Ontario Agricultural College Podcasts

About Ontario Agricultural College Podcasts

Brady Deaton, Jr., the McCain Family Chair in Food Security in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph, hosts the FARETalk podcast. The podcast provides engaging and enduring conversations about contemporary topics relevant to food, agricultural, and resource economics. The podcast has been running since 2011. OAC's The Why and How Podcast looks to answer big questions in agriculture, food, and the environment through casual conversations that are rooted in research. Host Josh Moran chats with graduate students, researchers and professors to learn more about the science behind today's hot topics and trends.

Publisher

Dr. Brady Deaton

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Aug 2019

Latest episode

14 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Mar 2025

   Food Prices - July 4th, 2011

   Economist Patrick Westhoff discusses with Brady Deaton his book, *The Economics of Food*, exploring the factors influencing food prices between 2005 and 2009, including weather, biofuels, and economic growth in this interview.

2. 

   14 Mar 2025

   Standards: Recipes for Reality - July 15th, 2011

   Sociologist Laurence Bush discusses with Brady Deaton how standards shape our understanding of reality, using examples like railroads and lab rats, in this interview.

3. 

   14 Mar 2025

   Understanding Rural Canada - Octoboer 19th, 2011

   Economist Ray Bollman and Brady Deaton discuss the definition of rural Canada, touching on density, distance, and economic factors, in this interview about understanding rural dynamics.

Who has been a guest on Ontario Agricultural College Podcasts

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

• Patrick Westhoff
• Laurence Bush
• Ray Bollman
• Dr MURRAY FULTON
• Jennifer Stevenson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.