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One Bite is Everything
We talk about food like it's just dinner. It never is. One Bite is Everything explores the people, practices, policies, and power that shape what's on your plate. Through 150+ conversations with farmers, chefs, scientists, historians, and policy thinkers, each episode pulls back the curtain on a food system most of us navigate without really understanding. Real stories, real stakes, no lectures. These conversations don't stop at your headphones. They ripple outward through the For Farmers…
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One Bite is EverythingWho Gets a Seat at the Table?
Who gets recognized for the work they do? Who gets invited into the conversation? And who has to fight for a seat at the table? At a dinner hosted by American…
One Bite is EverythingThe Busyness Problem and What It Costs Us with Trinity Mouzon Wofford
When did cooking dinner and sitting down to eat become luxuries we have to earn? Trinity Mouzon Wofford joins Dana DiPrima to challenge some familiar…
One Bite is EverythingServed as Punishment with Ear Hustle & Impact Justice
What happens when someone else decides what goes on your plate every day, for years, and you have almost no power to change it? Ear Hustle cohosts and…
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A Regenerative Playbook: Remembering What’s Been Forgotten
I think this is at the heart of the regenerative movement: a going back. That's what I did to bring you this episode. I went back into some of the…
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What Farmers Really Mean to the People Who Know Them
What does a farmer mean to a community? Ask the people who nominate them, and you'll hear about far more than food. You'll hear about the neighbor who lends a…
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The Loneliness Between Us: What Farmers and Eaters Are Both Missing
The Loneliness Between Us From your plate to the rest of the world, One Bite Is Everything connects the food you eat to the people, policies, and stories…
One Bite is EverythingRebel or Just Paying Attention? Farmer Scott Park Questions Everything
What happens when a farmer stops doing things the way they've always been done and starts asking whether there's a better way? Scott Park began farming in…
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It Ain’t Done Yet: The Processing Problem Washington Is Finally Paying Attention To
For years, small livestock farmers and ranchers have been saying the same thing: access to processing is one of the biggest obstacles to getting locally raised…
One Bite is EverythingGrounded Hope with Jack Algiere of Stone Barns: What Plants, Soil, and One Little Carrot Teach Us About Change
Jack Algiere arrived at Stone Barns Center in 2003 as its very first employee, hired to build a greenhouse on a former Rockefeller cattle operation thirty…
One Bite is EverythingHow a Wish List Changed Biscuitwood Farm
Farmer Meg Despres of Biscuitwood Farm in Esperance, New York had a For Farmers Wish List that nobody had ever shopped. Not one item. So she left a comment on…
One Bite is EverythingThe Strange Economics Behind Your $8 Hamburger
Beef is expensive. Cattle prices are at historic highs. Ranchers are finally getting paid more for their animals. So why is the U.S. cattle herd still the…
One Bite is EverythingWhen Growing the Farm Means Leaving the Field
What happens when a farm grows to the point where the farmers can no longer do everything themselves? Maria Zordan and Max Morningstar own MX Morningstar Farm…
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Is the Food Supply Really Safe? Why Transparency Matters
We're told the food supply is safe. And often, it is. But safe is a bigger word than it sounds, and it rests on things most of us never see. This episode looks…
One Bite is EverythingBeyond Organic: Maria Rodale on Trust and Compassion
What if the future of food depends less on winning arguments and more on rebuilding trust? Maria Rodale has spent a lifetime at the heart of the organic…
One Bite is EverythingFormer UFC Champion Fights for Soil Health
What do elite athletes, gardeners, and small farmers have in common? According to UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich, more than you might think. Known to many as…
One Bite is EverythingRegenerative Gets Hijacked by Corn
On June 25th, President Trump signed an executive order advancing regenerative agriculture. The same afternoon, the USDA quietly finalized a Regenerative…
One Bite is EverythingBringing Back the Bison: David Wise of Native Wise
David Wise grew up on the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota, where food followed the seasons and knowledge of the land was woven into daily life. Today, as…
One Bite is EverythingMore Than a Bakery | Jonathan Bethony on Grain, Farmers & Connection
What if the best bakery in town isn’t really in the bread business? Jonathan Bethony, founder of Seylou Bakery in Washington, D.C., has built one of the…
One Bite is EverythingGrowing Community: It's Never Just About Food
We often think of a farm as a place that grows food. But a small farm does so much more than that. It holds up a local economy, circulating dollars in a way no…
One Bite is EverythingUSDA 101: Who It Serves and Why It Matters
What does the USDA actually do? Who does it serve? And why does it seem like some farmers receive support automatically while others struggle to access even…
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Getting Closer to the Source with Chef Gary Podesto
What happens when people step out of the grocery store and onto a working farm? In this episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana sits down with chef and…
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What $200 Billion in Cuts Means for Hungry Kids
What happens when food assistance programs lose funding? For millions of children and families, the effects can be immediate. Fewer meals. More strain on…
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The Invisible Work Behind Great Food | Chef Chris Stam of Alchemy
What does it actually take to create a truly great restaurant experience — not just once, but every single night? In this episode of One Bite is Everything…
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The Surprise of What Small Farmers Really Need
What do small farmers actually need? After reviewing nearly 900 farmer grant applications through the For Farmers Movement — along with 45 new project…
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Land Isn’t Enough: How a Goat Farmer Built a Farm From Scratch
Show Notes What does it actually take to become a farmer today if you didn’t grow up on a farm, inherit land, or have a roadmap? In this episode of One Bite is…
