Food Farm Talk – Curated Podcast Episodes from 2026 and 2025
Food Farm Talk is a radio show on CFRU 93.3 FM at the University of Guelph, airing every Thursday at 10am, and a podcast.
We play our own shows and episodes from other food and farming themed podcasts made in Canada and beyond.
Listed below are the episodes for 2026 and 2025 so far. Link for more information.
APRIL 2026
April 16 – Taking the classroom outside: How nature is teaching valuable lessons in Uganda and Five trees for every child: Why this community is planting trees for the next generation from Nature Answers podcast by Farm Radio International.
April 9 – Repast: The Story of Food – New Books Network podcast.
April 2 – Ensuring safe, nutritious and sustainable food for all, Farms. Food. Future. podcast, International Fund for Agricultural development
MARCH 2026
March 26 – Food Waste ‑ Digesting Food Studies
March 19 – Navigating the Canadian Food Environment with Dr. Lana Vanderlee from Healthy Habits, Happy Homes podcast
March 12 – Women Leadership in Dairy from the Canadian Podcow podcast.
March 5 – Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean – New Books Network podcast.
FEBRUARY 2026
Feb 26 – Welcome to Food Studies and School Food Programs from Digesting Food Studies podcast.
Feb 12 – The Infodemic with Timothy Caulfield from the Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast
Feb 5 – Global youth in action, Farms. Food. Future. podcast, International Fund for Agricultural development
JANUARY 2026
Jan 29 – Food, Heresies, and Magical Boundaries in the Middle Ages, New Books Network podcast
Jan 22 – The CowSignals Method from the Canadian Podcow podcast
Jan 15 – What do trees have to do with rain and How can mangoes grow economies and limit wind damage from Nature Answers podcast by Farm Radio International.
Jan 8 – Food Systems: Why Should We Care? from the Healthy Habits Happy Homes Podcast by the Guelph Family Health Study.
Jan 1 and Dec 25 – Canada’s Christmas tree industry is booming – fir real! from the Inspect and Protect podcast by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
DECEMBER
Dec 18 – Hunco’s No-Till Setup: Real Talk on Planters, Upgrades & Strategy | Crop Chats – The Soil Network podcast
Dec 11 – From fantasy to reality: Food Innovation – Food. Farms. Future. podcast, International Fund for Agricultural Development
December 4 – Managing Pasture on Dairy Farms – The Canadian Podcow podcast
NOVEMBER
November 27 – Life stories from Bangladesh and Columbia – Food. Farms. Future. podcast, International Fund for Agricultural Development
November 20 – Life stories from Suriname and Ethiopia – Food. Farms. Future. podcast, International Fund for Agricultural Development
November 13 – The Work of Katoyiss – Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast.
November 6 – The Cool Farm Tool – The Canadian Podcow podcast
OCTOBER
Oct 30 – Generations of No-Till on the Bay – The Soil Network podcast
Oct 23 – Understanding the dates on our food and The food safety puzzle: piecing together an outbreak investigation, from Inspect and Protect podcast.
Oct 16 – Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food, New Books Network podcast.
Oct 9 – Restoring the Margins: Prairie Precision Sustainability Network, Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast.
Oct 2 – Getting ready for the Avian Influenza HPAI in Dairy, Canadian Podcow podcast.
SEPTEMBER
Sept 25 – Kainai First Nation Self Sufficiency, Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast
Sept 18 – Weathering the future, Farms, Food, Future – International Fund for Agricultural Development podcast
Sept 11 – Health Freaks: America’s Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness, New Books Network podcast
Sept 4 – Farming the Slopes: How the Honey Family Makes No-Till Work in Norham, Northumberland County – Crop Chats, Soil Network podcast
AUGUST
Aug 28 – The Business Case for Climate Solutions in Agri-food – A Summer Rewind episode
Aug 21 – Food Security: From Excess to Enough – A Chat with Ralph Martin – A Summer Rewind Episode
Aug 14 – First Nations, Agriculture, and Colonialism with Cadmus Delorme – A Summer Rewind Episode
Aug 7 – Water is Food – Emerging Knowledge – A Summer Rewind Episode
JULY
July 31 – Winning with Notill – Scaling No-Till Without More Equipment: Mark Burnham on Soil, Slopes & Sustainability – Soil Network podcast
July 25 – Dairy Cow Behaviour & Welfare – Canadian Podcow
July 17 – Mango: A Global History – New Books Network podcast
July 10 – Farmland Access Conversations: Finding Hope in Unique Stories. Sow and Grow podcast
July 3 – “30 Years of No-Till on Heavy Clay with Nick Stokman“, Soil Network podcast.
JUNE
June 26. “It’s time to buy Canadian!” and “The European Perspective on Dairy“, The Canadian Podcow podcast.
June 19 – Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada, New Books Network podcast.
June 12 – Nuggets of Gold: Further Processed Chicken and the Making of the American Diet. New Books Network podcast.
June 5 – Beyond Private Ownership: Where does the farmland access conversation need to go? Sow and Grow Podcast.
MAY
May 29 – Making No-Till Work with Livestock & Manure: Swain Beef’s Honest Approach, Soil Network Podcast
May 21 – From farm to table: Celebrating a decade of Recipes for Change, International Fund for Agricultural Development
May 15 – Are crickets the new tofu? and I found a bug in my food! – Inspect and Protect podcast
May 8 – Dairy supply management in changing world – Canadian Podcow
May 1 – Farming on Public Lands – Sow and Grow podcast
APRIL
April 24 – Hunco’s No-Till Setup: Real Talk on Planters, Upgrades & Strategy, Winning with No-till Series, Crop Chats, Soil Network Podcast.
April 17 – Shaping the Future of Food in 2025 – International Fund for Agricultural Development.
April 10 – Breakfast Cereal: A Global History, New Books Network.
April 3 – Farmland Access Stories, Sow and Grow podcast.
MARCH
March 27 – The Earth’s invisible climate warriors. Farms. Food. Future. from International Fund for Agricultural Development.
March 20 – Best Management Practices to Mitigate Emissions on Dairy Farms, The Canadian Podcow
March 13 – Mmm… Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Foods We Eat. New Books Network.
March 6 – Boosting sustainable farming in Amazonia with native bamboo – Farms. Food. Future. from International Fund for Agricultural Development.
FEBRUARY
Feb 27 – Farmland Access: What’s the deal with Quebec? – Sow and Grow
Feb 20 – Globalizing the soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950 – New Book Network
Feb 13 – Leveraging proAction on Dairy Farms – Canadian Podcow
Feb 6 – Greening the Sahel – Farms. Food. Future. from International Fund for Agricultural Development
JANUARY
Jan 30 – Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity – New Books Network
Jan 23 – Highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI in livestock – Canadian Podcow
Jan 16 – Bridging the nutrition gap in Africa – Farms. Food. Future. from International Fund for Agricultural Development
Jan 9 – Why is competition so hard to find in Canada? – The Big Story
Jan 2 – Why Land Access? – Sow and Grow
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