The Checkout: Grocery Nerds

The Checkout: Grocery Nerds

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The Checkout: Grocery Nerds episodes

  • Episode 122: Lindsey Allen & Point Of Origin

    Episode #122 Notes

    1:00 - How did you get interested in supply chains?

    8:45 - What’s the vision for Point of Origin?

    11:00 - Colonization and the food system.

    15:10 - Why is food getting so expensive?

    18:00 - The war in Ukraine and it’s impact on food and the supply chain.

    21:00 - IMF, structural adjustment, and colonization.

    28:00 - Examples of what can be done improve and make supply chains more just.

    34:50 - What’s next for Point of Origin.

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    44 min
  • Episode 119: Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik on How Texas Is Still Stealing Black Owned Farmland

    Episode #119 Notes

    1:00 - On Alexander Farm in Texas.

    3:15 - On the farm’s historical connection to The Pony Express.

    9:00 - The family’s connection to cowboys.

    17:30 - Tracing the lineage of the farms’ historical roots, and the existential threat to their farm currently.

    56:00 - What you can do to help support their farm.

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    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 117: Timothy A. Wise On Rethinking The Green Revolution

    Episode #117 Notes

    1:00 - Tim’s background and experience in international agriculture.

    2:30 - Defining the Green Revolution and Tim’s recent findings.

    5:30 - On donor funded studies and implications.

    11:00 - On Ag Tech, philanthropy, and African agriculture.

    21:00 - On the war in Ukraine, and potential impact on African agriculture.

    32:00 - On GMO discourse.

    37:00 - Scientists and Agroecology.

    43:00 - Closing thoughts.

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    46 min
  • Episode 116: Liz Carlisle & the Deep and Diverse Roots of Regenerative Farming

    Episode #116 Notes

    1:00 - What led you to write Healing Grounds?

    4:00 - Why focus on Regenerative, rather than Organic?

    6:00 - What is the significance of land, land stewardship, and indigenous land ownership in the US?

    10:00 - What is beyond the soil of Regenerative Agriculture?

    13:15 - On slavery and food.

    18:30 - On the Green Revolution and Food Sovereignty.

    18:00 - What’s been the response from some of your new food products?

    28:00 - On immigrants and agroecology.

    36:15 - On the potential for small farm and racial solidarity.

    Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and The Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, Lis Carlisle

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    46 min
  • Episode 115: Adam Maxwell of Voyage Foods

    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 been the response from some of your new food products?

    21:00 - On labelling Voyage Foods’ unique products. Also, legal liabilities.

    24:45 - Why should more people have a better understanding of food science?

    30:00 - Resources for food science

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    32 min
  • Episode 114: Dr. Steven Osuna on Racial Capitalism and Class Suicide

    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 and how it ties to Black Radical Tradition in the US.

    41:00 - On the concept of Class Suicide.

    50:00 - Book Recommendations!

    Policing the Crisis, Stuart Hall

    Black Marxism, Cedric Robinson

    The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon

    Theory of Global Capitalism, William Robinson

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    54 min

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Formerly The Checkout, Grocery Nerds is the leading source for insider commentary and analysis on the $1.1 trillion U.S. grocery industry. Founded by 30 year industry veteran operator,…