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#20: GoodPop’s Daniel Goetz on Building GoodPop
#19: Tuyyo Foods: Women Leading Change in the CPG Sector
#18: From Corporate to Community: Liz Abunaw's Grocery Revolution
E#17 The Efforts Behind Unionizing at Mother's Market in 2026
#16: Farm To People: Transforming The Food Supply Chain
#15: The Purpose Pledge: Redefining Business Responsibility
#14: Kara Rubin's Grocery Journey From Whole Foods to Brand Building
#13 Andrea Abel's Fight to Improve Food Justice in Texas
#12: From Cashier to Author: Ann Larson's Industry Insights
#11: Alicia Kennedy's Journey: From Vegan Bakery to Food Critic
#10: The Future of Natural Sweeteners with CEO Aaron Henderson
#9 Exploring Mamdani's Grocery Plan and the History Behind It.
#8: How Saffron Road Disrupted Frozen Food with Authenticity and Innovation
#7 How Legislation Can Lower Food Prices and Support Small Grocers
#6: How Aldi Is Winning the US Grocery War
E#5 Jose Oliva: Solving Food Industry Problems with HEAL Food Alliance
#4 Stacy Mitchell: The Threat of Corporate Power on Local Communities
#3 How Dr. Bronner's Is Redefining Business with Purpose
#2 How Goods Mart Built a Retail Ecosystem for Emerging Brands
#1. How Grocery Workers Are Organizing Against Corporate Pressure
Episode 185: Burlap & Barrel
Episode 184: Nasser Abufarha and Canaan Fair Trade
Episode 183: Peter Gialantzis of Pod Foods
Episode 182: The Regenerative Organic Certification
Episode 181: “Shoptalk #2”: Understanding Wholesalers
Episode 180: “Shoptalk”, with Co-Host Eve Cohen
Episode 179: George Milton On The UNFI SSA Controversy
Episode 178: Robinson-Patman Act 101 with Daniel Hanley
Episode 177: Part Two: Mexico Takes on GMO Dogma
Episode 176: Part One: The U.S.-Mexico GMO Corn Standoff
Episode 175: HEAL Food Alliance Takes On The Farm Bill
Episode 174: Phil Howard On Food Industry Consolidation
Episode 173: Who Wants To Kill The NLRB? With Professor John Logan
Episode 172: Grocery Update: Reinventing Retail and Food Processing
Episode 171: Austin Frerick Takes On The Grocery Barons
Episode 170: Magaly Licolli On Stopping Child Labor
Episode 169: Why Your Groceries Are So Damn Expensive
Episode 168: Matriark Foods Is Reinventing Food Processing
Episode 167: Common Ground
Episode 166: Why A Worker Cooperative “Works For All”
Episode 165: Ellen Cassedy on “Working 9 to 5”
Episode 164: Trader Joe’s United Returns To The Checkout
Episode 163: COP28 Recap with Lauren Baker
Episode 162: Finnish Retail Cooperatives, with Ryan Cooper
Episode 161: Why Grocery Workers Oppose the Kroger-Albertsons Merger
Episode 160: Chloë Waterman On Reforming Public Food Procurement
Episode 159: Public Sector Food Supply Chains With Dr. Sarah Taber, Part 2
Episode 158: Chef Ora Wise On Fighting Food Apartheid in Palestine
Episode 157: Dr. John Fagan’s Concerning New Findings About “Animal Free” Dairy
Episode 156: Chef Reem Assil, Gaza and Hospitality For Humanity
Episode 155: Talking Grocery and Public Food With Dr. Sarah Taber, Part One
Episode 154: Why Anchor Steam Should Become A Worker Owned Co-op
Episode 153: Kathy Finn of UFCW770 On Keeping Grocery Workers Safe
Episode 152: Cooperation Now More Than Ever: Grocery Cooperatives At Scale - Part 2
Episode 151: Cooperation Now More Than Ever: Grocery Co-ops in the Age of Crisis - Part 1
Episode 150: Kim Stanley Robinson
Episode 149: Urban Tilth
Episode 148: Advocates For Urban Agriculture (AUA)
Episode 147: Heather Terry of Goodsam Foods
Episode 146: How Can Grocery Prices Come Down? Inflation Update with Errol Schweizer
Episode 145: P. Wade Ross On Farming While Black In Texas
Episode 144: Grocery Inflation Update.
Episode 143: Ken Kolb on Retail Inequality
Episode 142: Professor Shane Hamilton
Episode 141: Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter and The Spirit of Soul Food
Episode 140: Grocery Update-Consolidation & Inflation
Episode 139: Dr. Ricardo Salvador
Episode 138: Starbucks Fires Award Winning Barista
Episode 137: Professor Marion Nestle
Episode 136: Matte Wilson on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Episode 135: Perteet Spencer of Ayo Foods on Collective Entrepreneurship
Episode 134: Sarela Herrada of SIMPLi Foods on Building Regenerative Supply Chains
Episode 133: Why BCTGM Local 100G Workers Are On Strike At Ingredion
Episode 132: Roundtable Conversation on How Trade Spend and Slotting Fees Shape The Grocery Industry
Episode 131: Lauren Ornelas on Why Amy’s Kitchen Workers Are Organizing
Episode 130: Why Trader Joe’s Workers Want A Union
Episode 129: Tevita Uhatafe on the Labor Movement
Episode 128: Tommy Carden of Warehouse Workers For Justice
Episode 127: Andrew deCoriolis of Farm Forward
Episode 126: Kamal Bell of Sankofa Farms
Episode 125: Grocery Update- Meat Industry Accountability & Profit Inflation
Episode 124: Johnnie Kallas Talks Data and the Labor Upsurge
Episode 123: FoodTank Presents Magaly Licolli & Gerardo Reyes
Episode 122: Lindsey Allen & Point Of Origin
Episode 121: Cortlin Harrison On Unionizing Starbucks
Episode 120: Understanding Unionization with Bob Funk of LaborLab
Episode 119: Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik on How Texas Is Still Stealing Black Owned Farmland
Episode 118: Why Kim Kelly Wants Workers To “Fight Like Hell”
Episode 117: Timothy A. Wise On Rethinking The Green Revolution
Episode 116: Liz Carlisle & the Deep and Diverse Roots of Regenerative Farming
Episode 115: Adam Maxwell of Voyage Foods
Episode 114: Dr. Steven Osuna on Racial Capitalism and Class Suicide
Episode 113: Max Ajl & A People’s Green New Deal
Episode 112: Kathy Finn of UFCW 770
Episode 111: Pat Mooney on Who Really Feeds The World
Episode 110: Professor Silvia Secchi and Iowa’s Industrial Agriculture
Episode 109: Grocery Update: The Need For Anti-Trust, Part 2
Episode 108: Grocery Update: Understanding Anti-Trust Part 1
Episode 107: Workers Defense Project
Episode 106: Talking Common Sense Solidarity