The Checkout: Grocery Nerds

Episode #115 Notes 1:00 - On Adam’s experience in the food industry. 4:15 - Adam’s background in science and molecular engineering. 6:15 - On creating flavors and formulations for industrial foods. 10:30 - What is the process of developing new flavors and formulations for food companies? 14:00 - Mitigating “off-notes”. 15:30 - How Voyage Foods develops food products without GMO’s. 18:00 - What’s b...

1:00 - How did you end up studying racism and political economy? 3:50 - What is your definition of Neo-Liberalism? 8:30 - On racial capitalism in the food industry. 16:00 - How do you identify Neo-Liberal policies? 18:45 - How is Neo-Liberalism different than Libertarianism? 26:00 - On Black Radical Tradition. 30:00 - On thinkers and scholars on racial capitalism. 40:00 - On contemporary protests...

Episode #113 Max Ajl Notes :30 How did you come to write A People’s Green New Deal? 7:30 What is the history of the global south’s movements and how the Green New Deal has watered these down? 21:00 On vegan neo-colonialism. 32:00 On the links between global capital and the plant-based industry. 51:00 Can you tell us about the concept of Degrowth? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

Episode #112 Kathy Finn, UFCW 770 :30 Happenings of the labor movement in Souther California. 2:15 What’s your role at UFCW, and how do you find yourself in this line of work? 4:30 What is the current status of the current labor negotiations with grocery retailers, and can you describe some of the illegal activities they are engaging in? 8:30 What are the policies and working conditions they have...

Episode #111 Pat Mooney Notes :30 On how small farms nourish 70% of the world’s population. 3:00 On the study “Which Farms Feed the World and Has Farmland Become More Concentrated?” 8:30 On Food Sovereignty and industrial agriculture. 17:30 What do large, corporate food entities stand to gain from changing our narrative around food production? 21:00 Can you tell us about the concept of Degrowth? S...

Episode Notes 1:00 - What is your area of study and research? 9:20 - On the farming sector in Iowa. 13:30 - On farm subsidies. 17:40 - On the ethanol industry. 23:00 - On producing for feed for factory farming and resulting externalities. 32:00 - The role of policy in changing conventional agricultural practices in Iowa. 38:00 - On farm workers in Iowa. 40:30 - On President Biden’s plan to take on...

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Episode #107 Notes 1:00 - What is The Workers Defense Project? 2:00 - Why is there a focus on construction workers? 4:00 - How is Workers Defense Project organized? What’s it like working in this trade? 10:00 - How is it different working construction in Texas, as opposed to other parts of the country? 14:00 - What is the Theory of Change for Workers Defense Project? 16:00 - Workers Defense Projec...

Episode #106 Notes :30 Defining ‘Working Class’ 3:30 On Jarred’s research methods for Common Sense Solidarity 7:50 High level findings from the report. 15:00 On how gender plays into research findings surrounding politics and identity. 20:00 On how political views change on racial lines. 23:00 On how political views change on economic status. 28:00 On how political views change with geography. 34:...

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1:00 – How did you end up writing about food and farming? 9:15 - On food safety and it’s larger implications in food systems. 17:30 - On-farm food safety issues. 23:00 - On the roots of inequity and colonialism in the food system. 30:00 - On conventional food production and policy intersections. 37:30 - On the development of rural demographics. 48:15 - On Wendell Berry 57:00 - Critiques of the Goo...

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1:00 – Can you tell us a bit about what it’s like to farm in India? 4:00 – How is farming different and similar to farming in the US? 6:00 – What in India is farming concentrated? 10:30 – What are the socioeconomic policies being pushed in India government right now, and how does it impact farmers? 12:45 – How are these policies related to the 70’s Green Revolution? 19:00 – How have farmers resist...

1:00 – What got you interested in organizing foodworkers in meat processing? 5:00 – What is it like to work in a meat processing plant? 8:00 – How are meat processor workers treated by their employers? 10:30 – How has COVID impacted the lives and work of workers in meat processing plants? 14:30 – What role should OSHA play in regulating working conditions? 16:15 – How have workers responded to poo...

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1:00 – What motivated you to build a compendium of agroecogology? 5:00 – What was discussed at the UN Food Summit you attended? 7:00 – Can agroecology feed the world? 11:00 – Is agroecology scalable? 15:30 – Can agroecology provide meaningful livlihoods? 18:00 – Can agroecology help solve climate change? 24:00 – How can agroecology be molded with the current framework for the globalized food syste...

Episode #97 Notes 1:00 - What motivated you to start Saffron Road? 4:15 - What does halal mean? And what are the standards and certifiers around it? 8:00 - What was the path to market for your company? 11:20 - What were your biggest challenges getting to market in the first few years? 13:15 - How do you handle naysayers in the halal space? 21:00 - On Saffron Road’s certifications and sustainabilit...

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Episode #95 Notes :30 How did you get interested in immigration and agriculture? 5:00 What is the premise of Fruits of Labor? 9:30 The political-economic context of farm work in the US. 15:00 What other parts of the food sector do you explore in this film? 23:30 On the experience of women in farm work. 36:30 What can we do to support your work? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C...

Episode #94 Notes :30 The political-economic context for farm workers in the US, and its exclusion from labor laws. 3:00 How does immigration policy related to farm worker rights? 6:00 Where do a lot of farm workers come from in the US? 8:30 On agriculture in the Skagit Valley in Washington State. 12:30 On recent farm worker labor unrest and organizing in Washington State. 20:00 How have farm work...

Episode #93 Notes :30 Why did you make “They’re Trying to Kill Us”? 2:00 On growing up in Ferguson, Missouri influence you? 5:00 On food related health outcomes. 7:30 On Racial Capitalism and defining Food Deserts. 13:00 Industrial animal food product and chronic disease in black communities. 17:00 Interconnectivity between large corporate interests. 20:00 Harnessing the power and motivation of Bl...

Episode #92 Notes :30 Introduction to Agroecology 7:05 Areas of research 9:50 What is Agroecology 12:15 Research strategies 15:40 Agroecology and Regenerative Ag 18:00 Agroecology and GMOs 23:00 Agroecology, Justice and Farmers 29:20 Local food systems 39:50 A Just transition 48:50 Further Reading See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

Episode #90 Notes Jessica Choy, Campaign Director of Unite Here 1:00 - What is Unite Here? And why is Unite Here organizing against Hello Fresh? 4:15 - What was it like working in a Hello Fresh facility during COVID-19? 8:45 - What spurred this campaign at Hello Fresh? 10:30 - What are workers hoping to achieve through organizing at Hello Fresh? 12:00 - Where do you see the labor movement going in...