Earth Eats

While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its role in history.

An Earth Eats anniversary show featuring the farm-to-tap journey of a special beer, baking challah for Rosh Hashanah, and a favorite story from Annie Corrigan about a community gathering around a generous tree.

If you love the taste of homegrown midwest tomatoes, now is your chance to learn how to capture that goodness to enjoy all winter long.

Planting trees and building soil doesn’t always reap instant rewards–and maybe that’s the point.

Take a peek inside the fruit fly kitchen on the Indiana University campus.

A conversation with Elizebeth Cullen Dunn on the elements of our food system that most of us prefer to keep hidden from view.

Farm life still manages to attract young people, but they often come to the land with unrealistic expectations.

Hear stories about Black farmers in Ohio, and Indigenous wild rice cultivation in Minnesota lakes.

Heather Craig sees the community kitchen as a bridge rather than a net.

Heather Craig sees the community kitchen as a bridge rather than a net.

Hear the story of gardener-turned-bread-baker, Candace Minster who sells her bread to a kombucha bar in Twelve Points.

Anthropological bio-archeologist Keitlyn Alcantara studies pre colonial burial sites to understand indigenous foodways.

Siblings Sam Eibling and George Huntington keep up with the latest trends, while maintaining that old-school personal touch in their independent store–filled with cooking equipment, tableware and specialty food items.

What is the role of community in the life of a farm? How do farmers strike a work/life balance? Explore these questions and more on this special episode.

When Brittany Kiel took over the family bakery, she wanted to make changes to reflect her own passions. Honoring tradition is also important to her, so she’s striking a delicate balance.

The National Young Farmers Coalition centers racial equity and is no longer a white-led organization. Catch our conversation with Michelle Hughes, about the organization's transformation, on this episode of Earth Eats.

A conversation and kitchen session with Melati Citrawireja of Three Salted Fish.

Hear the voices of farmers across the state talking about their farming lives and the challenges they face.

A conversation with Elizabeth Dunn about volunteers at the Polish-Ukrainian border who were the first to provide aid to refugees.

To queer something is to ask questions about what gender and sexuality have to do with the topic at hand. Here, we are looking at food and farming.