Farm To Taber Podcast
1) Beepocalypse Nah
This episode talks about the shady side of honeybees- their role in the colonization of the Americas, why they're not actually that great at pollinating, and why we're still obsessed with them anyway.
2) 2.10 Interview with Travis Higginbotham
Travis Higginbotham has an extremely niche job: he's a trainer for cannabis growers. It's a pretty straightforward plant to grow in a backyard or closet. But as the crop legalizes and greenhouses and ...Show More
3) 2.9 Factories Didn’t Ruin Farms, Farms Ruined Factories: interview with Caitlin Rosenthal
Caitlin Rosenthal is a former McKinsey consultant turned historian of business practices, teaching at UC-Berkeley. Her recent book Accounting for Slavery traces how US business culture and practices w...Show More
4) 2.8 2,000 Years of Rural Landlords feat. Patrick Wyman
Patrick Wyman is a historian and host of the Tides of History podcast. He grew up in eastern Washington doing a lot of construction & farm jobs. Hope you have as much fun listening as we did comparing...Show More
5) 2.7 Greenhouses & Guts feat. Joe Swartz
Joe Swartz is a 4th generation farmer who started using hydroponics back in its early days—the 1980s—to help keep his family’s small farm open. Some thirty years later, it’s the longest-running hydrop...Show More
6) 2.6 Biochar & Why Green Tech Adoption is a Mess Sometimes feat. Mike McGolden
Mike McGolden is an engineer who builds equipment for making biochar. We talk about the drama of getting new green technologies ready to use, and the additional drama of convincing people to use it on...Show More
2.6 Biochar & Why Green Tech Adoption is a Mess Sometimes feat. Mike McGolden
32:05 | Mar 22nd, 2019
7) 2.5 On Avocados & Being Considerate for Fun and Profit feat. Chris Summers
Chris Summers is Global Director of Food Safety and Compliance for Mission Produce—an avocado company. Companies need people like Chris in them making sure crazy shit doesn’t happen. Some companies us...Show More
2.5 On Avocados & Being Considerate for Fun and Profit feat. Chris Summers
23:59 | Feb 27th, 2019
8) 2.4 Software Eating the World
Saadia Muzaffar is a tech person based in Toronto. In this podcast, we talk about software eating the world and maybe getting indigestion. ...Show More
9) 2.3 Interview with Keri Leigh Merritt
Episode Notes coming soon
10) 2.2 Backed Up Like an Alabama Sh*t Train
This episode takes us on a brief global history of biochar and poop. Listen and find out what sewage history has to do with warfare, early globalization, organic certification, and beer.