Join host, Bonnie Witt, as she uncovers the truth behind where our food comes from. Unearthing Agriculture is a discussion-based podcast featuring food industry experts. Episodes will cover all components of the food system. Every Tuesday we will cover a wide range of topics from how our meat is raised, to pesticides, and to labels that we see in the store. Each episode will also include answers from the food industry expert to your questions that you submitted about the farm-to-table processes at the end of the episode.
Unearthing Agriculture is a discussion-based podcast with experts covering all components of the farm-to-table process. Episodes will cover a wide range of topics from how our meat is raised to pesticides to labels that we see in the store. Each episode will also include answers to your questions about the farm-to-table processes at the end of the episode.
In this week's episode we unearth the truth about how our dairy industry with guest Dr. Jackie Boerman. Dr. Boerman is a professor at Purdue University focusing on nutrition management and dairy management.
In episode 6, we learn about the structure of the dairy industry, the day-to-day life on a dairy farm, and dairy in the grocery stores. We also dived into a few common misconceptions that we make as consumers.
Follow Unearthing Agriculture on Instagram to stay up to date with the latest episodes and news. Also, submit your questions on Instagram to be featured during episodes. https://www.instagram.com/unearthing_agriculture?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
27 Mar 2024
Ep. 5- The Egg Layer Industry with Dr. Darrin Karcher
Unearthing Agriculture is a discussion-based podcast with experts covering all components of the farm-to-table process. Episodes will cover a wide range of topics from how our meat is raised, to pesticides, to labels that we see in the store. Each episode will also include answers to your questions about the farm-to-table processes at the end of the episode.
In this week's episode we unearth the truth about our egg industry, different housing systems, and how fresh our eggs are in the grocery store. We also dived into common misconceptions such as the quality of our eggs. Finally, Dr. Karcher answers your questions about raising layer hens.
Follow Unearthing Agriculture on Instagram and Spotify to stay up to date with the latest episodes and to submit your questions for each week's episodes. https://www.instagram.com/unearthing_agriculture?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
29 Feb 2024
Ep. 4- The Broiler Industry with Andy Flickinger
Unearthing agriculture is a discussion-based podcast with experts covering all components of the farm-to-table process. Episodes will cover a wide range of topics from how our meat is raised to pesticides to labels that we see in the store. Each episode will also include answers to your questions about the farm-to-table processes at the end of the episode.
In this week's episode we unearth the truth about how our chicken is raised with guest Andy Flickinger. Andy currently works for Miller Poultry as a Broiler Manager.
In episode 4, we learn about how our grocery-store chicken is raised, the lifecycle of a broiler (meat chicken), and biosecurity in the poultry industry. We also dived into common misconceptions that we often make as consumers such as housing systems. Finally, Andy answers your questions about chicken products.
Follow Unearthing Agriculture on Instagram and Spotify to stay up to date with the latest episodes and to submit your questions for each week's episodes. https://www.instagram.com/unearthing_agriculture?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
21 Feb 2024
Ep. 3- The Beef Industry (Pt 2) with Dr. Stacy Zuelly
Unearthing agriculture is a discussion-based podcast with experts covering all components of the farm-to-table process. Episodes will cover a wide range of topics from how our meat is raised to pesticides to labels that we see in the store. Each episode will also include answers to your questions about the farm-to-table processes at the end of the episode.
In this week's episode we unearth the truth about how our beef is finished with guest Dr. Stacy Zuelly. Dr. Zuelly currently works at Purdue University as a clinical assistant professor and extension expert in meat science. She also teaches several classes at Purdue ranging from Animal Products to Meat Products.
In episode 3, we learn about finishing beef cattle, grass-fed versus grain-fed beef, and beef products. We also dived into misconceptions that we often make as consumers like how eating beef affects our health. Finally, Dr. Zuelly answers your questions about beef products.
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14 Feb 2024
Ep. 2- The Beef Industry (Pt 1) with Dr. Ron Lemenager
Unearthing agriculture is a discussion-based podcast with experts covering all components of the farm-to-table process. Episodes will cover a wide range of topics from how our meat is raised to pesticides to labels that we see in the store. Each episode will also include answers to your questions about the farm-to-table processes at the end of the episode.
In this week's episode we unearth the truth about how our beef is raised with guest Dr. Ron Lemenager. Dr. Lemenager currently works in the beef industry as a professor at Purdue University where he teaches Beef management. He also works in extension and research for ruminant nutrition for Beef.
In episode 2, we learn about the different types of beef cattle, what their diets are composed of, vaccinations, and animal handling. We also dive into misconceptions that we often make as consumers such as beef affecting climate change and antibiotics and hormones in beef. Finally, Dr. Lemenager answers your burning questions about the beef industry.
Follow Unearthing Agriculture on Instagram to submit your questions for each week's episodes.
6 Feb 2024
Ep. 1- The Pork Industry with Kara Hankins
In this week's episode we unearth the truth behind how our pork is raised with guest Kara Hankins. Kara currently works in the pork industry and has raised pork for the majority for her life. We discuss all aspects of the pork industry from the moment that a piglet is born to when it gets sent off to processing. Join in as we discuss the pork industry- along with misconceptions and answers to your questions.
1 Feb 2024
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On Unearthing Agriculture, host Bonnie Witt uncovers the truth behind where our food comes from.
Because, think about it, do we really know where our food comes from besides the grocery store?
Every Tuesday Unearthing Agriculture will host a discussion with food industry experts to dive into how our food is raised and grown. Each week episodes will cover a different component of the food system to help us learn how to make educated decisions in the grocery store. You can even join in on the discussion by submitting your questions about the food system to be answered by our weekly food industry expert.
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