The Food Chain Podcast
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
Episodes to download
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One small change
Thu 4 Nov 2021
Your stories of small, achievable changes around food to help the environment
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A farmer's nightmare
Thu 21 Oct 2021
A major worker shortage leaving UK farmers with heartbreaking choices
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Last orders: Why I quit hospitality
Thu 14 Oct 2021
Three former restaurant staff on why the pandemic prompted them to leave
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OCD, the kitchen, and me
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Cooking, eating and living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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The unstoppable rise of starch
Thu 26 Aug 2021
The most important processed food ingredient you鈥檝e probably never thought about
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Is there a 鈥榗hefsplainer鈥� in your kitchen?
Thu 5 Aug 2021
Why some people can鈥檛 resist telling others exactly how to cook
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Is it time to kill the calorie?
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Why many of us misunderstand calories, and why it matters.
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Should 'junk food' sponsor sport?
Thu 22 Jul 2021
The fizzy drink and burger brands backing everything from the Olympics to junior football
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Life lessons from the honey bee
Thu 8 Jul 2021
What can these tiny pollinators can teach us about our world and ourselves?
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The lure of on-demand groceries
Thu 24 Jun 2021
The obvious next step in our busy lives, or a cause for concern?
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The school that food built
Thu 17 Jun 2021
One headteacher's mission to put food at the heart of all learning
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Raymond Blanc: My life in five dishes
Thu 10 Jun 2021
The renowned French chef tells his life story through five dishes.
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Inside the mind of a kitchen gadget
Thu 3 Jun 2021
The philosophy and passion behind your kitchen tools.
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Do we need to talk about 鈥榰ltra-processed food鈥�?
Thu 27 May 2021
The debate over ultra-processed foods and whether we should avoid them
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What's the appetite for gene edited food?
Thu 20 May 2021
Scientists claim it鈥檚 the future, but can they convince us to eat it?
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The blind cooks
Thu 6 May 2021
Learning to cook after sight-loss and empowering others to do the same
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America's 'food apartheid'
Thu 29 Apr 2021
Life without easy access to affordable, fresh food in Albany and St. Louis
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The man taking on fast food
Thu 22 Apr 2021
Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, on the movement's relevance in a post-pandemic world
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How to love chillies
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Three cooks explain how you can teach a child to embrace hot food.
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Portion distortion
Thu 8 Apr 2021
How the food industry convinced us to upsize, and why shrinking portions is so hard
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A year in the life of a Chinese restaurant
Thu 1 Apr 2021
The food businesses trying to stay afloat through coronavirus and a storm of racist abuse
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Should the US abandon tipping?
Thu 25 Mar 2021
As coronavirus batters restaurants, is now the time to shake up their unique wage system?
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The food that broke through lockdown
Thu 18 Mar 2021
Four stories of love, friendship and food during lockdown
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Is it time to add vitamin D to food?
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Coronavirus has strengthened calls for action on the 'sunshine vitamin' problem
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How to feed a footballer
Thu 4 Mar 2021
How football affects food for players and the people around them
Food Chain highlights
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