Ranked #1
#02 Oliver Evans: Don’t Get No Respect
#02 Oliver Evans: Don’t Get No Respect
The Food Disruptors, Episode 2 finds Ruddick and Theresa hovering in their virtual TARDIS over the Delaware Valley, circ... Read more
19 Jul 2018
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Ranked #2
#40 Ellen Richards: Scientist and First Home Economist
#40 Ellen Richards: Scientist and First Home Economist
Ellen Swallow Richards, 1842-1911, a brilliant chemist and progressive leader, founded the home economics movement. Hom... Read more
16 May 2019
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#16 Who Is Ball, and Where Is My Mason Jar?
#16 Who Is Ball, and Where Is My Mason Jar?
Mason jars stand everywhere at-the-ready as stolid, gleaming icons of utility, transparency, and authenticity. But wait... Read more
25 Oct 2018
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26mins
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#15 Tinkering with Mason Jars
#15 Tinkering with Mason Jars
Yes, they’re everywhere. Even more ubiquitous than leopard print clothing and distressed jeans, Mason jars are oh-so 201... Read more
18 Oct 2018
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31mins
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#35 Jennie June: Feminist and Foodie Before It Was Cool
#35 Jennie June: Feminist and Foodie Before It Was Cool
Tastemakers may be the most powerful drivers of change in our food system. It’s hard to imagine in our digitized world, ... Read more
4 Apr 2019
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#03 Cyrus McCormick: How to Monetize This Reaper
#03 Cyrus McCormick: How to Monetize This Reaper
In the 1830s, wheat was still cut by scythes. A young food disruptor, Cyrus McCormick, designed a mechanical reaper that... Read more
26 Jul 2018
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21mins
Ranked #7
#25 Ends+Stems: Conquering Food Waste in Your Own Kitchen
#25 Ends+Stems: Conquering Food Waste in Your Own Kitchen
40 percent of food produced in the United States is wasted (including food loss). This is a statistic almost as ubiquito... Read more
30 Dec 2018
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35mins
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#19 Pomponio Ranch: Disrupting Industrial Meat
#19 Pomponio Ranch: Disrupting Industrial Meat
Signe Ostby, high-end brand manager cum cattle rancher, only markets products that qualify as best-in-class. She produce... Read more
15 Nov 2018
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41mins
Ranked #9
#29 Finca El Milagro: The Global Miracle of Avocados
#29 Finca El Milagro: The Global Miracle of Avocados
Bachi and Bob FlickRobert Flick, an American who committed much of his career to international aid and development, now ... Read more
22 Feb 2019
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33mins
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#26 Ending Food Waste in the Kitchen Part 2
#26 Ending Food Waste in the Kitchen Part 2
More this week from Alison Mountford of Ends + Stems, a Food Disruptor leading a bottom-up approach to ending food waste... Read more
3 Jan 2019
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35mins
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#30 Disruptor Rudolph Hass and his Disruptive Avocado
#30 Disruptor Rudolph Hass and his Disruptive Avocado
What’s the most staged fruit on Instagram? What’s the California State Fruit? What’s a new word in the Merriam-Webster D... Read more
1 Mar 2019
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Ranked #12
#08 Claus Spreckels Part 2: Control and Corruption (EP008)
#08 Claus Spreckels Part 2: Control and Corruption (EP008)
Spreckels’ California Sugar Co. on Potrero Point, San Francisco c. 1881Claus Spreckels’ appetite for business success gr... Read more
30 Aug 2018
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Ranked #13
#48 Anchor Steam: The Vanguard of a Craft Beer Renaissance
#48 Anchor Steam: The Vanguard of a Craft Beer Renaissance
Today, those of us who enjoy beer expect to plop down at our neighborhood brew pub and order up a cold, fresh, tasty cra... Read more
1 Aug 2019
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29mins
Ranked #14
#36 C.W. Post Part 1 – Failed Schemes and Anguish
#36 C.W. Post Part 1 – Failed Schemes and Anguish
C.W. Post (1854-1914) remains a slippery figure in U.S. culinary history. At age 37, he presented at the Battle Creek Sa... Read more
12 Apr 2019
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34mins
Ranked #15
#04 Cyrus McCormick: Scaling the Reaper Business (EP004)
#04 Cyrus McCormick: Scaling the Reaper Business (EP004)
Cyrus McCormick Business Magnate Robert McCormick Who REALLY Invented the Reaper Cyrus McCormick left a legacy as one of... Read more
2 Aug 2018
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37mins
Ranked #16
#37 C.W. Post Part 2 – Health, Hope, and Great Ad Copy
#37 C.W. Post Part 2 – Health, Hope, and Great Ad Copy
The Post saga is a linchpin story in American culinary history. Post failed again and again in business, but somehow scr... Read more
19 Apr 2019
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38mins
Ranked #17
#09 Canning Part 1: Yes We Can!
#09 Canning Part 1: Yes We Can!
¡Sí se puede! Two hundred years before the first Obama presidential campaign, a determined French chef and confectioner,... Read more
6 Sep 2018
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33mins
Ranked #18
#23 No Food Waste:The Frugal Housewife 200 Years Ago
#23 No Food Waste:The Frugal Housewife 200 Years Ago
Food Waste is a cause-du-jour, and for good reason. Up to 40% of the food produced in the U.S. is wasted or lost. Consid... Read more
13 Dec 2018
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34mins
Ranked #19
#20 Allan Savory v The Scientific Method
#20 Allan Savory v The Scientific Method
Allan Savory (1935-) a wildlife and land steward as well as a livestock manager, suggests that traditional methods of ca... Read more
22 Nov 2018
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36mins
Ranked #20
#38 Follow New Zealand’s Lead: Lose Agricultural Subsidies
#38 Follow New Zealand’s Lead: Lose Agricultural Subsidies
The United States lacks a coherent policy for shaping our food system. The 2019 Farm Bill proves this. A national food p... Read more
25 Apr 2019
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