How to vote with your plate (and fix our food system)

Does your ice cream taste like ice cream?

Do our snacks taste the way they used to? Not really. Toni talks to Don Leonard – who has 30 years' experience developing recipes for big brands like PepsiCo. and Kraft – about how big brands have altered recipes through the years to keep profits growing at the risk of leaving flavor behind. New episodes of Toni Farmer's Garden: The Podcast are available every other Wednesday.

How to vote with your plate (and fix our food system)

Food industry insider, Melissa Musiker, is back to talk about how we can change our food system by voting with our plate. Toni and Melissa talk McDonald's apple slices, complaining to your local grocer and the latest buzzword: fiber. New episodes of Toni Farmer's Garden: The Podcast are available every other Wednesday.

Fish fertilizer: A must-have, not a nice-to-have for the garden

Adding fish (fertilizer) to your garden? That's the family business. Toni talks to Ann Molloy about her family's business: Neptune's Harvest. When Ann's father wanted to stop wasting fish that he was selling (only 30% of fish can be eaten), he discovered a new kind of fertilizer that's a miracle in the garden. Learn more about Ann's educational program at gloucestersalt.org [https://www.gloucestersalt.org/]. New episodes of Toni Farmer's Garden: The Podcast available every other Wednesday.

How can I avoid food waste?

An average U.S. household loses $3,000 in food waste each year. Jonathan Deutsch, founder of the Drexel University Food Lab, works every day to help cut down on that food waste with more creative recipes, product development for university dining halls and food pantry strategy. Toni talks with him about how we can use his strategies in our own day to day lives. New episodes of Toni Farmer's Garden: The Podcast available every other Wednesday.

What questions you should ask at your local garden center

There's more to your garden center than packets of seeds. Toni gets the inside scoop from Val Nalls – owner of her family's garden center, Nalls Produce & Garden Center, in Alexandria, VA.  From the best days to visit and how not to ask for a discount to saying hi to your garden center cat (or even your garden center pigs!), Val filled us in on everything there is to know about your local garden center.   New episodes of Toni Farmer's Garden: The Podcast are available every other Wednesday!