FoodFarm Talk

06/17/2026

Hear "Indigenous Food Sovereignty" from Digesting Food Studies by Canadian Association for Food Studies

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📻CFRU 93.3
📅June 18
⏰10am

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Indigenous food sovereignty—and the lack thereof—is intimately linked to histories of colonial oppression and present-day exploitative capitalism and extractivism. Nonetheless, as this episode’s guest Kaylee Michnik shows us, rebuilding sovereignty can happen through intergenerational learning, land-based practices, and relationality.

During the Amuse Bouche segment, Alexia Moyer tells host David Szanto about the tasty and tenuous history of camas cultivation by Coast Salish peoples. And in the After Taste, Courtney Vaughan responds to Kaylee’s article, “Moving Your Body, Soul, and Heart to Share and Harvest Food” from Vol. 8 No. 2 of Canadian Food Studies.

Guests:

Dr. Alexia Moyer is co-Managing Editor of Canadian Food Studies and a founding member of the editorial collective, red line-ligne rouge, based in Montreal.

Kaylee Michnik is a registered dietician and has her PhD from the University of Saskatchewan, where she is researching and contributing to school food program and policy development.

Courtney Vaughan is a researcher, writer, and community organizer who completed a master degree at Carleton University (Official) in 2019 in Indigenous and Canadian Studies. She is currently doing her PhD at Lakehead University.

Mentioned in this episode:
OCAP® protocol: the First Nations principles of ownership, control, access, and possession (in research)
photovoice methodology
illustration of Camas plants by Bryony Penn
Plants, People, and Places, edited by Nancy J. Turner

Credits:
Host/Producer: David Szanto
Executive Producers: Rachel Engler-Stringer, Laurence Godin, Charles Levkoe, Phil Loring, Kristen Lowitt
Music: Alex Guz and Evgeny Bardyuzha from Pixabay
Sound Effects: Aviana_Phoenix, BenKirb, and royalty_free_music from Pixabay
Cover photo: Jacques Gaimard on Pixabay



Digesting Food Studies is funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Lakehead University, and the Canadian Association for Food Studies.

06/16/2026

Looking for ideas to celebrate Dad? Wellington County has plenty of local options to make the day easy (and delicious). Pick up a BBQ box, grab a bite with special Father’s Day menus, or surprise Dad with a local experience.

Discover these and more Father’s Day specials here: www.wellington.ca/experience-wellington/fathers-day

06/10/2026

Hear "How can the food we grow feed more people?" from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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📻CFRU 93.3
📅June 11
⏰10am

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In 2022, 1 billion meals a day were wasted, while 783 million people were affected by hunger. There’s plenty of food to go around – it’s just not getting to those who need it.

In this episode, we explore three powerful and distinct approaches to transforming our global food systems. Tune in to hear about blending traditional knowledge with modern innovation, using science to breed more resource-efficient crops and turning food waste into valuable resources.

On this episode:
- Dr. Jauhar Ali, Head of Hybrid Rice Development Consortium and Principal Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute
- Gwen Jones, Director of Nzatu Food Group
- Amanda Oenbring, Chief Executive Officer of Upcycled Food Association
- Marcy Vigoda, Director of the International Land Coalition


International Land Coalition IRRI Upcycled Food Association Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph

06/03/2026

Hear "Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, 1900–1950" with author Ines Prodöhl and host Nathan Hopson from New Books Network

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📻CFRU 93.3
📅June 4
⏰10am

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Ines Prodöhl’s Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900-1950 is a history of how, why, and where the soybean became a critical ingredient in industry and agriculture in the first half of the twentieth century.

Focusing on Japanese-dominated Manchuria, Germany, and the United States, Prodöhl shows that the soybean was a serendipitous solution to numerous and varied crises from the beginning of the century into the post-WWII decades.

This story of imperialism, globalization, and technology begins in northeast China, the world’s soy cultivation centre until the 1940s. It takes us to Germany, the number one importer of soybeans in the interwar period, and illuminates the various ways in which soy was integrated into the economy especially after the end of WWI as both an invaluable oilseed for industry and a source of protein-rich fodder for agriculture.

Finally, Prodöhl explores how the United States first adopted the soybean mostly as a solution to overtaxed soils. Mixing economic, ecological, political, and technological/scientific history with a keen sense of the materiality of soy as a global product, Globalizing the Soybean is an accessible and enlightening book that will appeal to multiple audiences.

Nathan Hopson is an associate professor of Japanese language and history in the University of Bergen's Department of Foreign Languages.

Thanks to New Books Network for partnering to air episodes on CFRU.

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05/27/2026

Hear about "Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity" with author Jeffrey M. Pilcher + Host Caleb Zakarin
(rebroadcast)

Listen on:
📻CFRU 93.3
📅May 28
⏰10am

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Today hear from Jeffrey Pilcher, Professor of Food History at the University of Toronto . We are discussing his new book, "Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity" (Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) , 2024). While beer, or even alcohol for that matter, is not consumed in many parts of the world, its near universality is still astonishing.

Even in the Middle East, where alcohol is largely forbidden, non-alcoholic beer sells well. Perhaps most surprising is that in nearly every place where beer is consumed (with the exception of Ireland’s Guinness) the pale lager dominates in popularity. This wasn’t always the case, and the story of how this came to be is a textbook example of the standardization driven by the forces of globalization.

