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Dispatches from the frontlines of food, farming, and the environment. From the Food & Environment Reporting Network, the producers of Hot Farm, REAP/SOW brings you narrative and investigative reporting that examines the consequences of what we choose to eat and why. Currently featuring BUZZKILL, a six-part series on the pollinator crisis
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S4E24 How food became a right-wing movement, with Michael Pollan
It’s been 20 years since Michael Pollan published The Omnivore's Dilemma, a book that drove a huge shift in how Americans thought about food and agriculture. He joins us to discuss how his ideas have…
S4E23 Have we reached peak MAHA or is this just a bad week?
The MAHA movement has hit some turbulence. Is it a few bumps or is it gonna crash? Casey Means for Surgeon General didn’t happen. Marty Makary flamed out at FDA. On this episode, Helena and Theodore…
S4E22 Cory Booker finds hope in food policy
The senior senator from the Garden State has taken a leading role on the food and ag issues that we care about at Forked. We were so excited that Cory Booker was our guest on this episode. Helena and…
S4E21 Is the MAHA movement Roundup ready?
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in Monsanto v. Durnell, a case that could decide the fate of state-level glyphosate warning-label lawsuits — and perhaps the MAHA movement. If the Supremes…
S4E20 Doing it live with Leah Douglas and Sean Sherman, the Sioux Chef
What happens when you get a James-Beard-Award-winning chef together with one of the best food and ag daily reporters out there for a live, in-depth conversation on what’s happening now in food in…
S4E19 Food safety Mission Accomplished – or not so much?
How would you feel if someone told you one of the most pressing problems in food safety in this country was fixed? Now how would you feel if you learned that wasn’t really true? Helena and Theodore…
S4E32 A conversation about fighting food waste with Katelan Cunningham
This episode dives back into the issue of food waste, why it matters, and what you can do about it. But it’s also a behind-the-scenes conversation about reporting on the topic. Katelan Cunningham,…
S4E18 Soda wars: fighting new SNAP restrictions in the states
In this episode, Helena and Theodore look at how efforts to allow states to ban soda and candy purchases for SNAP recipients may fizzle out — for now. We also unpack what the war with Iran is doing…
S4E31 These immigrant meatpacking workers are risking it all in a labor fight
FERN senior editor Ted Genoways traveled to Colorado to report on a strike vote by the unionized workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley. Many of these workers are from Haiti and are at risk…
S4E17 Just how mad is MAHA about glyphosate?
In this episode, Helena and Theodore do a … Roundup … of what people who don’t have time to come up with better nicknames are calling “glyphogate.” It’s an in-depth conversation about the power of…
S4E16 Can Mike Tyson really kick some ultraprocessed butt (and save lives!)?
Helena and Theodore talk about Iron Mike Tyson’s mama-said-knock-you-out vibes on ultraprocessed foods, RFK Jr. tag-teaming with David Kessler on 60 Minutes, and why Kennedy’s remarks about doing…
S4E30 “What can we do to reduce food waste?” from Second Nature podcast
A third of the food Americans produce goes to waste, and a shocking amount of that waste happens in our own homes. But reducing food waste is possible, if we make a few simple changes. In this…
S4E15 Reporter Michael Grunwald tells us why he has hope for our food system future
Our guest on this episode is Michael Grunwald, a journalist and the author of We are Eating the Earth: The race to fix our food system and save our climate. He’s also well-known for his opinion…
S4E14 The Food Babe dishes on MAHA’s next moves
Helena and Theodore are joined by Vani Hari, “the Food Babe,” a New York Times Best Selling Author, wellness entrepreneur, and social media influencer. This is a wide-ranging conversation, on…
S4E13 Forked welcomes in the new year with bold (and unsubstantiated) predictions!
It’s 2026 and Forked has returned from a short holiday break. Helena and Theodore are excited – and maybe a little nervous – to see what happens in the second year of life in the MAHA moment. Along…
S4E29 The future of Louisiana oysters is farmed
The Gulf Coast is one of the last places in the world where there is still a major wild oyster harvest. Lately, though, that harvest is in trouble. In this episode, the second in a two-part series on…
S4E28 What’s the problem with offshore aquaculture?
Americans now eat more farmed seafood than they do from the wild ocean. That’s turned farming fish into big business, one that consumers have benefited from. But the U.S. imports most of that seafood…
S4E12 Forked goes on the road with the What You’re Eating podcast
In this episode, Helena and Theodore take the show on the road, talking many things MAHA and more with Jerusha Klemperer, host of the What You’re Eating podcast, from FoodPrint, a nonprofit dedicated…
S4E11 Live in DC – A Forked special event on MAHA momentum
This episode explores whether MAHA momentum in the states translates into actual policy change nationwide. Helena and Theodore host the first episode of Forked recorded in front of a live audience in…
S4E27 Food, power, and hope in the American West
In this postscript to FERN’s special issue of High Country News, Food and Power in the West, Mary-Charlotte Domandi, host of Radio Café’s Down to Earth podcast, goes deep with writers Rick Bass and…
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REAP/SOW has published 71 episodes since March 2022, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
REAP/SOW is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 36m.
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