What You're Eating

About What You're Eating

Whether it’s a salad, a hamburger or your morning egg sandwich, the way your meal gets made has an impact. What You’re Eating is here to help you understand how your food gets to your plate, and see the full impact of the food we eat on animals, planet and people. Host Jerusha Klemperer is the Director of FoodPrint.org, a website that uncovers the problems with the industrial food system, and offers examples of more sustainable practices, as well as practical advice for how you can help support a better system, through the food that you buy and the system changes you push for. From practical conversations with farmers about the true cost of raising chickens to tips from chefs about how to reduce kitchen waste to discussions with policy experts on the barriers to sustainability, FoodPrint’s new podcast covers everything from the why to the how.

Publisher

FoodPrint.org

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Feb 2022

Latest episode

16 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 37 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   16 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Pesticides: Profits vs. People

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about the far-reaching human and environmental costs of pesticide use in food production.

2. 

   4 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Our Love of Sugary Drinks

   Host [Host Name] explores how sugary drinks became ubiquitous, revealing how companies exploit our cravings and influence modern consumption habits.

3. 

   2 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   The Lie of the Little Red Barn

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about the hidden realities of animal agriculture and the laws obscuring them, revealing who profits from consumer ignorance.

Inside a recent episode

Pesticides: Profits vs. People

Published 16 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And then that product can carry that label. There's three different labels, but in general, it means it's 95% organic. That's what the USDA seal means at a minimum, can go up to 100%. There's also a made with organic category. So especially on processed foods or cereals, you might want to look at that. That means that the content is at least 70% organic in the final product. There are some restricted materials in there, but that's essentially what those three categories denote. There are also some prohibited practices in organic. You may not use genetically modified organisms. You may not use sewage sludge as fertilizer. […]

Who has been a guest on What You're Eating

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

• Helena Bottemiller Evich
• Theodore Ross
• Alice Driver
• Matthew Halteman
• Brea Baker

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

65 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

32 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

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

Quality

31

Social presence

97

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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