One Bite is Everything

Inside the hidden systems, rules, economics, and realities shaping America’s farmers markets. Most people think they understand farmers markets. You show up. You buy produce, eggs, cheese, meat, flowers, or honey from a farmer. You support local food. Done. But behind every stand is an entire system most consumers never see. In this episode, Dana sits down with Catt Fields White for a fascinating...

What does “best available” actually mean when it comes to food? In this conversation, Dana sits down with Sam Sifton of The New York Times to unpack how we got here. Not just what we eat, but why we eat the way we do, and how much of that is shaped by systems most of us never see. Sam has spent more than two decades helping shape how Americans cook, think about ingredients, and make decisions in t...

In honor of Earth Day, this episode takes a closer look at something often missing from the environmental conversation: the role farmers actually play. We tend to hear about agriculture in broad strokes—greenhouse gas emissions, water use, soil erosion. And those concerns are real. But agriculture is not one thing. It varies widely depending on how it’s done, and that difference matters more than...

There are about 2 million farms in the United States. Every year, a significant number of the farmers running them are approaching retirement age with no clear plan for what happens to their land when they're done. Farmland doesn't just disappear when a farmer retires. It gets sold, subdivided, converted, or absorbed into larger operations. And in a lot of cases, that means the end of a working fa...

What would American food look like if the story had not been interrupted? That's the question at the center of this conversation with Chef Sean Sherman — an Ogala Lakota chef who grew up on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and has spent his career restoring the indigenous food knowledge that colonization, displacement, and forced assimilation nearly erased. Sean is the founder of the Indigen...

How do we produce meat in a way that works for farmers, animals, the land, and the people who eat it? Right now, that conversation happens in extremes. On one side: a highly industrialized system designed for efficiency and low prices. On the other: a growing movement toward regenerative agriculture and animal welfare. Somewhere in the middle is a complicated reality that rarely makes it into the...

What does it actually take to make local food work — not just in theory, but in real life? In this episode of One Bite is Everything , host Dana DiPrima speaks with Jeanne Blasberg, a former Boston-based author who made a dramatic life pivot: purchasing a 500-acre farm outside Madison, Wisconsin and working to build a regenerative agricultural system connected directly to a fast-casual restaurant...

What if the most important laboratory in agriculture isn’t a university… but a farmer’s field? In this episode of One Bite is Everything , Dana DiPrima talks with farmer and writer Adam Kuznia about the experiments happening quietly across American farmland. Adam manages a farm in northern Minnesota and writes the newsletter Farming Full-Time , where he explores the realities of modern agriculture...

On Martha’s Vineyard, farmer Jo Douglas is quietly building one of the most creative small-scale food systems in the country. Her farm, Fork to Pork , begins with a problem that defines the modern food system: nearly 40 percent of food produced is never eaten . Instead of letting that food become waste (and greenhouse gas emissions), Jo collects hundreds of gallons of surplus ingredients each day...

What happens when a family farm grows far beyond its backyard beginnings? In this episode of One Bite is Everything , host Dana DiPrima speaks with Brittney Miller, second-generation owner of Manchester Farms in South Carolina, a farm that began more than 55 years ago on a picnic table and now raises millions of quail each year. Scaling agriculture often means losing the intimacy that once defined...

Let’s start with what’s simple: food is health. In this episode of One Bite is Everything , Dana DiPrima speaks with Carter Williams, systems engineer turned agricultural investor and contributor to the Food Is Health Substack. Carter introduces a framework that reframes the conversation: System A — biologically aligned, nutrient-dense food rooted in nature. System B — industrial agriculture built...

What does American farming feel like right now? Not from a policy brief or an out of touch news headline. But from inside the daily lives of small farmers. After reviewing nearly 400 grant applications and more than one hundred farmer wish lists, a clear pattern emerges: the strain on small farms is rarely dramatic. It is steady. And personal. And it is often invisible until it’s too late. In this...

