Dirt
Teaming up with local chefs to craft one meal that truly represents a region, host Josh Rosen goes looking for the unique ingredients, makers, and communities that give every place its own special flavour.
Inspiration
What’s feeding my curiosity.
Carl Sagan once said, ‘We are a way for the universe to know itself.’ I keep coming back to that — it sums up curiosity better than anything I can think of. Here’s what’s feeding mine right now: the things I’m passionate about, the ones I get lost in and love to develop. The books, people, places, food and ideas shaping how I see the world and the work I make.
Cooking
Pasta, slow braises, tacos
Travel
Slowly, and far
Trails & crags
Running, hiking, climbing
Food producers
Farms, growers, makers
None of this is entirely separate from the work. The trails, the crags, the farms, learning from people who’ve gone deep on one thing, that’s where most of my ideas start and how I enjoy spending my free time.
Reading
Reading Now
Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous wisdom braided with plant science.
Ecology
Entangled Life
The hidden fungal web beneath every ecosystem.
Business · Purpose
Let My People Go Surfing
Building a company with real environmental purpose.
Agriculture
The One-Straw Revolution
A radical philosophy dressed as a farming manual.
Food Systems
Extra Virginity
Olive-oil fraud as a lens on provenance.
Media
Positive News
Proof the story we tell shapes how we see.
Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.Robin Wall Kimmerer · Braiding Sweetgrass
Watching
Watching now
Past favourites
Chef’s Table
Each episode of the series focuses on a specific chef, and explores their personal philosophies and approach to cooking. I love the storytelling, and the fusion of documentary and cinematography.
The Need to Grow
The Need to GROW is about the state of our soil and food systems. It follows three people working to fix it. Michael Smith’s closed-loop system was especially inspiring—no spoilers though, just go watch it.
Fantastic Fungi
A descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
Podcasts
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
Funny, strange, and proof curiosity and silliness belong together.
Radiolab
A question followed somewhere unexpected.
Ologies With Alie Ward
One expert, one obsession, infectious enthusiasm.
Work together
Working on something that needs telling properly?
I’d like to hear about it, even if it’s still half-formed. That’s usually the best place to start.
Email me hello@jodydaunton.com