Food First

About Food First

“HUNGER IS NOT BETTER THAN WE ARE, IT IS NOT BIGGER THAN WE ARE, AND IT IS NOT BEYOND US TO SOLVE.” Featuring innovative leaders from government, industry and nonprofit organizations, Food First is a platform for sharing ideas and, more importantly, solutions to end food insecurity. Dr. Knight is a tireless advocate, believing that Michigan, the nation’s second most diverse agricultural state, can prove that hunger is not better, not stronger, and not smarter than us.

Publisher

Phil Knight

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jan 2017

Latest episode

30 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 440 episodes have a transcript.

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   30 Nov 2025

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   November 30 2025 by Phil Knight

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   November 16 2025_Crisis Management by Phil Knight

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   November 9 2025_Victor Green

   November 9 2025_Victor Green by Phil Knight

Inside a recent episode

Waste not, want not

Published 7 Jun 2020 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Johnson and then we'll pick it up on the other side of the borick sure the the EPA in 2015 put out a food recovery hierarchy that suggests to businesses what the preferred methods for recovering food should be according to the benefits on the environment so they suggest that the most preferred method to reduce food loss would be reducing it at the source producing less than you produce initially then to feed hungry people through donation then feed animals and among some of the least preferred options would be putting food into the landfill or you know slightly better would be composting or industrial uses so in this paper I took that framework and applied it to growers suggesting what growers feel would be the best and worst uses for their product okay well that I think that's a great segue into the next segment with our guest Dr. […]

Who has been a guest on Food First

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Food First Michigan
• Carrie Calvert
• Patty Graham
• Rodney Cole
• Cortney Boes-Freeland

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

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Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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