{"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":"Strait Restricts Harvests In Transit -Peter Friedmann","slug":"strait-restricts-harvests-in-transit-peter-friedmann","published_at":"2026-04-10T20:45:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm-to-table-talk-217480/strait-restricts-harvests-in-transit-peter-friedmann","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm-to-table-talk-217480","url":"https://farmtotabletalk.com/strait-restricts-harvests-in-transit-peter-friedmann/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/farm_to_table_talk/content.blubrry.com/farm_to_table_talk/Shipping_Routes_1.mp3","summary":"Disruptions in shipping lanes such as in the Strait of Hormuz creates havoc in food supply and demand. This episode of Farm to Table Talk features Peter Friedmann from the Agriculture Transportation Coalition discussing the complex global supply chain challenges in moving agricultural products from farms to tables around the world. Peter explains how U.S.agriculture relies heavily on international shipping, with products often traveling extensive routes including transloading at intermediate ports and facing significant challenges due to geopolitical issues like the Strait of Hormuz situation affecting shipping routes to key markets in the Middle East. Agricultural exports require corresponding imports to create the container capacity needed, with farmers and their processors haveing to reroute products across the country to different ports when traditional routes are blocked. Peter highlights the resilience of U.S. agriculture in finding new markets despite trade disruptions, while noting that once markets find alternative suppliers, it’s difficult to regain that business. All aspects of the food system are affected, even “local” often starts with imported fertilizer and seeds. www.agtrans.org  ","meta_description":"Disruptions in shipping lanes such as in the Strait of Hormuz creates havoc in food supply and demand. This episode of Farm to Table Talk features Peter F…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4128,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farm-to-table-talk-217480/episodes/strait-restricts-harvests-in-transit-peter-friedmann/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/strait-restricts-harvests-in-transit-peter-friedmann.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}