One Bite is Everything

We're told the food supply is safe. And often, it is. But safe is a bigger word than it sounds, and it rests on things most of us never see.

This episode looks at three outbreaks unfolding right now:

• Cyclospora in the lettuce, a parasite so hard to detect that the case was built on interviews, not lab tests
• New World screwworm, a flesh-eating pest eradicated 60 years ago, now back in Texas
• H5N1 bird flu, which leapt from poultry in...

What if the future of food depends less on winning arguments and more on rebuilding trust?

Maria Rodale has spent a lifetime at the heart of the organic movement, carrying forward the work of one of agriculture's most influential families. But in this conversation, she looks beyond labels and certifications to something deeper: the relationships, compassion, and storytelling that create lasting change.

Together we explore why facts a...

What do elite athletes, gardeners, and small farmers have in common?

According to UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich, more than you might think.

Known to many as the first-ever UFC Welterweight Champion and the coach behind 12 MMA world champions, Pat has spent the last four decades researching a different kind of performance: the connection between soil health, nutrient density, and human health.

In this conversation, we explore why heal...

On June 25th, President Trump signed an executive order advancing regenerative agriculture. The same afternoon, the USDA quietly finalized a Regenerative Feedstock Rule that lets industrial corn claim the regenerative label to sell more ethanol. Sixty-eight percent of corn farmers already qualify, which means almost nothing has to change in the field. The word is doing the work.

In this solo episode, Dana traces how a term that smal...

David Wise grew up on the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota, where food followed the seasons and knowledge of the land was woven into daily life. Today, as the founder of Native Wise, he raises bison, harvests manoomin, or wild rice, and produces maple sugar, maple syrup, and honey.

But his path to this work was anything but straightforward.

In this episode, David joins host Dana DiPrima to talk about growing up Ojibwe, the knowle...

What if the best bakery in town isn’t really in the bread business?

Jonathan Bethony, founder of Seylou Bakery in Washington, D.C., has built one of the country’s most respected bakeries around a simple but profound idea: every loaf begins long before flour reaches the mixing bowl. It begins with healthy soil, thoughtful farmers, heritage grains, and relationships built on trust.

In this episode, Jonathan shares an extrao...

We often think of a farm as a place that grows food. But a small farm does so much more than that.

It holds up a local economy, circulating dollars in a way no chain store can. It creates belonging, the feeling of being known by the person who grows your food.

It carries the identity of a family and a town.

And it quietly supports the mental health and the very future of the place it calls home.

In this quick episode, we explore how sm...

What does the USDA actually do? Who does it serve? And why does it seem like some farmers receive support automatically while others struggle to access even basic resources?

In this episode of One Bite Is Everything, Dana DiPrima takes listeners through a practical USDA 101. From its origins as Abraham Lincoln's "people's department" to its modern role overseeing everything from SNAP and school lunches to crop insurance, conservatio...

What happens when people step out of the grocery store and onto a working farm?

In this episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana sits down with chef and educator Gary Podesto of Climate Farm School, an organization that brings people directly to farms to learn about food systems, soil health, climate resilience, and regenerative agriculture. Through immersive, week-long experiences on farms around the world, participants gain a deepe...

What happens when food assistance programs lose funding?

For millions of children and families, the effects can be immediate. Fewer meals. More strain on household budgets. More difficult choices between food, housing, healthcare, and transportation.

In this episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana welcomes back Rachel Sabella, Director of No Kid Hungry New York, to discuss how recent and proposed funding cuts could impact children, f...

What does it actually take to create a truly great restaurant experience — not just once, but every single night?

In this episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana sits down with Chef Chris Stam of Alchemy on Martha's Vineyard to talk about the invisible systems, relationships, and standards behind great food.

Chris’s path took him from culinary school outside Boston to some of the most intense kitchens in the country, incl...

What do small farmers actually need?

After reviewing nearly 900 farmer grant applications through the For Farmers Movement — along with 45 new project submissions from the Friend of a Farmer Choice Awards — a very different picture of American farming begins to emerge. One you might not expect.

In this solo episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana pulls back the curtain on the hidden infrastructure quietly holding small fa...

Show Notes

What does it actually take to become a farmer today if you didn’t grow up on a farm, inherit land, or have a roadmap?

In this episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana sits down with first-generation goat farmer Emma Smalley to talk about the reality of building a farm from scratch in modern America.

Emma’s path into farming started with a Craigslist ad and an aging goat farmer named Roger who needed help caring f...

Inside the hidden systems, rules, economics, and realities shaping America’s farmers markets.

Most people think they understand farmers markets.

You show up. You buy produce, eggs, cheese, meat, flowers, or honey from a farmer. You support local food. Done.

But behind every stand is an entire system most consumers never see.

In this episode, Dana sits down with Catt Fields White for a fascinating conversation about what’s r...

What does “best available” actually mean when it comes to food?

In this conversation, Dana sits down with Sam Sifton of The New York Times to unpack how we got here. Not just what we eat, but why we eat the way we do, and how much of that is shaped by systems most of us never see.

Sam has spent more than two decades helping shape how Americans cook, think about ingredients, and make decisions in their kitchens. Through hi...

In honor of Earth Day, this episode takes a closer look at something often missing from the environmental conversation: the role farmers actually play.

We tend to hear about agriculture in broad strokes—greenhouse gas emissions, water use, soil erosion. And those concerns are real. But agriculture is not one thing. It varies widely depending on how it’s done, and that difference matters more than most people realize.

Draw...

There are about 2 million farms in the United States. Every year, a significant number of the farmers running them are approaching retirement age with no clear plan for what happens to their land when they're done. Farmland doesn't just disappear when a farmer retires. It gets sold, subdivided, converted, or absorbed into larger operations. And in a lot of cases, that means the end of a working farm, a community food source, and so...

What would American food look like if the story had not been interrupted?

That's the question at the center of this conversation with Chef Sean Sherman — an Ogala Lakota chef who grew up on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and has spent his career restoring the indigenous food knowledge that colonization, displacement, and forced assimilation nearly erased.

Sean is the founder of the Indigenous Food Lab and the award-winn...

How do we produce meat in a way that works for farmers, animals, the land, and the people who eat it? Right now, that conversation happens in extremes. On one side: a highly industrialized system designed for efficiency and low prices. On the other: a growing movement toward regenerative agriculture and animal welfare. Somewhere in the middle is a complicated reality that rarely makes it into the headlines.

Robby Sansom lives in tha...