The History of Fresh Produce
History and produce with John Paap and Patrick Kelly
The History of Fresh Produce
History and produce with John Paap and Patrick Kelly
About The History of Fresh Produce
History and produce with John Paap and Patrick Kelly
Join John Paap and Patrick Kelly in this podcast series that explores the fascinating and often overlooked history of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Why Join The History of Fresh Produce as a Guest
Food-History Enthusiast Audience
You reach listeners deeply engaged in food history, agriculture, and cultural storytelling across 100+ episodes.
Expert-Led Interviews
You'll join a curated guest list of historians and cultural experts in a structured, story-driven interview format.
Credible, Researched Content
You contribute to a show known for historical accuracy, expert sourcing, and thoughtful cultural analysis.
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Your episode is distributed via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more-ensuring wide and lasting reach.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
Apples Through the Ages
Explore how apples evolved from medieval staples to fragile modern icons.
Produce in Global Movements
Unpack how fruits and vegetables influenced revolutions and empires.
Fictional Worlds, Real Produce
Discuss how authors like Tolkien used produce to build immersive worlds.
Forgotten Agricultural Pioneers
Highlight unsung heroes like Nikolai Vavilov and their legacy in food science.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Listeners gain new historical and cultural insights into fruits and vegetables they thought they knew.
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The Ideal Guest
You're a great fit if you're a historian, food scholar, agricultural expert, or cultural storyteller with a passion for how produce has shaped civilization.
Recent Episodes
The Guano Wars: When Poop Became Power
The History of Fresh Produce • Nov 18, 2025
Produce in Space: The Story of Intergalactic Agriculture
The History of Fresh Produce • Nov 11, 2025
Tanaka Farms: A Japanese-American Farming Legacy
The History of Fresh Produce • Nov 4, 2025
Cornellian Chats: Van Gogh, Organics, Tomatoes on Trial, and Freeze!
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 30, 2025
Produce Poisons and Curses
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 28, 2025
The History of Apples: Modern Fragility (Part 5)
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 21, 2025
The History of Apples: The Colorful Victorian (Part 4)
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 14, 2025
The History of Apples: America's Dependence (Part 3)
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 7, 2025
The Tales Behind Apple Names (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 30, 2025
The History of Apples: Medieval Times (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 23, 2025
The History of Apples: Nomads, Gods and Emperors (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 16, 2025
The History of Carrots
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 9, 2025
Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden History of Soil
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 2, 2025
History Daily: Lewis & Clark and the Invention of Pasteurization
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 30, 2025
Foreign Hands in American Agriculture (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 26, 2025
The Lewellings: Legacies Secured (Part 6)
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 19, 2025
The Lewellings: Icon of Napa Valley (Part 5)
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 12, 2025
The Lewellings: California Calling and Free Love (Part 4)
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 5, 2025
The Lewellings: Planting Pacific Roots (Part 3)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 29, 2025
The Lewellings: On The Oregon Trail (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 22, 2025
The Lewellings: Nurserymen Abolitionists (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 15, 2025
The Sullivan Expedition: Genocide and War on Native Crops
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 8, 2025
The Fascist Origins of Organics
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 1, 2025
Fruitful Flags (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jun 24, 2025
The History of Pineapples (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jun 17, 2025
The History of Pineapples (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jun 10, 2025
The History of U.S. Tariffs Through the Eyes of Fresh Produce
The History of Fresh Produce • Jun 3, 2025
Papal Produce (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • May 27, 2025
The History of Cherries
The History of Fresh Produce • May 20, 2025
Carthage and the Power of Agriculture
The History of Fresh Produce • May 13, 2025
From Bloom to Bust: The Rise and Fall of Tulip Mania
The History of Fresh Produce • May 6, 2025
Top 6 Produce Drinks (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 29, 2025
The Great Tea Heist: Secrets Revealed (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 22, 2025
The Great Tea Heist: Mission Received (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 15, 2025
The History of Chili Peppers (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 8, 2025
The History of Chili Peppers (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 1, 2025
Death by Olives (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Mar 25, 2025
The History of Olives
The History of Fresh Produce • Mar 18, 2025
Saemaul Undong: How a Rural Movement Transformed South Korea’s Agriculture
The History of Fresh Produce • Mar 11, 2025
Russia, Ukraine, and the Battle for the Breadbasket
The History of Fresh Produce • Mar 4, 2025
HFPC: African American Foodways and Fresh Produce in Chicago
The History of Fresh Produce • Feb 27, 2025
America's Forgotten Farmers (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Feb 25, 2025
George Washington Carver: More Than Just Peanuts (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Feb 18, 2025
George Washington Carver: A Quest for Education (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Feb 11, 2025
Africa's Produce and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
The History of Fresh Produce • Feb 4, 2025
Top 10 Produce Gods (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jan 28, 2025
