{"podcast":{"title":"The History of Fresh Produce","slug":"the-history-of-fresh-produce-6999611","podcast_index_feed_id":6999611,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/hfp/","website_url":"https://hfp.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b25d857f-0f9b-4f2c-8116-1d496b4db3b5/W3kLioZTryHgRMozQmkg_ui1.jpg","author":"The Produce Industry Network","episode_count":159,"summary":"Join John Paap and Patrick Kelly in this podcast series that explores the fascinating and often overlooked history of fresh fruits and vegetables. Each episode offers listeners a unique perspective on how produce has shaped our world, featuring in-depth interviews with top experts and historians, engaging storytelling, and a blend of historical and contemporary perspectives. Whether exploring the journey of grapes through time or the influence of produce in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth, this series leaves no stone unturned. Social Channels: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyoffreshproduce/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyoffreshproduce?lang=en Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historyoffreshproduce?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558921896574","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T14:18:49.984714+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-fresh-produce-6999611"},"episode":{"title":"Monsanto: The Peach Farmer's Revenge (Part 6)","slug":"monsanto-the-peach-farmer-s-revenge-part-6","published_at":"2026-05-26T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-fresh-produce-6999611/monsanto-the-peach-farmer-s-revenge-part-6","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-fresh-produce-6999611","url":"https://hfp.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a026d019-f219-47b2-8163-a66190801095.mp3","summary":"Who was Dewayne Lee Johnson, the school groundskeeper soaked in Roundup who took on the most legally powerful agricultural company in the world — and what did his trial finally expose about what Monsanto's own scientists had known, and hidden, for forty years? Why did the revolution that promised to feed the world end up increasing herbicide use by twenty percent, turning farmers into perpetual customers, and forcing a German pharmaceutical giant to pay billions of dollars for a mountain of lawsuits it still hasn't climbed? And how does the story of a Missouri peach farmer watching his trees die from a chemical he never even sprayed open a window onto a hundred and twenty years of the same corporate playbook? Join John and Patrick for the final episode of their Monsanto series — the dicamba drift, the cancer lawsuits, the slag heap still glowing in the Idaho dark, and the question of whether history ever truly catches up with the companies that shape what we eat — in an age when the most dangerous document in the world turned out to be an internal email that was never meant to be seen... ---------- In Sponsorship with J&K Fresh. The customs broker who is your fruit and veggies’ personal bodyguard. Learn more here ! ----------- Join the History of Fresh Produce Club for ad-free listening, bonus episodes, book discounts and access to an exclusive chatroom community. Support us! Share this episode with your friends Give a 5-star rating Write a review ----------- Subscribe to our biweekly newsletter here for extra stories related to recent episodes, book recommendations, a sneak peek of upcoming episodes and more. ----------- Instagram, TikTok, Threads: @historyoffreshproduce Email: historyoffreshproduce@gmail.com","meta_description":"Who was Dewayne Lee Johnson, the school groundskeeper soaked in Roundup who took on the most legally powerful agricultural company in the world — and what…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2908,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-fresh-produce-6999611/episodes/monsanto-the-peach-farmer-s-revenge-part-6/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-fresh-produce-6999611/monsanto-the-peach-farmer-s-revenge-part-6.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}