Milkfed: A Podcast About Cheese, Culture, and Climate is a limited series from food writer and recovering cheesemonger Alexandra Jones. New episodes drop every other Tuesday starting January 13!
I'm Alexandra Jones, food writer, recovering cheesemonger and creator of the new limited series Milkfed: A Podcast About Cheese, Culture, and Climate. Two years ago, I began researching the relationship between cheese and climate change. I wanted to better understand how the industry I've worked in for more than 15 years fits into the climate crisis, how the people who make move, buy and sell cheese are being affected, and what they're doing to reduce their climate impact.
Over six episodes, we'll learn how Earth's climate and human activities like food production have shaped each other for millennia. We'll look at how capitalism and colonialism helped transform cheese into fuel for our current crisis. We'll dig into the data to understand how food systems fit into the bigger picture of greenhouse gas emissions; learn about ways to incorporate climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience into cheese production; and hear from farmers, makers, historians, scientists and other experts along the way. If you make, buy, sell or eat cheese, I hope you'll join me. New episodes of Milkfed drop every other Tuesday starting January 13. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.