Voices from the Food Frontlines

Voices from the Food Frontlines

Feeding City Lab

Episodes 29
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Moderate
Since May 2023
Latest Episode Sep 2025

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Every 2 Months
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About This Podcast

Voices from the Food Frontlines brings listeners stories of resiliency, grassroots actions, and sustainable transitions, from field-to-table. A podcast series and public scholarship project produced by the Feeding City Lab at the University of Toronto, episodes feature community-engaged research and conversations with local food stakeholders in Toronto and in cities around the world. Focusing on how people come together to overcome food system crises, Voices from the Food Frontlines highlights experiences, innovations, aspirations, and actions towards socially and ecologically resilient foodways – in urban growing spaces and market gardens, at public markets and small food enterprises, through community kitchens and emergency food supports, and across the rural-urban networks that support regenerative farming and farmer livelihoods beyond city limits. https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/projects/feedingcity/

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Recent Episodes

Episode 27 | Growing Food, Soil, and Community: Urban Agriculture in Toronto

Sep 08, 2025 38m

In conversation with Dr. Jaclyn Rohel and Dr. Jo Sharma of the Feeding City Lab, Rhonda Teitel-Payne shares her experience working to advance urban agriculture in Toronto to support people in growing…

Episode 26 | A Journey to Organic Farming, From Hong Kong to London

Jul 14, 2025 43m

In this episode, Feeding City Lab’s global research partner Dr. Ricci Yue talks with Mr. Wong (黃如榮), a sustainability educator, urban farmer, and allotment gardener in the southwest London suburb of…

Episode 25 | A Solidarity Kitchen Connects Health, Hospitality, and Regenerative Farming as It Confronts a Crisis of Hunger

May 28, 2025 39m

From insight to action at a São Paulo solidarity kitchen. In this episode, Feeding City Lab's Dr. Jo Sharma talks with Dr. Adriana Salay about the crisis of hunger in São Paulo and the pivotal role…

Episode 24 | Supporting Public Markets Infrastructure in Toronto: From Research to Resiliency

Mar 27, 2025 46m

In this year-end interview, Dr. Jaclyn Rohel of the Feeding City Lab talks with Marina Queirolo, a longtime community collaborator of the Lab and founder of marketcityTO, about the most recent…

Episode 23 | A Field Visit to the Forest Gardens of Oaxaca with ChocoSol

Jan 27, 2025 37m

In this episode, the Feeding City Lab brings listeners to the forest gardens of Oaxaca to learn about cacao growing and grassroots actions towards regeneration and biodiversity. Culinaria…

Episode 22 | How Relationships Sustain Bean-to-Bar Chocolate, From Forest Gardens to Farmers’ Markets

Oct 31, 2024 38m

In this episode, the Feeding City Lab talks with Michael Sacco, Founder of ChocoSol Traders, about bean-to-bar chocolate making, from forest gardens to farmers’ markets. Michael recounts how ChocoSol…

Episode 21 | Cocina Poderosa: ¿Cómo lograr que alimentos agroecológicos alcancen a poblaciones urbanas marginalizadas?

Sep 18, 2024 26m

En este episodio, el doctor Nino Bariola, Investigador Postdoctoral del Culinaria Research Centre de la Universidad de Toronto, conversa con Karissa Becerra y Beatriz Llerena de La Revolución, una…

Episode 20 | Agroecological Food and Solidarity Kitchens in Lima, Peru

Sep 16, 2024 39m

How can we create food supply chains that expand distribution of agroecological foods while also facilitating access for those most in need? In this episode, Dr. Nino Bariola, Postdoctoral Fellow at…

Episode 19 | How Tamales y Bicicletas Grows Food and Community in Minnesota, Year-Round

Aug 01, 2024 29m

Dr. Jo Sharma visits Minnesota and talks with Jose Luis of Tamales y Bicicletas about food sovereignty, climate action, and how urban agriculture can empower communities. Jose Luis explains how his…

Episode 18 | Conserving and Promoting Culinary Knowledge with the Ghana Food Movement

Jul 02, 2024 35m

The Ghana Food Movement (GFM) is a network of diverse food actors working across Ghana’s food system, bringing farmers, market vendors, bloggers, and chefs together to build a more sovereign food…

Episode 17 | Grassroots Food Systems and Ghana’s Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development

Jun 27, 2024 29m

Development approaches in Ghana need to incorporate indigenous knowledge and worldviews. This is what the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD) does in its work with…

Episode 16 | Advocating for Seed Sovereignty and Agroecology in Ghana

Jun 25, 2024 27m

In this episode, Edwin Baffour shares how the civil society organization Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) advocates for environmental, social, and food justice. Edwin describes the politics around food…

Episode 15 | Supporting Ghana’s Smallholder Farmers through Capacity-Building and Policy Advocacy

Jun 20, 2024 32m

In this episode, Bismark Owusu Nortey, Head of Programs and Advocacy at the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), discusses the Association’s work and how it first got its start in 2005,…

Episode 14 | Resilient Farming through Collective Action: Reviving Heirloom Grains in Tamil Nadu

Apr 18, 2024 37m

With climate change and increased rural-urban migration, how can communities become self-reliant to ensure nutritious food security? In this episode, Feeding City Lab graduate intern Geetha Sukumaran…

Episode 13 | Connecting Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Food Production in Kerala

Mar 19, 2024 25m

How can grassroots efforts in environmental conservation go beyond their local context to help bring about lasting global impact? In this episode on climate-smart food and farming futures, Dr.…

Trailer: Voices from the Food Frontlines, Sustainable Foodways

Mar 06, 2024 1m Trailer

The Feeding City Lab introduces its new podcast sub-series, Voices from the Food Frontlines: Sustainable Foodways. Episodes focus on social and ecological resiliency, sharing stories from the field,…

Episode 12 | Bringing Farmers’ Markets to Underserved Neighbourhoods: A Story from Scarborough

Dec 22, 2023 36m

What is the past, present, and future of farmers’ markets in Scarborough? Toronto’s easternmost neighbourhoods have notoriously lacked sufficient access to vital social infrastructure such as public…

Episode 11 | Creating Participatory Food Systems through Pop-Ups and Public Markets

Nov 24, 2023 28m

Feeding City Lab’s Jaclyn Rohel hosts Thiago Gomide Nasser in a conversation on pop-up market infrastructure and community-building amongst food makers, vendors, and eaters. Thiago shares the story…

Episode 10 | Supporting Newcomers through a Circle of Community Food Programs

Nov 09, 2023 37m

In this episode from Voices from the Food Frontlines, the Feeding City Lab takes listeners on a tour of food and urban growing programs offered by the Toronto-based Centre for Immigrant and Community…

Episode 9 | Mobilizing Community Partners and Grassroots Networks to End Hunger

Nov 07, 2023 21m

Feeding City’s Jasleen Sohal talks with Ilham Saydna, Program Development Coordinator at Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank. Ilham shares her journey in food security work, drawing from nearly a decade…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Voices from the Food Frontlines have?

Voices from the Food Frontlines has published 29 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Education, Science.

Is Voices from the Food Frontlines still active?

Voices from the Food Frontlines is currently moderate with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 34m.

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