What's the closest you've gotten to your food? We're asking you to share what you think about food and how it gets to your table. Tell us your story and share your photos of food with us and the Public Insight Network. Our show with Cheryl Rogowski this season got us thinking about the different ways we connec tto food, and how it impacts all of us. And we wanted to hear from you, too.

In our new short podcast series on MacArthur "Geniuses," Majora Carter interviews Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute, which works to breed perennial grains that mimic the way grasses grow naturally – next to other species, and without tilling or replanting. Wes tells Majora Carter how to bring the processes of the wild to the farm.

Listen to the full podcast here.

In our new short podcast series with MacArthur "Geniuses," Majora interviews Pedro Sanchez, who literally wrote the  book about how to farm in tropical soil. He tells Majora Carter that in rural Peru and outermost Zambia, farmers have told him - with tears in their eyes - that his book has taught them to feed their families and neighbors.

Listen to the full podast here.

In our new short podcast series with MacArthur "Geniuses," Majora Carter talks with Carl Safina, an ecologist, writer, and television host who has made it his mission to bring people closer to the ocean. Majora talks with Carl about the pivotal moments in his life where he realized he had to change course.

What have bees taught you? We're asking you to share what you've learned from bees. Tell us your story and share your photos of bees with us and the Public Insight Network. One of our shows this season focuses on bee champion and MacArthur "Genius" Marla Spivak. We ask her about what she's learned from bees and how it impacts all of us. And we wanted to hear from you, too. You can share your thoughts and read the stories from others:

In our brand new short podcast series on MacArthur "Geniuses," [fellow MacArthur "Genius"] Majora Carter talks with Baldemar Velásquez, a leader in the farm labor and immigrants rights movements.  Baldemar tells Majora about the pivotal moments in his life where he realized he had to lead. 

Listen to the full podcast here.

Off the top of your head, name five songs about the environment. Any hip hop songs make the list?

A group of high school students may just change that, with their song, "Get Your Green On." Written, performed, and produced by students at St. Paul's High School for Recording Arts, the song came out of a class that teaches students about sustainability and the green (money) related to environmental jobs.

Listen to "Get Your Green On" here:

We just returned from an intense week of recording our spring season on leaders in the Gulf Coast, "Voices from the Gulf Coast." After a string of setbacks to this hard-hit part of the country, from last year's oil spill to hurricanes and the recession, these leaders are finding innovative and sustainable ways to rebuild. Take a sneak peak here, and tune in to your public radio station for more.

Brenda Palms Barber's quest to find work for residents of Chicago's economically disadvantaged North Lawndale neighborhood — where some 50 percent of adults have been in the criminal justice system — led her to start Sweet Beginnings, a transitional jobs program for formerly incarcerated individuals and others with significant barriers to employment. Sweet Beginnings' Beeline products — raw honey and honey-based body care products — are now sold throughout the Midwest.