The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly

Who is Bill Gates, the college dropout from Seattle who built the operating system of global capitalism - and then turned his restless, problem-solving mind to the oldest human activity of all: growing food? Why did his six-billion-dollar mission to end hunger in Africa leave more people hungry than before? And how does the story of one man's extraordinary ambition over the world's food supply echo the great estates of Imperial Rome, the English enclosures, and the ruthless monopolies of the Gilded Age?
Join John and Patrick as they tell the unsettling story of the world's most powerful philanthropist and his campaign to rewrite the operating system of African agriculture — in an age when the line between benevolence and control has never been harder to draw...
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Over the last few years Patrick has been educated on plastics, compostable packaging and innovations in the supply chain. Join host Patrick Kelly as he explores the growing movement of sustainability in the produce industry, focusing on breakthrough compostable packaging innovations from leaders like Sunrays and Jac. Vandenberg.
Discover how industry pioneers are transforming packaging to reduce plastic waste, support global causes, and meet consumer demand for eco-friendly options. Tune in to learn how the future of produce packaging is becoming both sustainable and scalable.
This segment is POWERED by JAC VANDENBERG, INC. to educate and strive to a more sustainable future in our industry.
https://sunraysfruits.com and https://jacvandenberg.com

This week on Fresh from the Field Fridays, Dan the Produce Man brings you four outstanding spring items that are sure to get your attention.
First, we head into the tropical fruit world with the exotic and delicious longan.
Then it’s off to Watsonville, California for beautiful red Little Gem lettuce and fresh new crop sugar snap peas.
We also explain the difference between stringless and traditional sugar snap peas.
And while we’re talking peas, we dive into pea greens, tendrils, and shoots, and how to use those tender greens in the kitchen.
Finally, we wrap it up with the granddaddy of them all, Haden mangoes.
It’s all right here on Fresh from the Field Fridays, from the Produce Industry Network, powered by AgLife Media.
Check out aglifemedia.com today.

Long before podcasts and digital media, Orion Samuelson mastered the art of connecting farm and consumer through the airwaves. As the iconic voice of WGN Radio, he translated complex agricultural issues into stories people could understand—and trust.
This week on the Global Fresh Series, we examine how his approach to communication holds powerful lessons for today’s content creators, brands, and fresh produce leaders.
As the gap between growers and consumers continues to widen, is podcasting today’s version of what Orion built decades ago?

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What is huitlacoche, the fungus that Indigenous farmers in Mexico gave thanks for at harvest - and that American agronomists spent a century trying to burn, quarantine, and breed out of existence? Why did two civilizations look at the same diseased corn cob and see, one, a seasonal gift, and the other, an agricultural catastrophe? And how does this strange, blackened organism open a window onto the great collision between Indigenous knowledge and colonial science; from the burning of Aztec codices to the tasting menus of New York?
Join John and Patrick as they tell the extraordinary story of corn smut - the Mexican truffle, the genetics laboratory darling, the fungus that fed empires and terrified farmers - in an age when the line between disease and delicacy has never been more hotly contested...
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