In our last episode of the season, Barb sits down at the kitchen table with Alberta rancher and manager of Shipwheel Cattle Feeders about regenerative agriculture and holistic management of the land and the animals. A fascinating episode filled with stories, history, and lessons about regen ag that you may not have considered before.

Podcast: Dr. Kris Nichols, Regenerative Agriculture, and What Soil Tells Us About Our Food Stories

Barb and Miriam are long-time friends who are used to talking about food together. In this frank conversation about food justice, Food Security expert Miram Bankey highlights the inequity of our food system and some incredible initiatives she is working on to bring dignity and food access to our community.

In this fabulous episode, Barb shares the Food Stories kitchen table with Métis speculative fiction writer, Lareina Abbott. Lareina pens Métis themed spec fiction, essays and memoir. A year ago, she received a Calgary Arts Development Grant to write a memoir about reconnecting with her Métis family and the story of her aunt who is a Métis elder.

In Episode 3 of Season 2, the beautiful and brilliant Anda Fabrig (She/Her/Siya) joins us at the Food Stories kitchen table for a fascinating chat. Anda is queer Filipina educator and a diversity, equity, and inclusion specialist in Mohkinstsis (Calgary, AB).

In Episode 2 of Season 2 we dive deep into the issues of food security and food dignity with Food Resilience Specialist Syma Habib. Syma works for the Climate Adaptation | Climate & Environment department at The City of Calgary, and has spent her life seeing the connections between food, belonging, and resilience.

In the much-anticipated Season Two Opener, Barb welcomes the founder of the Food Literacy Center, Amber Stott to her kitchen table. Passionate about fruits and veggies, Amber grew up cooking and growing her own food, a joy she wants every child to experience.

Podcast: Food Stories Cozy Holiday Special: Arianne Jones, How to Be Hygge and The Power of Soup

Long-time friends and culinary co-instructors Barb and Christina sit down at Barb's kitchen table to talk about the power of food and connection, the enlightenment that caring for a mom with Alzheimer's has brought to Christina's life, her love of a good burger, and why she wrote her cookbook, Two Little F Words.

Introducing our next guest, author of the brand-new book The Modern Trauma Toolkit, Dr. Christy Gibson (she/her). Christy joins me at the kitchen table to discuss the gentle softness of her grandmother's cooking, the connection between food, trauma, flexibility, and its role in healing, and the joy of wild blueberries!

HIstamine Haven Maven Luka Symons talks to Barb about her ancestors and how they ate, radical ways to see food, and why senses are crucial for maximum food joy.

Find out more about Luka at https://www.histaminehaven.com/

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Episode 2: Founder of Stump Kitchen, Alexis Hillyard (she/her) joins Barb at the kitchen table to talk about joy in the kitchen, removing barriers to cooking, using her stump as a kitchen tool, and her memories of her dad's tomato sauce.

Alexis is passionate about speaking with audiences of all ages about the importance of disability representation, accessibility, cooking, and cosplays, and sharing stories that centre her experience as a disabled, queer creator.

Exciting News! The new Food Stories trailer is out now! Have a listen and subscribe to the poddy today!

Photographer Josie Chu shares her food stories of growing up as a first-generation Chinese Canadian with a family restaurant in the middle of the prairies, her love for french fries, and why Randy Travis and NKOTB songs are the soundtrack for her food life.