One Bite is Everything

Dana DiPrima

One Bite Is Everything explores how the food on your plate connects to the bigger world: health, community, economy, and the planet. Through conversations with thought leaders and food system thinkers, the show looks beyond what we eat to how and why it’s produced. Each episode offers real stories, lived experience, and perspective that will change how you think about food and the impact of every bite.

  1. 11H AGO

    Tough Conversations that Make Local Food Work

    What does it actually take to make local food work — not just in theory, but in real life? In this episode of One Bite is Everything, host Dana DiPrima speaks with Jeanne Blasberg, a former Boston-based author who made a dramatic life pivot: purchasing a 500-acre farm outside Madison, Wisconsin and working to build a regenerative agricultural system connected directly to a fast-casual restaurant chain, Forage Kitchen. What began as a personal search for purpose quickly evolved into a hands-on exploration of one of the most important questions in our food system: If consumers say they want local food, why is it still so hard to deliver? Together, Dana and Jeanne explore the hidden friction between farms and restaurants — from menu consistency and pricing pressures to logistics, seasonality, and infrastructure gaps that make local sourcing more difficult than most people realize. This conversation goes beyond the romantic idea of “farm to table” and into the operational reality of what it takes to produce nutrient-dense food, build viable farm businesses, and create supply chains that work for both farmers and foodservice operators. Along the way, they discuss: • Why local food often struggles to compete with large-scale distributors • What restaurants actually need from farmers in order to source locally • The role of regenerative agriculture in building resilient food systems • How vertically integrated farm–restaurant partnerships can shift power dynamics • Why small farms capture only a fraction of each food dollar • The challenge of balancing environmental values with financial sustainability • How technology may help bridge gaps between farms and buyers • Why rebuilding regional food systems requires collaboration across the entire value chain Jeanne’s story also reflects a broader movement: professionals leaving traditional careers in search of work aligned with their values, and discovering just how complex building a better food system can be. This episode is a window into the future of food — and a reminder that change often happens not through grand gestures, but through relationships, iteration, and persistence. Because food is not just food. It's infrastructure, health, and community. And it is a system we are all part of shaping. About the GuestJeanne Blasberg is a novelist, regenerative farmer, and co-founder of a diversified farm outside Madison, Wisconsin. Her work focuses on soil health, nutrient density, local supply chains, and innovative partnerships between farms and food businesses. She is working to develop replicable models that help small and mid-sized farms remain economically viable while improving environmental outcomes. Find Flynn Creek Farm here. About the HostDana DiPrima is the founder of the For Farmers Movement and host of One Bite is Everything, the podcast that connects the food on our plates to the broader systems that shape health, environment, community, and economy. Your Support for the Show Matters1️⃣ Become an OBIE Insider Stay connected, get behind-the-scenes updates, and explore more ways to eat and drink like it matters. Sign up here. 2️⃣ Leave a 5-star rating and written review Written reviews on Apple Podcasts help more people like you find these conversations. But if that's not your thing, you can leave one here. 3️⃣ Share the episode Screenshot it, share it, and tag @xoxofarmgirl on IG. Use #OneBiteIsEverything

    50 min

  2. MAR 19

    Two Hidden Crises: Overdosed Soil and Overstressed Farmers

    What if the most important laboratory in agriculture isn’t a university… but a farmer’s field? In this episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana DiPrima talks with farmer and writer Adam Kuznia about the experiments happening quietly across American farmland. Adam manages a farm in northern Minnesota and writes the newsletter Farming Full-Time, where he explores the realities of modern agriculture from the inside. His work focuses on soil health, fertilizer economics, farmer mental health, and the identity of farming itself. In this conversation, we explore: • Why many of the most profitable farms actually use less fertilizer • How farmers are rediscovering the biology of soil • Why agriculture is slow to change even when the economics demand it • The powerful role of farmer-led experimentation • The hidden mental health crisis in farming • Why farming is not just a job, but an identity tied to land and family Adam also shares how losing the farm he thought he would inherit forced him to rebuild his relationship with agriculture—and how writing helped him reconnect with farming and the broader community. This episode is a window into the realities farmers face today: economic pressure, technological change, and the search for a more sustainable way forward. Because the future of food may not come from one breakthrough, but from thousands of farmers running experiments in their own fields. Find Adam Kuznia on Substack here. You must. It's so good. Your Support for the Show Matters1️⃣ Become an OBIE Insider Stay connected, get behind-the-scenes updates, and explore more ways to eat and drink like it matters. Sign up here. 2️⃣ Leave a 5-star rating and written review Written reviews on Apple Podcasts help more people find these conversations. But if that's not your thing, you can leave one here. 3️⃣ Share the episode Screenshot it, share it, and tag @xoxofarmgirl on IG. Use #OneBiteIsEverything

    49 min

  3. MAR 12

    What Did the Tastiest Pork Have for Dinner?

