At The Table

This episode is produced in partnership with the Arizona Dairy Council. Dairy Fuels Network maintains full editorial independence. All views expressed are those of the host and guest.This is Episode 03 of At the Table, a short-run podcast mini series from Dairy Fuels Network featuring honest conversations with the people doing real work at the intersection of food, culture, and community.Christy Wilson is a registered dietitian whose career has always started from one word: teacher. She grew up not knowing dietitians existed, stumbled into nutrition in college, and once she found it, spent the next twenty-plus years using food to reach patients, families, and communities in ways clinical systems rarely do. She currently works at a Medicare clinic serving the Hispanic community in Tucson, and she does it bilingually because she knows what gets lost in translation when the language isn't there.In this episode: why she calls teaching her DNA, the mentor who told her she'd only get in because she speaks Spanish, why dairy keeps showing up in her life (cottage cheese with salsa — yes), and what success actually looks like when a patient stops seeing food as the enemy.— CHAPTERS —0:00 Cold Open — "We don't eat nutrients. We eat food."1:28 Welcome & Series Intro3:01 Who She Is — Teaching Is in My DNA4:39 Current Work — Medicare Clinic & the Hispanic Community7:33 The Calling — "I Had Never Met a Dietitian"12:04 The Mentor Story — "Only Because You Speak Spanish"15:35 Dairy in Her Life & Work — Lattes, Oatmeal, Cottage Cheese19:27 Nutrition Philosophy — Taste Rules22:19 Bilingual Superpower — "Everybody Eats"25:39 The Vision — Tamales Without Guilt28:47 Fireside Questions — Jicama, Hot Dogs & Cottage Cheese + Guac— ABOUT CHRISTY WILSON, RD —Instagram / TikTok / Facebook: @ChristyWilsonNutritionWebsite: christywilsonnutrition.comForthcoming cookbook, stay tuned.

"I was not put on earth to work in some giant grocery store and make money for billionaires."This is Episode 02 of At the Table, a short-run podcast mini series from Dairy Fuels Network featuring honest conversations with the people doing real work at the intersection of food, culture, and community.Steven Cota Robles is the founder of the Tucson Family Food Project, a nonprofit that delivers weekly meal kits to food-insecure families in Tucson alongside a YouTube cooking channel to teach the skills to go with them. He didn't come from a nonprofit background. He came from 15 years in grocery and restaurants, a COVID-era news report, and the question he couldn't stop asking himself: what am I actually here to do?In this episode: what "social wellness entrepreneurism" actually means, why one meal a week is more than you think, the moment a mom stopped him in a grocery store and changed everything, and why he believes we're just getting started.— CHAPTERS —0:00 Cold Open — "I was not put on earth for this."0:45 Welcome & Series Intro2:35 Who Steven Is — Social Wellness Entrepreneurism4:42 The Mission — Tucson Family Food Project & Meal Kits7:33 The Origin — COVID, a News Report, and the Decision11:06 The Hard Truth — The Problem Is Worse Than You Think16:49 The Mom Story — The Moment That Grounds the Work19:49 Dairy in His Life — Broccoli Mac, Arizona Butter & Ice Cream22:00 The Vision — "This Is Going to Happen"25:00 Fireside Questions— ABOUT TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT —tffptucson.org | @tffptucson on Instagram— LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GOT YOUR PODS —

I started the Dairy Fuels Network because I was tired of watching people do real food access work with zero infrastructure behind them.— SPONSORSHIP DISCLOSURE —This episode is produced in partnership with Arizona Milk Producers/Dairy Council of Arizona. All views expressed are those of the host.This is Episode 01 of At the Table, a short-run podcast mini series from the Dairy Fuels Network featuring honest conversations with the people doing real work at the intersection of food, culture, and community.In this solo episode, I'm telling you exactly why this network exists. Where it started. What it cost to build it. And what I believe about food, accountability, and who actually gets to sit at the table.— CHAPTERS —0:00 Cold Open — The clinic. The family. The moment.2:45 Introduction — What this network is and why it exists6:00 Act 1 — The infrastructure nobody was building10:30 Act 2 — Accountability and what "doing the work" actually means15:00 Act 3 — Year one. What we built. Who's next.18:00 Meet the Table — Upcoming guests and what's comingLearn more at arizonamilk.orgLISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS— FOLLOW —Instagram:  @dietitiandez @azmilkproducersYouTube: @dietitiandez#azmilk #undeniablydairy