Examined as a commodity, beer offers as important a window into understanding the development of our modern world as does oil or McDonalds. Analyzed as a cultural artifact, beer tells us something about how people identify, what groups they belong to, and what livelihoods they pursue.

Hopped Up is an excellent history that will appeal to historians and beer-drinkers of all stripes— whether you prefer Guinness, Sapporo, Bud Light, or non-alcoholic beer.

Thanks to the New Books Network for partnering to have episodes ait on CFRU.


UofG CSA History Department, University of Guelph Department of Geography, University of Guelph

05/21/2026

TUE MAY 26 @ 7 - 8:30 PM

Join us for a friendly gathering for farmers, aspiring farmers, farm workers and food justice workers who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour.

The focus of this meetup will be northern food sovereignty, building on conversations from the Nyéléni Forum and global food sovereignty movements. How does that work grow through our own farms, communities and relationships? We will also learn about free and accessible digital tools to help create a permaculture map of our growing spaces.

Register at efao.ca/event/may-bipoc-farmers-network-meet-up/

05/20/2026

Hear "30 Years of No-Till on Heavy Clay Soils" with Nick Stokman and Ian McDonald on The Soil Network podcast (rebroadcast)

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📻CFRU 93.3 FM
📅May 21
⏰10am

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In this episode of Crop Chats, we visit Nick Stokman’s farm near Strathroy, Ontario, where he’s been fine-tuning his no-till system on heavy clay soils for over 30 years. With a practical mindset and deep curiosity, Nick shares lessons learned across decades of experimentation—from managing residue and customizing drills for bio strip-till to making cover crops work in narrow windows.

This conversation explores the real tradeoffs of no-till on challenging soils, how to prioritize long-term soil biology, and the role of patience, drainage, and observation in building a resilient system. If you’re considering a shift to reduced tillage—or want to learn from someone who’s been in the trenches for decades—this episode offers grounded, candid insight from one of Ontario’s long-time soil stewards.

Topics covered:
🚜No-till on heavy clay: managing moisture, compaction, and emergence
🚜The evolution of Nick’s cover crop system
🚜Custom equipment hacks for bio strip-till
🚜Learning from failure and trusting slow progress
🚜What he’d never go back to—and why
🚜Advice for new no-tillers

Crop Chats is a collaborative video and podcast series between the Ontario Soil Network and Ian McDonald (OMAFA). Watch the full video on YouTube or listen on your favourite podcast platform.

Thanks to the Soil Network Podcast and other partners for cooperating to broadcast on CFRU.



Ontario Soil Network Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association Grain Farmers of Ontario Middlesex Federation of Agriculture St. Clair Region Conservation Authority The Ontarion

05/13/2026

Hear about "Infant Food Insecurity" from the Digesting Food Studies podcast from Canadian Association for Food Studies.

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📻CFRU 93.3
📅May 14
⏰10am

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Whether you breastfeed, formula feed, or do both, securing sustenance for infants can be both fundamental and fraught. Lesley Frank has been doing research on first food systems and infant-and-caregiver food insecurity for numerous years, and shares her perspectives about sourcing infant formula in the past, present, and future. During the Amuse Bouche segment, Alexia Moyer talks with host David Szanto about the history of milk, including its price, positioning, and propaganda. And in the After Taste, Natalia Alaniz-Salinas responds to Lesley’s article, “Finding Formula,” from the Feminist Food Studies issue of Canadian Food Studies, Vol. 5 No. 1.

Guests:

Dr. Alexia Moyer is co-Managing Editor of Canadian Food Studies and a founding member of the editorial collective, red line-ligne rouge, based in Montreal.

Dr. Lesley Frank a Canada Research Chair in Food, Health, and Social Justice at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. There, she runs the Fed Family Lab, which focuses on the study of family and childhood food insecurity.

Natalia Alaniz-Salinas a PhD Candidate at the University of Saskatchewan, working in Community and Population Health Sciences and addressing school food programs. She previously worked as a nutritionist in Chile.

Mentioned in this episode:

Edible Histories/Cultural Politics: Towards a Canadian Food History, edited by Franca Iacovetta, Valerie J. Korinek, and Marlene Epp
“Drink Milk” promotional image – Libraries & Archives Canada

Credits:
Host/Producer: David Szanto
Executive Producers: Rachel Engler-Stringer, Laurence Godin, Charles Levkoe, Phil Loring, Kristen Lowitt
Music: Alex Guz and Evgeny Bardyuzha from Pixabay
Sound Effects: Aviana_Phoenix, BenKirb, and freesound_community from Pixabay



Digesting Food Studies is funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Lakehead University, and the Canadian Association for Food Studies.

05/06/2026

Hear about "Slow food, steady change" from the IFAD podcast: Farms. Food. Future. with hosts Brian Thomson and Michelle Tang.

Listen on:
📻CFRU 93.3
📅May 7
⏰10am

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In this episode, we hear from IFAD’s newest Recipes for Change chef, Ana Villota whose journey from to Canada has shaped her zero-waste, slow-food approach to baking.

We also hear from IFAD’s Goodwill Ambassador, Sabrina Elba, about why small-scale farmers are key to climate action, and Talking Foreign Affairs host, Adil Cader, about how global food stories connect us all.

On this episode:

- Adil Cader, founder and host of Talking Foreign Affairs podcast, Australia
- Ana Villota, founder and chef at María Cocina y Panadería, Ecuador
- Sabrina Elba, IFAD Goodwill Ambassador



Canadian Association for Food Studies The Ontarion Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)