This episode is a deep dive into the people side of agriculture. Farm to Taber talks with criminologist Alex Tepperman about systematic bad decisions in criminal justice, and how these decisions played out in the past and today. In the second half, we take on the difficulty of making *good* decisions.

Chris Higgins, greenhouse pro, joins the podcast to nerd out about crop breeding, greenhouses, and the next steps forward in indoor farming.

Special guest & rancher Meg Brown (@MegRaeB on Twitter) joins us to talk the real stuff: the real-world consequences of the isolation that comes with farming, and the macho culture that doesn't need to be part of it but often is.

Family farming isn't all rainbows and unicorns. This episode talks about the history of how America's family farms came to be, how that's shaped them to this day, the rise of agribusiness, and what this means for sustainable agriculture moving forward.

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.

Join us with Jim Pantaleo to talk the blood & guts of financial sustainability for indoor farming. We're talking crop selection, tools and equipment, marketing, wrangling buildings, and more.

What do donuts, cars, and grassed beef have in common? Careful design- not just for the final product, but careful design of the process used to make them.

"How They're Made" Videos

Dunkin Donuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDdjrr670o

Krispy Kreme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn0XsW2l4d4

Duck Donuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjaCcm9-_EI

Dr Brandon Ross joins us to talk about how farming inside a building works... and sometimes doesn't. This episode features design principles, interdisciplinary culture clashes, cannabis engineering, and more.

As immigration for farm work slows, farms are beginning to turn to convict labor. Host Sarah Taber talks about her experiences with prison labor on farms and what it means for both agriculture and due process.