    On Martha’s Vineyard, farmer Jo Douglas is quietly building one of the most creative small-scale food systems in the country. Her farm, Fork to Pork, begins with a problem that defines the modern food system: nearly 40 percent of food produced is never eaten. Instead of letting that food become waste (and greenhouse gas emissions), Jo collects hundreds of gallons of surplus ingredients each day from restaurants, bakeries, hospitals, and dining halls across the island. Those scraps become feed for her pigs. The result is a remarkable loop. Restaurants help feed the animals. The animals grow on real food instead of commodity grain. And the pork returns to those same kitchens, where chefs cook it nose-to-tail. But Jo’s work does not stop with pigs. Through a second operation she calls Leaf to Beef, Jo raises cattle across a patchwork of leased pastureland on the island. Using rotational grazing, she moves her herd through multiple properties, turning underused grasslands into productive ecosystems while producing high-quality grass-fed beef for local customers. In a place where farmland is scarce and land prices can reach millions of dollars, Jo has built a working farm by stitching together parcels of land, community relationships, and creative thinking. In this episode, Dana speaks with Jo about: Why pigs may be one of the most effective recyclers in the food systemHow restaurants became daily partners in feeding her animalsWhat makes scrap-fed pork taste differentThe logistics of farming on an island without a slaughterhouseHow rotational grazing supports both cattle health and pasture recoveryAnd what it takes to build a viable farm when you don’t own the land you farm The conversation reveals something powerful about agriculture today: some of the most innovative models are not coming from large institutions, but from farmers willing to connect pieces of the system that can work well together. In Jo’s case, that means turning leftovers into pork, a patchwork quilt of pasture into beef, and a small island into a living example of circular agriculture. Find Jo and her pigs and cows here: https://www.forktopork.com Your Support for the Show Matters1️⃣ Become an OBIE Insider Stay connected, get behind-the-scenes updates, and explore more ways to eat and drink like it matters. Sign up here. 2️⃣ Leave a 5-star rating and written review Written reviews on Apple Podcasts help more people find these conversations. But if that's not your thing, you can leave one here. 3️⃣ Share the episode Screenshot it, share it, and tag @xoxofarmgirl on IG. Use #OneBiteIsEverything

    44 min

  4. MAR 5

    Preserving Care at Scale: Manchester Farms

    What happens when a family farm grows far beyond its backyard beginnings? In this episode of One Bite is Everything, host Dana DiPrima speaks with Brittney Miller, second-generation owner of Manchester Farms in South Carolina, a farm that began more than 55 years ago on a picnic table and now raises millions of quail each year. Scaling agriculture often means losing the intimacy that once defined it. Systems replace instincts, automation replaces people, and efficiency overtakes care. Manchester Farms has taken a different path. Brittney describes a business that produces millions of birds while still operating with the culture of a family farm. Employees are known as “flock members,” hatch day still feels personal, and decisions are made with a constant awareness that the farm supports more than a hundred families. Dana and Brittney discuss the realities of running a vertically integrated poultry operation, how chefs helped shape the modern market for quail, the regulatory quirks of an industry that sits between FDA and USDA oversight, and the challenge of building a business in a sector that receives no government subsidies. But underneath it all is a deeper question: What does it take to grow a farm without losing the care that made it successful in the first place? This episode explores an important question in our food system from inside a farm of tiny birds. Find Manchester Farms here: https://manchesterfarms.com Your Support for the Show Matters1️⃣ Become an OBIE Insider Stay connected, get behind-the-scenes updates, and explore more ways to eat and drink like it matters. Sign up here. 2️⃣ Leave a 5-star rating and written review Written reviews on Apple Podcasts help more people find these conversations. But if that's not your thing, you can leave one here. 3️⃣ Share the episode Screenshot it, share it, and tag @xoxofarmgirl on IG. Use #OneBiteIsEverything

    49 min

  5. FEB 26

    System C: If Food Is Health, What Comes Next?

