Our favorite resident gardener is back with a new project! But instead of getting into the dirt with Marianne Aleardi, Toni Farmer is digging through the secrets of our food system with experts on her podcast Toni Farmer’s Garden: The Podcast. Each week, she’s talking with an expert to help you understand what you’re eating, how your food gets to the store and so much more about what we use to fuel ourselves.
It’s a must-listen. But don’t take our word for it – here are four reasons you’ve got to tune in.
More Toni!
Seeing more Toni Farmer should be reason enough on its own to check out any new podcast, right?! Whether you’re following along for Toni’s gardening knowledge, her calming voice or her skillful way of making the most complicated concepts super easy to digest, you’ll end up staying for her fun personality, genius questions and maybe a guest appearance by the sweetest four-legged friends.
Deep dives
We’ve always said we could talk to Toni about gardening and food for hours – so this is your chance! Each episode of Toni Farmer’s Garden: The Podcast is at least 30 minutes long, giving Toni and her guests – who range from food scientists and policy professors to organic farming experts – to dive into the intricacies of different aspects of our food.
That could mean talking about what is required to earn a USDA Organic label in the grocery store, or how Campbell’s Soup made their chicken noodle soup taste more like chicken. But regardless of the topic, you’ll get answers to questions you didn’t even know you had.
What’s in your food?
Speaking on questions you didn’t know you had – let’s talk about the questions you do have. Like, where does my food come from? And how does it get to my grocery store? Well, it turns out there’s a lot going on behind the scenes that we were very unaware of. Like apples that are kept for a year before hitting shelves thanks to a waxy coating. And wheat that gets sprayed directly with pesticides before hitting the road to the store.
If you care at all about what you’re putting in your body (and you probably should), it can be hard to decipher what’s safe and what’s hurting. Luckily, Toni’s offering some help.
Klein’s there too!
You may have caught a glimpse of Klein Aleardi behind the cameras for The Goal is To Become A Gardener, or in front of the cameras for It’s a South Jersey Summer. Now’s your chance to catch up with her as Toni’s podcast producer. Keep an eye out for her guest question at the end of each episode.
