It’s All About Food

It's All About Food - 5-5-26

TITLE: Melanie Joy, PhD, Practice Integrity
Melanie Joy, PhD, is a Harvard-educated psychologist, international trainer, and author of eight books, including the award-winning Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters, and How to End Injustice Everywhere. She is the eighth recipient of the Institute of Jainology’s Ahimsa Award, which was previously given to Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Her work has been featured by media outlets around the world, and she is also the founding president of the nonprofit organization Beyond Carnism. You can learn more about her work at carnism.org. Melanie has also recently published her debut novel, A Half-Hearted Death Wish. The book reflects the same values of compassion and awareness that underpin her other work, and it weaves in powerful themes of justice, connection, and empathy.
 

It's All About Food - 4-28-26

TITLE: Gardening: Nature Always Finds a Way In
DESCRIPTION: Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei discuss their 2026 container gardening experiences on their NYC terrace, focusing on persistent wildlife challenges (squirrels and pigeons) and the broader context of food security, organic farming, and glyphosate's ongoing legal and health controversies. The conversation emphasizes the importance of home gardening as food prices rise and agricultural systems face mounting pressures.

Isa Chandra Moskowitz, The 29-Minute Vegan: Real Food, Real Vibes, Anytime.

Description: Isa Chandra Moskowitz is the bestselling author of I Can Cook Vegan, Isa Does It, Veganomicon, Vegan with a Vengeance, The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook, and many more. 

It's All About Food - Robert Grillo, Food, Politics, and Everything in Between

This week Caryn Hartglass welcomes Robert Grillo of Free From Harm back to the show.  They cover a wide variety of topics impacting the vegan movement today including Politics, the Farm Bill, Bird Flu, Herbicides and Pesticides, Investors, Ultra-processed Foods and more. They also share some of their current recipe favorites.

It's All About Food - From Fringe to Fork: 17 Years in Vegan Food

For the 17th anniversary of IT'S ALL ABOUT FOOD, we're doing something different: taking a clear-eyed look at where the vegan food movement has been — and where it still needs to go. In this episode: the explosive growth of veganism, the staggering lobbying gap between plant-based and animal agriculture, the ag-gag laws still being passed in 2025, and the moving story of Angel Moreno — a 76-year-old mystic who has kept New York's Caravan of Dreams alive for 35 years with faith and a beautiful vision.

It's All About Food - Hartglass & De Mattei, Sweet Musings in Bitter Times

In this episode Caryn Hartglass and Gary De Mattei share their thoughts about the current times filled with war and violence and offer ways to cope and enjoy peaceful moments with food. They offer practical tips and useful tools to make food preparation easier and fun.

It's All About Food - Move People to the Lentils!

“Move people to the lentils,” says Lianna Levine Reisner, cofounder of Plant Powered Metro New York.  Learn more about Lianna and Plant Powered Metro New York and why you should join us at their 7th Anniversary Gala on March 19, called Woven Together.

It's All About Food - Deregulation, Glyphosate & Corporate Pollution — Who Pays the Price?

This week on IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD, Caryn Hartglass takes a deep investigative dive into glyphosate, corporate deregulation, and the future of our food system. From the courtroom battles that exposed Monsanto’s internal strategies to the science behind pesticide formulations and climate impacts, this episode connects the dots between public health, soil health, and political power. Caryn also examines shifting political narratives around glyphosate, explores what really happens to these chemicals in the environment, and highlights hopeful solutions — including organic, regenerative, and veganic agriculture. 

It's All About Food - Stop Obsessing Over Protein

Co-author of the book Plant-Powered Protein, Vesanto Melina discusses highlights from the book, a necessary tool in today’s times, where people are obsessing over protein, and all too often, animal protein.  

It's All About Food - Hanna Garth, Food Justice Undone - 2-10-26

Hanna Garth is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, author of Food in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal, and coeditor of Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice. Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite their best intentions, they often perpetuate food access inequalities and racial stereotypes. Hanna Garth shows how the movement has been affected by misconceptions and assumptions about residents, as well as by unclear definitions of justice and what it means to be healthy. Focusing on broad structures and microlevel processes, Garth reveals how power dynamics shape social justice movements in particular ways. Drawing on twelve years of ethnographic research, Garth examines what motivates people from more affluent, majority-white areas of the city to intervene in South Central Los Angeles. She argues that the concepts of "food justice" and "healthy food" operate as racially coded language, reinforcing the idea that health problems in low-income Black and Brown communities can be solved through individual behavior rather than structural change. Food Justice Undone explores the stakes of social justice and the possibility of multiracial coalitions working toward a better future.