Free-From Podcast
Know the phrase: You are what you eat? Our bodies need ‘the good stuff,’ but healthy has a different definition for every body. Free-From Podcast explores how Food is Medicine for different bodies and how we can all benefit from knowing more about our food.
Episodes
22 episodes
Sugar, School Lunch, and the Farm Bill
The National School Lunch Program, administered by the USDA, sets nutritional rules and regulations that participating schools across the nation have to follow. You could say the overall goal is to make meals healthier for students, but is this...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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23:27
Fighting Food Apartheid: The Prospect KC
The Prospect KC is a ground-breaking nonprofit founded by Chef Shanita McAfee-Bryant to fight food apartheid - a racist and oppressive system that creates inequitable food systems - by providing nutrition education and culinary job training.
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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30:56
Studies Improving Students' Health
As adults, it can be hard for us to find the time, energy, or motivation to start a new habit, even one that ultimately will make us feel better and perhaps even regain that energy we lack. When starting your own research into healthy eating an...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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30:28
Gardening Tips: Indoor and Out
How about those vertical (plant) children?We know we should eat more veggies, but sometimes it is hard to actually put them on our plates. One approach to making vegetables more accessible is to grow them ourselves, which is easier said...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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29:27
A Healthy Bus System for a Healthy City
Habits that drive us...Americans are addicted to our cars. However, for a variety of reasons, not everyone is able to access this resource, and for a society built by the car for the car, it makes it difficult to access important resour...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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26:09
Probiotics & Prebiotics: Keeping Your Microbiome Happy
We all have little aliens living in our gut...We were all taught to believe that bacteria can only be bad for you - that if you don’t wash it off or disinfect, you’ll get sick. While there is some truth to that, it is not the whole trut...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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29:18
How to Make Healthy Habits Last
What's better than a gym membership?America's most popular New Year's Resolution is "living healthier." Making that decision is only one step - the real battle lies in the actual doing and maintaining. Let’s talk about creating habits. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:20
The Relationship of Rich Soil and Rich Veggies
Getting dirty (for health)!To wrap up season two - Food & the Planet - we are taking it back to the basics: soil. That’s right, Mother Earth herself. We have explored how good health comes from good food, so now let’s talk about how...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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29:54
Is There a Healthy Food Tax?
In the price of an apple...What is healthy? Who gets to decide what is healthy? And, why is there often a "health food tax" on these items? In this episode, we talk about price setting from the manufacturing side and also discuss some c...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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27:19
Composting in the City
Worm tea time!Food waste is one of the biggest, preventable diseases plaguing our planet. We explore some tips for beginners to get started reducing personal food waste and ways to make the most out of food scraps. So grab a cup of worm...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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25:33
Can Having a Tiny Fridge Improve Your Health?
Tiny fridge nation!Studies have shown that creating small, healthy habits can lead to lasting sustainable change. So how can having smaller fridges cause Americans to eat healthier? We will discuss important societal and cultural change...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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26:48
Serving the Food Insecure with Dignity
What a jar of peanut butter won't do...Food security vs nutrition security - is there a difference? The short answer is yes, the long answer is in this podcast. Join us to hear about how adding dignity and choice goes a lot further in f...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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30:46
How to Treat Food as Medicine
Frying chicken in PPE before it was cool...What if you dedicated your life to food by becoming a chef to later find out you cannot eat some of the most common ingredients because they are a hazard to your health? But what if instead of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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31:16
How is food medicine?
Can food really be medicine? Let's learn how paying attention to what you put into your body can have lasting impacts on your overall health and well-being. And we will also find out how Food Equality Initiative is working to make sure ev...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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28:26
A Decade Review of Life with Food Allergies
A work in progress...Over the past couple of decades, we have made significant strides to help improve the quality of life of food allergic individuals in schools, the workplace, and abroad. Let’s hear some personal stories from over th...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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15:14
Back to School: Allergy Edition
Back to school is an exciting time - meeting new people, shopping for new school supplies… But for a child who has dietary restrictions or other disabilities, the excitement can get lost in worry. What can parents, students, and school administ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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17:59
Pros & Cons of Oral Immunotherapy
Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) is a treatment for food allergies and has been around for a while in different forms — but only in January 2020 did the FDA approve the first standardized OIT. So, what is it? How does it work? Who is eligible? We invit...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:18
Meet the Founder of Food Equality Initiative
Emily Brown founded Food Equality Initiative in 2014 after her family enrolled in SNAP and WIC when her children were diagnosed with multiple food allergies. She joins the Free-From Podcast to tell her story and talk about change that still nee...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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13:42
A Children’s Guide to Food Allergies
No, Reneé, You are Allergic! is Dr. Reneé’s newest book for children about growing up with food allergies. We discuss her inspirations, aspirations, and dreams for this book’s impact on the next generation of food-allergic individuals.Gu...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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12:21
Dating & Dining: A Food Allergy Love Story
More often than not, a first date happens at a restaurant. So, how, when, and where should dietary restrictions come up in a new relationship?Guests: John & Lauren
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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18:26
Secret Side Effects of Food Allergies
Food allergies impact more than just your physical body. Let's talk about the underlying pervasiveness of allergies for young adults.Guest: Kortney Kwong Hing, co-founder of Zestfull
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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15:23
Intro to the Free-From Podcast
Welcome to the first episode of Free-From Podcast, a podcast dedicated to helping individuals with restricted diets realize the fullest potential in their food. Join us to learn about Food Equality Initiative’s history and mission, and how we w...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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