    Let’s start with what’s simple: food is health. In this episode of One Bite is Everything, Dana DiPrima speaks with Carter Williams, systems engineer turned agricultural investor and contributor to the Food Is Health Substack. Carter introduces a framework that reframes the conversation: System A — biologically aligned, nutrient-dense food rooted in nature. System B — industrial agriculture built for scale and yield, but not for healthy outcomes. System C — a possible next chapter that keeps scale while restoring biological integrity. This conversation is about systems architecture — and what’s at stake when a system designed to solve one problem quietly creates another. Together, Dana and Carter explore: • Why scale changes incentives • How vertical integration can influence outcomes for health and farmers • What happens when supply and demand signals fall out of sync • The friction inside grocery, pharmacy, and healthcare • How measurement tools and data transparency could shift power • And who actually has leverage to design something better This is a complex systems conversation. And it’s one worth having — again and again. From many angles. If food truly is health, then the way our food system is designed matters. And if we engineered the current system, we can engineer what comes next. For another relevant conversation around this issue, particularly on the data side, check out this episode with Sam Alexander of Food Health Co. who's already making important strides. Your Support for the Show Matters1️⃣ Become an OBIE Insider Stay connected, get behind-the-scenes updates, and explore more ways to eat and drink like it matters. Sign up here. 2️⃣ Leave a 5-star rating and written review Written reviews on Apple Podcasts help more people find these conversations. But if that's not your thing, you can leave one here. 3️⃣ Share the episode Screenshot it, share it, and tag @xoxofarmgirl. Use #OneBiteIsEverything

    54 min

  6. FEB 19

    The Emotional Temperature of American Farming

    What does American farming feel like right now? Not from a policy brief or an out of touch news headline. But from inside the daily lives of small farmers. After reviewing nearly 400 grant applications and more than one hundred farmer wish lists, a clear pattern emerges: the strain on small farms is rarely dramatic. It is steady. And personal. And it is often invisible until it’s too late. In this episode of One Bite is Everything, host Dana DiPrima explores the emotional temperature of American farming, the fatigue of constant explanation, the frustration of being conflated with industrial agriculture, the isolation that can push farmers to the brink, and the surprising stabilizing power of something as simple as a postcard that says “keep going.” This conversation also points toward solutions: targeted wish lists, timely grants, and the growing need for more “friends of farmers,” people who choose connection over indifference. Because the question may not be whether small farms can survive. It may be whether more of us decide to stand close enough to notice. Your Support for the Show Matters 1️⃣ Become an OBIE Insider: Stay connected, get behind-the-scenes updates, and explore more ways to eat and drink like it matters. Here's the link to sign up. 2️⃣ Liked the show? Leave a 5-star rating and review to help us bring you more incredible guests, conversations and listeners like you. Top reviews on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or you can leave your review here. 3️⃣ Share it with others! Did you know that OBIE is shared more than 88% of all shows?! (Spotify wrapped 2025) You can share it from your listening app, or screenshot it and share it on your socials! Tag @xoxofarmgirl & use hashtag #OneBiteIsEverything 4️⃣ Connect on Socials IG @xoxofarmgirl & Facebook 👏 The OBIE Team Dana DiPrima, host & producer Sonia Dhillon, co-producer & editor Russell Chapa, sound engineer & original music One Bite is Everything was selected to join Heritage Radio Network, home to the most influential voices in food.

    11 min

  7. FEB 12

    Is A Parallel Food System Possible?