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Farmers Markets Aren’t as Simple as You Think
Inside the hidden systems, rules, economics, and realities shaping America’s farmers markets. Most people think they understand farmers markets. You show up…
One Bite is EverythingBest Available: Sam Sifton on What We Eat and Why
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…
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Earth Day, Reconsidered: What Farmers Actually Do
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…
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The Hidden Work of Keeping Farmland in Farming
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…
One Bite is EverythingThe Sioux Chef: Restoring Indigenous Food Ways with Sean Sherman
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…
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Meat You Can Trust: Regenerative Agriculture, Rising Tides, and the Messy Middle with Robby Sansom of Force of Nature
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…
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Tough Conversations that Make Local Food Work
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…
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Two Hidden Crises: Overdosed Soil and Overstressed Farmers
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…
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What Did the Tastiest Pork Have for Dinner?
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…
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Preserving Care at Scale: Manchester Farms
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…
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System C: If Food Is Health, What Comes Next?
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…
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The Emotional Temperature of American Farming
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…
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Is A Parallel Food System Possible?
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…
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Food is Not JUST Food
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…
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The Food Revolution Isn’t Local. It’s Legible.
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…
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Inside the Beef Supply Chain: What Methane Headlines Miss
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…
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New Dietary Guidelines & The Questions No One Is Asking But Should
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…
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A Quiet Revolution: What Small Farms Need in 2026
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…
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Lessons from Clean Beauty for a Better Food System with Sam Alexander of Food Health Co.
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…
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Murphy & Gentle Pressure: An Origin Story of Sorts
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…
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Climate Innovation as a Blueprint for Systems Change — with Josh Dorfman
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…
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The Future of Food: Trends from 2025 and into 2026
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…
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The Evergreen Episode: Our Annual Trip to Tuckaway Trees
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…
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The Wake Up Call in Your Morning Coffee
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…
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The Last Supper and the Future of Food: Sam Kass on Climate, Culture, and What Comes Next
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…
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SNAP 2.0: The Farm Bill Connection
Last week, we talked about SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and how it shows up in real people’s lives. This week, we zoom out to the…
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SNAP Judgment: The Real Story Behind America’s Food Aid
In this episode, we unpack the full picture of SNAP: what it is, what critics say, why some critiques are fair and others miss the point, and how the program…
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Women Leading Farming Solutions with Author Nancy Matsumoto
What if the revolution our food system needs is already happening, quietly, locally, and led by women? In this episode of One Bite is Everything, host Dana…
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Do Farmers Deserve What They Got?
Lately, social media and responses to articles about farm struggles have been filled with comments saying things like “Farmers voted for Trump — they got what…
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Are we disconnected from our food? What it means & how to fix it.
We say it all the time: “People are disconnected from their food.” But what does that really mean? In this solo episode, Dana DiPrima peels back the layers of…
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How Farmer-Led Innovation Can Feed the Future with Peter Kelly of Grow Further
What if the answers to our most urgent food challenges aren’t found in high-tech labs—but in the hands of farmers themselves? In this episode of One Bite is…
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What’s in Your Coffee? Deforestation, Labor Abuse, and the Fight for a Better Brew with Etelle Higonnet of Coffee Watch
Most of us think of coffee as a comforting ritual or a morning jumpstart. But behind your daily cup of Joe may be a very different reality—one that includes…
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Signs of a Food Crisis? Facts & Solutions from Toni Farmer
Episode Summary: University of Pennsylvania adjunct professor and unexpected Instagram garden influencer Toni Farmer joins Dana DiPrima to break down what’s…
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Beyond the Kiss: The Future of Regenerative Ag with Kiss the Ground
Kiss the Ground has helped bring regenerative agriculture and soil health into the mainstream conversation, with films like Kiss the Ground (2020), narrated by…
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Warning: Big Ag’s Power Play May Put "Regenerative" at Risk
Regenerative agriculture is everywhere — in headlines, on packaging, in corporate sustainability campaigns. It’s inspiring, but it’s also dangerously vague. In…