Video Interviews and Talks About Our Food System

Wide ranging interviews & talks with noted experts. Guests Include scientists, authors, journalists, farmers and others.

Vegetable Literacy: Deborah Madison Describes Some Plant Families

June 12, 2013 by Cooking Up a Story

Deborah Madison talks about some of the botanical families, and their edible members that are organized by chapter in her new book, Vegetable Literacy.

An Interview with Deborah Madison: Vegetable Literacy

June 10, 2013 by Cooking Up a Story

Veteran food author Deborah Madison’s new cookbook “Vegetable Literacy” draws inspiration for its recipes directly from the garden.

Symphony of the Soil: Interview with Deborah Koons Garcia-2

May 9, 2013 by Cooking Up a Story

Independent filmmaker, Deborah Koons Garcia talks about her latest film Symphony of the Soil, and some of the ways that she brings together animation, watercolor images, and original music, to provide a better understanding about soil, and to encourage a closer connection to nature.

Symphony of the Soil: Interview with Deborah Koons Garcia

May 8, 2013 by Cooking Up a Story

Deborah Koons Garcia’s exceptional, new film, Symphony of the Soil, pays loving homage to the beauty and the wondrous mystery of soil, celebrating not just the incredible soil diversity found on four of the world’s continents,

Widespread Obesity: Are Certain Chemicals Also a Big Contributor -2?

April 25, 2013 by Cooking Up a Story

In part 2, Dr. Susan Katz, of the Oregon’s Physicians For Social Responsibility outlines some basic steps to avoid consuming products containing obesogens, along with a list of chemical resources.

Widespread Obesity: Are Certain Chemicals Also a Big Contributor?

April 23, 2013 by Cooking Up a Story

A flurry of new scientific evidence suggests that certain chemicals we are being exposed to from our environment and in the food we eat, may also be a major contributor to the obesity problem.