What if the future of food isn’t about fixing the industrial system—but building a parallel one? In this episode of One Bite is Everything , host Dana DiPrima is joined by David Fisher , a botanist, former USDA-funded potato breeder, and environmental scientist who has spent decades studying plants, sustainability, and food systems. David challenges some of the most common assumptions about agricu...

This week, let’s back it up for a minute. It’s easy to get left behind in conversations about food and farming. Easy to feel like you don’t belong. But food is yours. It’s essential. And you should have more power, more knowledge, and more levers to pull to make sure your food is good. At the center of this podcast is a simple truth: Food is not JUST food. If you care about health, community, the...

In this second part of my conversation with Dave Fischer of Fischer Farms, we move beyond headlines and into the systems shaping what ends up on our plates. If you haven’t listened to the first part of the convo yet, I recommend you go back and listen at some point. That episode lays the groundwork with a deep dive into beef supply chains, methane narratives, soil biology, and the pressure small f...

What’s really happening with beef right now? Why do prices feel volatile, headlines feel confusing, and farmers feel squeezed, even as demand stays strong? In this episode of One Bite is Everything , I’m joined by Dave Fischer , founder of Fischer Farms , for a wide-ranging and deeply honest conversation about the modern beef system and the quiet forces shaping what ends up on our plates. Dave bri...

The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans are being framed as more than nutrition advice. This time, the language goes further—talking about realigning the food system , supporting American farmers and ranchers, and ensuring real food is affordable for families. That framing matters. In this episode of One Bite Is Everything , host Dana DiPrima steps back from the loud reactions about food groups a...

2026 doesn’t feel like a trend year. It feels like a decision year. In this solo episode of One Bite is Everything , Dana DiPrima reflects on what she’s heard over the past year from farmers, eaters, and innovators across the food system and why small farms can’t keep fighting the same battles the same way. This conversation isn’t about predictions or hot takes. It’s about pressure points. The qui...

What if the future of food follows the same path as clean beauty? In this episode of One Bite is Everything , host Dana DiPrima continues a broader conversation about innovation, transparency, and consumer power—this time through the lens of food. After exploring how climate and systems innovation can spark change across industries, this conversation asks a parallel question: What happens when eve...

This Christmas Day episode of One Bite is Everything is a little different. Instead of a conversation about policy, food systems, or what’s broken, Dana takes listeners back to the farm—and to the donkey who quietly anchored it all. Murphy arrived in the summer of 2015. He was small, gentle, and lonely. He came with a long life expectancy and, unknowingly, a long list of lessons. Over time, Murphy...

In this episode of  One Bite is Everything , host Dana DiPrima sits down with climate entrepreneur and Supercool CEO Josh Dorfman for a wide-ranging conversation about how innovation in the climate space is quietly rewriting the rules for how change actually happens. Rather than focusing on individual sacrifice or guilt, this conversation explores systems — and why the most effective climate...

This week on  One Bite is Everything , we’re taking a look back over all the conversations we’ve had in 2025 with farmers, chefs, historians, entrepreneurs, policy thinkers, and food system insiders. Here, a quiet thread emerges: the future of food. Not as an abstract concept, but as something that’s already shaping our grocery carts, our communities, and the lives of the hardworking farmers...

Each December I bring back this listener favorite because it captures the magic, the work, and the heart behind one of the season’s most beloved traditions. Today, we visit Ashley at Tuckaway Trees, a family-run Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania that has become an evergreen part of this show. We talk about how long a Christmas tree takes to grow, what the holiday rush looks like behind the scene...

Your morning coffee is sending you a message. Are you listening? In this episode of  One Bite is Everything , host Dana DiPrima explores how climate change is reshaping one of the most beloved daily rituals on the planet. Coffee may seem simple, but the story behind your cup spans deforestation, biodiversity loss, shifting growing zones, rising prices, farmer displacement, and the hard truth...

What if your dinner could change the world? In this episode of  One Bite is Everything , host Dana DiPrima sits down with Sam Kass, former White House chef, policy strategist, and author of  The Last Supper, to explore how food lies at the heart of the climate crisis and could be one of our most powerful solutions. They dive into Sam’s journey from the kitchen to the West Wing, the clima...