is also the best. Andi Murphy — a brilliant Dine’ (Navajo) journalist working in Albuquerque, New Mexico — brings passion and care to her exploration of the food culture of indigenous peoples. Telling the stories of chefs, farmers, students, and business owners, Murphy’s work shines a light on the unique beauty and hardships of indigenous cuisine.
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify
What you don’t know about your food can’t hurt you. Or can it? Gastropod looks at food through the lens of science and history and will blow your mind every single episode. Hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley are funny, smart, and will go far for the pod (like the time they volunteered as subjects in a scientific study or the time they went invasive species foraging).
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify
Of the shows on this list, this one is definitely a bit more ‘inside baseball.’ The Female Farmer Project is working to document the unseen work of women in agriculture; in addition to a fabulous podcast, they have a documentary and ongoing photography project. The podcast features interviews with women farmers (hey, no kidding), as well as scientists, authors, social media influencers, and many more women who have a lot to say about food.
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify
For the green thumbs, Hothouse is a podcast about gardening through climate change. Leah Churner is a landscape designer from Austin, Texas and tackles the existentialism and politics tied up with houseplants, gardening, and urban farming. How is gardening political? How does conservancy intersect with race and inequity? Why do humans talk to their plants? As a bonus, Churner just started a new podcast with fellow landscape designer Colleen Dieter, Horticulturati.
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify
There is a whole world of podcasts exploring food and farming. To find more, you can search #ListentoYourFood on social media, or scroll through @FoodFarmPod on instagram and twitter.
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