The History of Asparagus
The History of Fresh Produce • Jan 21, 2025
Jimmy Carter: The Peanut President
The History of Fresh Produce • Jan 14, 2025
Were Gladiators Vegetarians? (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jan 7, 2025
Jaffa and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Catastrophe, Loss and Legacy (Part 3)
The History of Fresh Produce • Dec 26, 2024
Chestnuts Roasting: How Nuts Became a Christmas Icon
The History of Fresh Produce • Dec 24, 2024
Jaffa and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Cooperation and Competition (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Dec 17, 2024
Jaffa and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Rise of Citrus (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Dec 10, 2024
Cornell: A History of Agricultural Leadership and Fresh Produce Innovation
The History of Fresh Produce • Dec 3, 2024
Produce and Dinosaurs (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Nov 26, 2024
The Spice Trade Wars: Nathaniel Courthope’s Heroic Stand (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Nov 12, 2024
The Spice Trade Wars: Nutmeg and the Clash of Empires (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Nov 5, 2024
Harvesting Hysteria: Fresh Produce and the Salem Witch Trials
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 29, 2024
Coca-Cola: How Fresh Produce Shaped a Global Icon (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 22, 2024
The History of Mangoes
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 15, 2024
The [Weird] History of Apple Picking (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 8, 2024
Flagler’s Florida: Railroads, Resorts, and the Rise of Fresh Produce (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 1, 2024
Flagler’s Florida: The Origins of a Titan (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 17, 2024
The Mongol Empire's Agricultural Legacy
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 10, 2024
America's Oldest Botanical Garden (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 5, 2024
A Visit to Bartram's Garden
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 3, 2024
Middle-Earth Produce: Tolkien’s Agrarian Dream
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 27, 2024
Kenya: Kenyan Farmers v. British Colonizers
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 13, 2024
USA: The Delano Grape Strike
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 13, 2024
Russia: The Life of Nikolai Vavilov
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 8, 2024
Brazil: The Rise of Coffee
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 8, 2024
Japan: Fruits of Edo to Luxury Today
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 6, 2024
Canada: The McIntosh Apple Story
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 6, 2024
New Zealand: The Kiwifruit's Odyssey
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 1, 2024
Argentina: Jewish Agricultural Colonies
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 1, 2024
UK: The Rise and Fall of Currants
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 30, 2024
South Africa: Cape Town’s Agricultural Roots
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 30, 2024
China: Mao's Mango Mania
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 25, 2024
Australia: The Great Emu War
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 25, 2024
France: The Story of Potager du Roi at Versailles
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 23, 2024
The Boston Tea Party: From Protest to Revolution (Part 4)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 16, 2024
The Boston Tea Party: Tyranny, Taxes and Tea (Part 3)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 11, 2024
The Boston Tea Party: Tea Goes Viral (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 9, 2024
The Boston Tea Party: Corporate Greed (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jul 2, 2024
Discover Fresh Produce Holiday Destinations (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jun 25, 2024
Bridgerton: Produce of the Regency Era
The History of Fresh Produce • Jun 18, 2024
Baghdad's Bounty: Exploring the Produce Paradise
The History of Fresh Produce • Jun 11, 2024
Eating to Extinction: The Decline of Produce Diversity
The History of Fresh Produce • Jun 4, 2024
Learn the Produce Idioms (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • May 28, 2024
The French Revolution: Vive les produits!
The History of Fresh Produce • May 7, 2024
Civilizations Lost to Crop Failures (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 30, 2024
The History of Blueberries
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 23, 2024
Club Teasing, Solar Eclipses, and a Pineapple-less Hawaii
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 16, 2024
Titanic: Produce on the "Unsinkable Ship"
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 9, 2024
Uncovering St. Patrick's Day Produce (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Apr 2, 2024
"Veggie Loving" Vikings
The History of Fresh Produce • Mar 26, 2024
The Sicilian Mafia's Sour Origins
The History of Fresh Produce • Mar 12, 2024
All Hail The Commander-in-Produce: Presidents & Produce (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Mar 5, 2024
Native Americans and the Magic 8 from Seed to Plate
The History of Fresh Produce • Feb 27, 2024
The Stolen Lands of Hawai'i: Pineapples from paradise (Part 4)
The History of Fresh Produce • Feb 13, 2024
Fresh Produce in Disney Movies: Magic or Reality? (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Feb 6, 2024
The Stolen Lands of Hawai'i: President Dole (Part 3)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jan 30, 2024
The Stolen Lands of Hawai'i: From Sea to Soil (Part 2)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jan 16, 2024
The Stolen Lands of Hawai'i: The Story Begins (Part 1)
The History of Fresh Produce • Jan 2, 2024
2023 Review and What's Coming in 2024 (Livestream)
The History of Fresh Produce • Dec 26, 2023
The Politics of the Potato
The History of Fresh Produce • Dec 18, 2023
The History of Tomatoes - Part 2
The History of Fresh Produce • Nov 6, 2023
The History of Tomatoes - Part 1
The History of Fresh Produce • Oct 9, 2023
Saunderskill Farm
The History of Fresh Produce • Sep 11, 2023
The History of Maize
The History of Fresh Produce • Aug 14, 2023
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