The Invisible Ingredient

In the final episode of The Invisible Ingredient, host Blair Beattie sits down with Farmer’s Footprints own Alana Mooi to step back and reflect on where the journey has led and what comes next. Together, they explore the urgent need to move beyond chemical dependency in agriculture, reframing the conversation away from simply removing toxins and toward embracing biological possibility. They discus...

In this episode, we sit down with Nick "Duggie" Dugmore - vigneron and founder of Stoke Wines - for a deeply human conversation that moves between vineyard rows and the inner terrain of the body. At 39, Duggie was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer. As he traced his health journey backwards, he began questioning the invisible exposures shaping both land and body, including glyphosate and its...

In this episode, Sheina Crystal, Co-Director of Re:wild Your Campus, joins us to explore the growing youth-led movement to eliminate toxic herbicides from school grounds. She shares her journey from awareness to activism, revealing how pesticides harm both human health and local ecosystems, and what it takes to transition campuses to organic land care. Together, we unpack the power of students, pa...

In this episode, attorney R. Brent Wisner shares his frontline experience taking on Monsanto and exposing the dangers of glyphosate. He traces the herbicide’s origins, the corruption behind its approval, and the legal battles that revealed its links to cancer and other health risks. Through landmark verdicts, Wisner highlights how these cases have shifted public awareness and sparked a reckoning f...

In this episode, Dr. Jessica Hutchings — a leading voice in Indigenous food sovereignty— shares how Māori knowledge and the Hua Parakore organic framework are reshaping the future of food. She explores the deep connections between land, spirit, and community, and how reclaiming Indigenous growing practices can heal both people and planet. Through themes of kai sovereignty, environmental justice, a...

In this episode, Dr. Charles Benbrook, agricultural economist and former policy advisor, traces how corporate influence shaped pesticide regulation and food policy—and what it will take to change course. Drawing from decades inside U.S. agriculture and public health, he explains how glyphosate became embedded in our food system and offers a grounded, hopeful vision for rebuilding it: breaking up f...

In this episode, Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of Local Futures and pioneer of the localization movement, zooms out to reveal the deeper roots of our chemical-dependent food system. Drawing from decades of experience in Ladakh and beyond, Helena connects glyphosate to globalization—tracing how industrial agriculture, free trade, and corporate power have separated people from the land and each othe...

In this episode, Carey Gillam — veteran investigative journalist — draws on decades of reporting on Monsanto, glyphosate, and the corruption of science to reveal how corporate power has shaped policy, silenced truth, and endangered human health. From courtroom battles to the growing movement for accountability, she connects the dots between glyphosate, government, and public health—while offering...

In this episode of The Invisible Ingredient, food-system expert Jeffrey Smith uncovers the intricate link between genetically modified crops and the explosive rise in glyphosate use—revealing how regulatory loopholes and marketing tactics accelerated their adoption and what it means for our health and environment. This conversation invites listeners to question the system and imagine a healthier,...

In this episode, researcher Dr. Stephanie Seneff unpacks how glyphosate affects our health and the delicate balance of life in and around us. She connects its widespread use to gut disruption, chronic illness, and the breakdown of biological systems we all depend on. Dr. Seneff makes a powerful case for rethinking the chemicals woven through our food system and moving toward organic and regenerati...

In our second episode, legendary regenerative farmer Will Harris shares his bold journey from chemical-dependent agriculture to the thriving regenerative ecosystem of White Oak Pastures. He lays bare the toll of agrochemicals on farmer health, soil, and rural economies, and the uphill battle of breaking free from inputs like glyphosate. By rebuilding relationships with animals, land, and community...

In the opening episode, host of The Invisible Ingredient Blair Beattie sits down with Zach Bush MD - physician, educator, and co-founder of Farmer’s Footprint - to explore how one chemical came to define modern agriculture and what it’s prevalence reveals about our disconnection from nature. Alongside reflections from the Farmer’s Footprint team, this episode introduces the vision behind a global...

Glyphosate is everywhere, let's talk about it A podcast series by Farmer’s Footprint A richly human conversation series about the chemicals carried by our food and the choices that shape land, health, and culture. We invite farmers, scientists, clinicians, legal minds, and community voices to sit at one table and explore what we know, what we feel, and how we move together.