{"podcast":{"title":"Farm To Table Talk","slug":"farm-to-table-talk-217480","podcast_index_feed_id":217480,"rss_url":"https://farmtotabletalk.com/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://farmtotabletalk.com/","image_url":"https://farmtotabletalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Farm-to-Table-Talk-Podcast-1.jpeg","author":"Rodger Wasson","episode_count":300,"summary":"Is it best that our food is Local and Organic or Big and Conventional? Our view is “Both, and..” We don’t come to the table with a bias, except that good farming like good food comes in all shapes and sizes. Farm to Table Talk explores issues and the growing interest in the story of how and where the food on our tables is produced, processed and marketed. The host, Rodger Wasson is a food and agriculture veteran. Although he was the first of his family to leave the grain and livestock farm after five generations farming in America, he’s continually worked for and with farmers though-out America and around the world. From directly managing commodity boards and councils to presently building the strategic consultancy, Idea Farming Inc., the Farm to Table Talk podcast has been created to satisfy the curiosity of today’s engaged consumers.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:18:28.268904+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm-to-table-talk-217480"},"episode":{"title":"Dark Matter Nutrition – Laszlow Barabasi","slug":"dark-matter-nutrition-laszlow-barabasi","published_at":"2026-01-02T16:33:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm-to-table-talk-217480/dark-matter-nutrition-laszlow-barabasi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm-to-table-talk-217480","url":"https://farmtotabletalk.com/dark-matter-nutrition-laszlow-barabasi/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/farm_to_table_talk/content.blubrry.com/farm_to_table_talk/Nutritions_Dark_Matter_2.mp3","summary":"While nutrition science knows about 150 well-documented nutrients, there are approximately 135,000 additional molecules in foods that have health impacts but are not tracked in nutritional databases. Laszlow Barabasi, a physicist and network medicine researcher at Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School, explains how these compounds work in the body, noting that many have therapeutic effects when consumed in specific concentrations. Certain food combinations, like those in the Mediterranean diet, can mitigate negative health effects of red meat, and ultra-processed foods contribute to health issues despite their popularity. Understanding these compounds is important for treating specific conditions, yet the basic principles of a healthy diet remain simple: eat plenty of vegetables, exercise, sleep well, and maintain a balanced diet closest to the Mediterranean model. www.barabasilab.com www.truefood.tech","meta_description":"While nutrition science knows about 150 well-documented nutrients, there are approximately 135,000 additional molecules in foods that have health impacts…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3090,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farm-to-table-talk-217480/episodes/dark-matter-nutrition-laszlow-barabasi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm-to-table-talk-217480/dark-matter-nutrition-laszlow-barabasi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}