The Food Fix

Three topics, one host. Welcome to Anna's last episode where she explores three issues plaguing the minds of food fixers everywhere. 

Thank you for the support, it's been an honor to chat food with ya'll. Now go forth and plant the seeds of sustainable food systems. Bye!

Shoot me an email while I still have access: [email protected]

Host who is now History:

Anna Lionas

Kombucha Knowledge:

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/5/447 

https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1750-3841.14068 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/kombucha-tea/faq-20058126#:~:text=A%20small%20amount%20of%20research,tea's%20role%20in%20human%20health.

https://revolutionfermentation.com/en/blogs/kombucha/kombucha-origins/

Plant Based Provenance:

https://www.genengnews.com/agbio/plant-based-meat-benefits-people-and-the-planet/#:~:text=Produce%20lower%20levels%20of%20greenhouse%20gases&text=One%20paper%20found%20that%20replacing,98%25%20less%20greenhouse%20gas%20emissions.

https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20061-y

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00134/full?utm_source=F-AAE%26utm_medium=EMLF%26utm_campaign=MRK_1427535_110_Sustai_20200908_arts_A

Microplatic Markers:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924224417303898?casa_token=k-IdZC2g6SUAAAAA:pxdbyq2_e9fNc5vyiDmorULaTw9mJGhFyH38bh5to_yb3jJPjMqDB0puF_pkmsj_r1AhqKlfdlE

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214799320300680?casa_token=QuW6-_nwAUMAAAAA:Zwm0dTT65fEWxXfJj7gTizfQ6MbXrvzwXShNj7e5grlWcAihwTT-ynj83tGEhzGkDObCEqwZRcI

http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/plastic_ingestion_press_singles.pdf

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/microplastics/

Thanks. Seriously.

I've been hosting this podcast for a semester. This week's guest has been fixing food for decades. Listen to hear the journey of a lifelong pursuit to better the food systems for so many.

Food Fixin' Guest:

George Vutetakis

Plantasia Foods:

https://www.plantasiafoods.com/

Only Plant Based! Foods

https://onlyplantbasedfoods.com/

Musical Guest:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=dZtlLHdOTjOBXLTWV0p22A

Seriously I'd love to hear your food thoughts: https://forms.gle/joh41J41TxURBik58 [email protected]

Okay. Bye. See you next week for the last time :( ;]

This week, we learn about how to better seed the world! Get it? Okay, but have you heard that libraries aren't just for books anymore? Michigan has a vast network of seed libraries connecting people, sharing seeds and growing the knowledge of how we cultivate plants on our Earth. Learn about seed swaps, cultivation of libraries and Michigan's seed of the year.

Fantastic Farmer:

Bevin Cohen, Small House Farm

https://www.smallhousefarm.com/

Michigan Seed Library Network:

https://miseedlibrary.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/368991503478080/

email me at [email protected]

Wayne State University's Detroit Feedback Loop is a nonprofit taking food that would otherwise be wasted by local businesses and school cafeterias and giving it back to the community. Hear about this student-led organization's journey.

Optimal Officiator:

Ryan Mangulabnan - Detroit Feedback Loop

https://www.detroitfeedbackloop.org/

https://www.instagram.com/detroit_feedback_loop/Food Ambassador Pledge:

https://www.detroitfeedbackloop.org/pledge

Food Rescue U.S.:

https://foodrescue.us/

Deeply Rooted Produce:

https://www.deeplyrootedproduce.com/

Bees that flew too close to the icebox: ( theme music ) ( If i'm getting too weird with the titles let me know [email protected] )

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=sV9BDTz6S3uEBjMWvzqCtA

I'm honestly sick and tired of this. I see you down here every. single. week. And how many emails have you sent? We both know the answer without me having to EMBARRASS YOU. It's not like it's a big deal I'm just wondering why you spend all your time loitering outside the corner store when you could be emailing me at [email protected].

McDonald's serves over 69 million people daily. Where does all the trashed packaging go? Landfills. But what if they had reusable packaging and silverware in store? How would that small change make a big impact on the amount of plastic going into our oceans? As You Sow is a shareholder advocacy company that posed those very questions to Micky D's themselves. How did the colossal cuisine company respond? Find out in this week's episode.

Most Honorable Guest:

Kelly McBee

https://www.asyousow.org/

Breaking the Plastic Wave:

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/07/23/breaking-the-plastic-wave-top-findings

The Reason Your Ears are Happy:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=dZL79yCaRiWZk4ocbtxn2w

You wouldn't believe how swamped I've been with electronic communication lately. It's almost as if everyone is emailing me at [email protected] because they want to engage in fascinating conversations about food system solutions. Oh you definitely don't want to miss out on that...

Tar spots are a big problem for corn! A fungal disease that damages the plant and reduces crop yield. Luckily, science is on the case! This week we hear from Professor Addie Thompson from the Thompson Maize Lab at Michigan State University about her research in corn tar spots and why corn is the cream of the crop.

Corny Co-host:

Addie Thompson Ph. D.

http://www.thompsonmaizelab.org/

aMaizing Music:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=GnbvCqi5RLST4AU0j0DC6Q

GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM:

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/

World Food Prize Foundation:

Global Youth Institute

https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/youth_programs/global_youth_institute/

Corny as I may be, you always stick around for my footnotes...I'm sensing it's because you want to email me at [email protected] where you can send me videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_caMQpiwiaU&list=RD_caMQpiwiaU&start_radio=1

Livestock has a new diet and they have gone green. Metaphorically because the seaweed is actually red but it helps reduce methane emissions.  Learn about the magic of asparagopsis and why less burps is better for the world. 

Cow Connoisseur:

Cassandra Kelly

https://www.future-feed.com/

Belting Bees:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=21S0S_VzQtGkpxS1bN3nRg

I'd like to know if you have any weird food fixes. And now that we're officially in this together, (because I've given you the cool nickname of "food fixer") you are legally obligated to email me at [email protected].

Food waste? There's an app for that! Too Good to Go is combating food waste, one surprise bag at a time.

Bag Bringer:

Sara Soteroff

https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-us

Tunes Ringer:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=6lNYXjGoSY-tt-L-EdGY_A

Some more things to check out:

https://www.imperfectfoods.com/

https://www.misfitsmarket.com/?exp=plans_rollback&exp=autoship

https://www.flashfood.com/

Oh what's that sound? It's loud and fervent and sounds like a keyboard...no way, it couldn't be...you're emailing me at [email protected]! Oh wow thanks.

This non profit has a bone to pick with overfishing of species. Eating with the Ecosystem is on a mission to promote a place-based approach to maintaining New England's seafood.

First Mate:

Kate Masury 

https://www.eatingwiththeecosystem.org/

Citizen science research: https://www.eatingwiththeecosystem.org/eat-like-a-fish

Boatswain:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=zFncGPteSMW9fkooACY5-Q

I'm standing in a boat with a leak and my last wish is for you to email me at [email protected]

Compost pickup, coming to a city near you! 

In today's episode I talked with Tim from Bennett Compost, a company that picks up compost from over 6,000 households and 100 businesses in the Philadelphia, PA area weekly. Talk about waste removal!

King of Compost:

Tim Bennett

https://www.bennettcompost.com/

Reigning Tunes:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=xJIsz2yzT-2yBY4KOzwIcA 

A wise person once said: "EMAIL ME @ [email protected]"