BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW

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BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW

Dispatches from the frontlines of food, farming, and the environment. From the Food & Environment Reporting Network, the producers of Hot Farm, REAP/SOW brings you narrative and investigative reporting that examines the consequences of what we choose to eat and why. Currently featuring BUZZKILL, a six-part series on the pollinator crisis

  1. Forked: Among the MAHA Moms

    3D AGO

    Forked: Among the MAHA Moms

    The premiere of FERN’s newest podcast looks at how RKF Jr. is making waves on food policy.

    46 min
  2. Trouble on the Line

    MAR 20

    Trouble on the Line

    This is a story about how a single TikTok video, taped in 2023 outside a meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado would change the lives of hundreds of Haitian immigrants, and embroil JBS – the world’s largest meatpacking company – in a controversy over mistreating workers. Reported by FERN senior producer Ted Genoways and produced in partnership with Reveal, this episode dives deep into a poorly understood part of the food system, which is depended on foreign-born workers the government now seems intent on deporting.

    44 min
  3. Buzzkill Bonus Episode: “Is urban beekeeping bad for bees?”

    MAR 11

    Buzzkill Bonus Episode: “Is urban beekeeping bad for bees?”

    This is an engaging conversation on urban pollinators taped live during the Buzzkill celebration in New York City on March 3, 2025, moderated by Sewell Chan, executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, with Buzzkill host Teresa Cotsirilos, Sara Hobel, executive director of the Horticultural Society of New York, and Rebecca Louie, executive director of the Bee Conservancy.

    31 min

  4. MAR 4

    Buzzkill: A post-pollinator world

    The Golden State’s annual almond harvest shows what happens when biodiversity collapses and bees become a commodity valuable enough to steal.

    29 min
  5. Buzzkill: Bats and the blue agave

    FEB 25

    Buzzkill: Bats and the blue agave

    Nearly all tequila is made from cloned plants that are vulnerable to species collapse. In Mexico, a small group of people is trying to change that – and protect an endangered, nectar-slurping, agave-pollinating bat that’s only three inches long.

    31 min
  6. Buzzkill: The lawn war

    FEB 18

    Buzzkill: The lawn war

    A suburban couple was passionate about pollinators, native plants, and living in harmony with nature. Their neighbors were not impressed. This “battle of the backyard” turned out to have national implications.

    39 min
  7. Buzzkill: Colonialism and the land

    FEB 11

    Buzzkill: Colonialism and the land

    White settlers viewed farmland as a resource to be exploited, while Indigenous people saw it as a partnership for mutual benefit. Now, a Native American tribe is solving today’s environmental problems and helping pollinators with ancient techniques.

    36 min
  8. Buzzkill: The mystery of the dead bees

    FEB 4

    Buzzkill: The mystery of the dead bees

    In Nebraska, a researcher’s bee colonies kept dying, and the evidence pointed to the ethanol plant next door – and a food system built on pesticides.

    41 min
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Dispatches from the frontlines of food, farming, and the environment. From the Food & Environment Reporting Network, the producers of Hot Farm, REAP/SOW brings you narrative and investigative reporting that examines the consequences of what we choose to eat and why. Currently featuring BUZZKILL, a six-part series on the pollinator crisis

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