    What if the future of food isn’t about fixing the industrial system—but building a parallel one? In this episode of One Bite is Everything, host Dana DiPrima is joined by David Fisher, a botanist, former USDA-funded potato breeder, and environmental scientist who has spent decades studying plants, sustainability, and food systems. David challenges some of the most common assumptions about agriculture, climate change, and food security. Rather than focusing on reforming industrial agriculture, he argues that resilience may come from something far more personal—and far more scalable: growing food closer to home. In this conversation, we explore: Why the industrial food system may be fundamentally fragile and difficult to repairHow household and home food gardens could function as a national backup systemWhat history teaches us—from World War II Victory Gardens to large-scale household gardening in RussiaDavid’s own experiment living exclusively on food grown in his garden, and what it revealed about scale, nutrition, and possibilityHow climate change, supply chain disruptions, and resource constraints could shift food growing from a lifestyle choice to a necessity This episode isn’t just about gardens. It’s about resilience, agency, climate reality, and what it means to participate in the food system rather than simply consume from it. One Bite is Everything connects the food on your plate to the bigger world—health, community, the environment, and the economy—one conversation at a time. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a five-star rating and a written review on Apple Podcasts or via the link in the show notes. It helps more listeners find the show and join the conversation. Your Support for the Show Matters 1️⃣ Become an OBIE Insider: Stay connected, get behind-the-scenes updates, and explore more ways to eat and drink like it matters. Here's the link to sign up. 2️⃣ Liked the show? Leave a 5-star rating and review to help us bring you more incredible guests, conversations and listeners like you. Top reviews on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or you can leave your review here. 3️⃣ Share it with others! Did you know that OBIE is shared more than 88% of all shows?! (Spotify wrapped 2025) You can share it from your listening app, or screenshot it and share it on your socials! Tag @xoxofarmgirl & use hashtag #OneBiteIsEverything 4️⃣ Connect on Socials IG @xoxofarmgirl & Facebook 👏 The OBIE Team Dana DiPrima, host & producer Sonia Dhillon, co-producer & editor Russell Chapa, sound engineer & original music One Bite is Everything was selected to join Heritage Radio Network, home to the most influential voices in food.

    39 min

  8. FEB 5

    Food is Not JUST Food

    This week, let’s back it up for a minute. It’s easy to get left behind in conversations about food and farming. Easy to feel like you don’t belong. But food is yours. It’s essential. And you should have more power, more knowledge, and more levers to pull to make sure your food is good. At the center of this podcast is a simple truth: Food is not JUST food. If you care about health, community, the environment, or the economy, this episode is for you. This episode breaks down how food functions as one of the most powerful systems in our daily lives and why so many people arrive here from different directions. It also offers answers to some of the biggest questions we’re facing right now: our health, our climate, whether local economies are working, whether communities are thriving, and yes, where farmers fit into all of it. (They drive every one of these outcomes.) Each of these is a valid entry point. And they all lead to the same place: Food is one of the most immediate, practical ways regular people like you and me can influence bigger outcomes. Topics covered: How ultra-processed foods became dominant and how the food system now drives chronic diseaseWhy farmers anchor rural communities far beyond producing foodHow agriculture can either degrade land or rebuild it depending on practicesWhy “cheap food” is a myth and where the real costs actually landHow relationships and consistency matter more than convenience in building resilient food systems You’ll also hear a moment from early in the podcast, six years ago, that reframed farming entirely: “We are not in the farming business. We are in the healthcare business.” This is a systems episode. Food can be the problem or the answer. And however you arrive here, it’s a place to start. Your Support for the Show Matters 1️⃣ Become an OBIE Insider: Stay connected, get behind-the-scenes updates, and explore more ways to eat and drink like it matters. Here's the link to sign up. 2️⃣ Liked the show? Leave a 5-star rating and review to help us bring you more incredible guests, conversations and listeners like you. Top reviews on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or you can leave your review here. 3️⃣ Share it with others! Did you know that OBIE is shared more than 88% of all shows?! (Spotify wrapped 2025) You can share it from your listening app, or screenshot it and share it on your socials! Tag @xoxofarmgirl & use hashtag #OneBiteIsEverything 4️⃣ Connect on Socials IG @xoxofarmgirl & Facebook 👏 The OBIE Team Dana DiPrima, host & producer Sonia Dhillon, co-producer & editor Russell Chapa, sound engineer & original music One Bite is Everything was selected to join Heritage Radio Network, home to the most influential voices in food.

    14 min
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One Bite Is Everything explores how the food on your plate connects to the bigger world: health, community, economy, and the planet. Through conversations with thought leaders and food system thinkers, the show looks beyond what we eat to how and why it’s produced. Each episode offers real stories, lived experience, and perspective that will change how you think about food and the impact of every bite.

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  • Creator
    Dana DiPrima
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    158
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2026 One Bite is Everything
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