Unwasted podcast
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We’ve all had the experience of buying that apple, or avocado, and having it go ...
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Did you know that there were nearly 1 million Black farmers in 1920 but fewer th...
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Did you know that over 20 billion pounds of textiles are thrown away in the Unit...
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Does environmentalism have a racism problem? Is veganism elitist? Why do so many...
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Plant-based eating is here to stay. Most of us have heard about the health benef...
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Foods from other lands are a great window into other cultures” Hawa Hassan...
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There is a reason there are so many fad diets. They do not work and aren’t...
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People think they’re growing the plant when they’re actually creatin...
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The experience of live story is the experience of mutuality.” jovida...
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Close your eyes and imagine you’re eating at a fine-dining restaurant for a spec...
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There’s a very bitter story to the sweet story of chocolate. Ynzo Van Sant...
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You can’t take care of the environment if you can’t take care of the...
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Always use a scale. Do not trust a measuring cup. hetal vasavada It’s safe...
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We have to take care of the ocean in order to survive as a species.” Mimi ...
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“It shouldn’t be a privilege to have access to good food.” Yem...
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“We are literally walking around with historical PTSD.” Lachelle Cun...
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“Healing is not linear.” Dr Tiffany Lester Is our country’s ob...
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The farming system that we have right now is replicated from slavery times.̶...
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This is a guest post from Trishna Saigal, founder of Down to Cook Foods. To lear...
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You can’t poison the poor in the name of feeding the poor.” Robert e...
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Our emotions affect the way we experience taste and aroma.” Nik Sharma Hav...
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You’re not able to challenge your thoughts if you’re eating the same...
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Looking at food as a way of empowerment is what I’m all about.” Chef...
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“Two kids in every classroom in America have a life-threatening food aller...
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I hope we get to a point where we don’t need a white guy to go to a Chines...
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What I wanted to do was help people cook with fresh veggies and give them a new ...
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It broke my heart in so many ways to have people who I stood beside to advocate ...
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“I think it should be just as easy to participate in civic life as it is t...
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“Every time we are eating food and buying food there is an opportunity to ...
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This is a guest post from our friend Reshaunda Thornton. To hear more from Resha...
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“People strive for diets because it gives them hope but at the end it make...
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The future of food is around resilience.” -Impossible Foods Have you ever ...
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Everyone is qualified to feed themselves.” Sophia Roe Who is Sophia Roe? A...
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"When we give back to nature, we give back to ourselves."
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"Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough."
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"The fact that our food bank system exists means that our society is broken."
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"The problem with fast fashion is that it's the single-use plastic of fashion."
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"More food is wasted in our homes than at any other point in the supply chain."
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"I'd like to see people get as familiar with types of fabric as they are with br...
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"If GAP threw away 40% of their clothes, there would be no more GAP."
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“Every person that’s suffering from homelessness gets grouped into one pot. That...
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"The answer is simple. Doing it is hard."
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"I'm a firm believer that food culture is our culture."
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Looking for a good podcast to listen to? Check out our most popular episodes of ...
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"The most acute threat to the sustainability of coffee is economic."
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Learn about the truly essential cooking gear, must-have ingredients, and the bes...
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"There are really six or seven basic techniques that you can apply to any ingred...
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"For every day folks, I think the most important thing we can do is teach our ki...
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"Your fresh food is not fresh; it is alive."
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"We vastly underutilize our freezers. They're the magic pause button when it com...
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"We can't buy our way into a more sustainable lifestyle."
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"Letting people experience delicious healthy food is a really big part of our mi...
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"We put a man on the moon 50 years ago. We can figure out plastic."
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"I think if we scaled back on our intake of animal protein, we would be saving t...
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We share 5 things that we’ve learned about food waste and cooking from the first...
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Learn all about our brand new podcast: “Unwasted with Imperfect.”
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"How about we don’t make food perfect — because it’s not perfect. Life’s not per...
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"I’m realizing that the most sustainable decision I can make is to say no.”
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