The Food Fix

A chocolate bar whose packaging can be planted to grow wildflowers?! Join me as I unwrap the story of this sweet treat and all of its benefits. 

Sweet Guests:

Yolanda Neumüller

Greg Shortt

https://www.finabar.com/

Instagram: @finabar

Savory Tunes:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=lQrRWtJURgCHy4XxgO4K4w\

Got an idea on how to fix food?

email: [email protected]

Got to eat these fish to beat these fish. Lionfish are king of the Atlantic. But what happens when the Cayman Islands fight back by having lionfish derbys? 

Champion Chef:

Thomas Tennant

https://tomfooderykitchen.com/

Instagram: @Tomfooderycayman

Tappin Tunes:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/track/4cvgMm8F1ZaP7Cs3wHUj6A?si=e4996a118f274242

okay there's no reason you'd be reading this if you didn't want to be emailing me. you know what I always put at the end of these descriptions. you know what i'm sick of being predictable. You're just gonna have to search elsewhere for my email. yeah. i'm done parading it in front of you without any follow through. 

just kidding. [email protected]

You may have seen these little greens at the grocery store or on your fancy toast, but did you know what they can do for your nutrition? Well buckle up food fixers because you're about to find out. 

Super cool guest:

Devin Brewer

Duper rad music:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=9B-uH_NETIm28x00fNpdqw

Email that you can reach me at because I KNOW you want to: [email protected]

Worms. They wriggle they wobble and they eat the food you left on your plate. 

Big thank you to the MSU Recycling Center and Surplus store for giving me a tour. I love my job.

Special Guest: 

Sean Barton

https://msurecycling.com/vermicompost/

Special Tunes:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=PVbBO5mwRsywu18FkJM6dw

I forgot to tell you but I know you want to email me at [email protected]

***EDIT: FoodCorps is a national non-profit that is focused on food education. This is different from FoodCORE which is run through the CDC.

10 cents doesn't sound like a whole lot for a meal... but we learn why Michigan schools and child care programs benefit so much from that boost. Even the farms profit!

Fruits, veggies, and legumes for all! 

Special Guest:

Melanie Wong

Special Thanks:

Amanda Brezzell

More about 10 cents:

https://www.tencentsmichigan.org/

Good Tunes:

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=4mo6si-IQVymZlgoZVjeCA 

Seriously thank you for listening. I'm so happy this is my job. Email me because I WILL respond. [email protected]

Now read the title to the tune of "Hello, Goodbye" by the Beatles. It's what Cassidy would have wanted. 

This is Cassidy's final episode of The Food Fix. Now that she's graduated with her degree in environmental science, she's taking some time to travel and unwind. But she plans to keep working in audio, so give her a Google search in a few months. As for now she is feeling bittersweet, as this was the coolest job she ever had, but she's sure that she's leaving the show is in good hands. Tune in to meet the new host of The Food Fix, the lovely Anna Lionas. 

Okay forget third person this is Cassidy. I just have to give a special thanks to some people before I head out. Thank you to my listeners. It's been so fun having so many of you tune in to hear me babble every week. Thank you to my roommates and my wonderful boyfriend for letting me bounce ideas off of you, and for keeping me sane during technical difficulties. Thank you to the Freezer Bees for giving me that "legally binding handshake" back in September so that I could have awesome podcast music. Thank you to all my amazing guests who have taught me, and my listeners so much. Thank you to the Solutions Journalism Network and MSU's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism for your guidance and support.

And most importantly, thank you to my editor Dave Poulson. Thank you for believing in me and teaching me everything I know about journalism.

Super Special New Host

Anna Lionas

Super special Music

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=i4-i3El8TgSv4fqdokfWNw

Email ANNA with episode ideas at [email protected]. Are you still reading? Wow I'm flattered but click the play button already, geez.

First of all, octopuses are the coolest animals ever.

Second of all, it's octopuses, not octopi.

Third of all, octopuses are super resilient. Remember climate change? That thing killing the polar bears? Well it's also killing a lot of the fish that you like to eat. But not octopuses. Why? Refer back to point number one. And also listen to this episode.

Super Special Guest

Warwick Sauer

(PDF) World Octopus Fisheries (researchgate.net)

Super Special Music

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=XcVp0n7dQxuP4SwKX98-qg

EMAIL. US. I don't know why I always say us. It's just me, Cassidy. Anyways, email me. 

Battle of the cinnamon rolls.

In this extra sweet sequel, Cassidy chats with co-reporter Jake Christie to get to the bottom of the biggest question you were probably left with after the perennial grains episode.

Do... they... taste... good?

Eat breakfast alongside us this week, and as a refresher check out Jake's perennial grains story:

Perennial grains: great for beer, bread and the fight against climate change | Great Lakes Echo

Plus, we'll learn some more fun facts about why perennial grains rock.

Super Special Guest:

Jake Christie

Great Lakes Echo Reporter

Link to the Perennial Pantry:

Perennial Pantry | Perennial Pantry (perennial-pantry.com)

Super Special Music

The Freezer Bees

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1q31dwXas9055bylUCkEMp?si=txBNsUTSTZS9F6uTeUTDcQ

If you want to learn about something that has to do with fixing-food, shoot us an email at [email protected].

I know I know. Cassidy, the vegan, is promoting hunting on her show? Sounds fishy.

Well believe it or not, Cassidy isn't totally anti-meat consumption. She's just anti-unsustainable meat consumption. Most of the meat you buy at the store has been grown, harvested, processed and shipped in a way that will be detrimental to the environment if we keep at it for long. So if you're going to eat meat, one of the most sustainable ways to do it is by skipping the store and taking to the woods. Or if that's not for you, buying your meat locally is a great step too.

This week Cassidy is joined in the studio by Maeve Denshaw, young hunter and environmentalist. Tune in as Cassidy and Maeve dish about sustainable hunting, humans' role in the food chain, venison and.... Maeve's Meat Madness?

Super Special Guest

Maeve Denshaw

President of Michigan State University's Outdoors Club

Super Special Music

The Freezer Bees

Email us! Let's chat! 

I mean come on was the title not enough of a grab? Everyone loves space... probably.

How do astronauts eat in zero gravity? Can we grow food in space? Why should you be concerned with the 96 bags of human waste we've left on the moon? 

I mean surely you're hooked by now, but for those of you still on the fence, you should know that Cassidy has two guests in-studio for this week's super-duper fun episode. Join Katie Townley, Ann Ginzburg and Cassidy as they laugh and learn about three different quirky space food topics. 

Special Guests:

Katie Townley

Undergraduate of Astrophysics and Journalism at Michigan State University

Ann Ginzberg 

Undergraduate of Statistics at Michigan State University

Let us know what you want to hear about next by emailing [email protected]!