The Checkout Podcast
1) Episode 185: Burlap & Barrel
2) Episode 184: Nasser Abufarha and Canaan Fair Trade
The Checkout speaks with award-winning olive oil producer and fair trader Nasser Abufarha about war, regenerative organic agriculture and the deep foodways of Palestine.
3) Episode 183: Peter Gialantzis of Pod Foods
The Checkout catches up with grocery wholesale wiz Peter Gialantzis about the way that Pod Foods is disrupting this sector.
4) Episode 182: The Regenerative Organic Certification
The Checkout speaks with Elizabeth Whitlow, Executive Director of the Regenerative Organic Alliance.
5) Episode 181: “Shoptalk #2”: Understanding Wholesalers
The Checkout presents “Shoptalk”, a new series co-hosted by grocery expert Eve Cohen. This week we do a deep dive into the wholesale sector, and how the “middle” of the food supply chain really works.
6) Episode 180: “Shoptalk”, with Co-Host Eve Cohen
The Checkout presents “Shoptalk”, a new series co-hosted by grocery expert Eve Cohen. This week we take a broad look at the grocery industry and the inner workings of food retail.
7) Episode 179: George Milton On The UNFI SSA Controversy
The Checkout speaks with CEO and Co-founder of Yellowbird Hot Sauce about a controversial new supplier policy being rolled out by the grocery industry’s largest natural and organic product wholesaler.
8) Episode 178: Robinson-Patman Act 101 with Daniel Hanley
The Checkout does a deep dive on the Robinson-Patman Act with antitrust scholar Daniel Hanley of the Open Markets Institute.
9) Episode 177: Part Two: Mexico Takes on GMO Dogma
The Checkout presents part two of an interview with Timothy Wise on the Mexican resistance to U.S.-grown GMO corn. Mexico’s case rests on science and is a huge challenge to GMO dogma.
10) Episode 176: Part One: The U.S.-Mexico GMO Corn Standoff
The Checkout presents part one of a two part interview with trade policy scholar Timothy Wise on the Mexican resistance to U.S.-grown GMO corn.