Feeding The Family

Feeding The Family

Listen to Feeding the Family with host Jill Troderman, parent, holistic nutritionist, and author as we explore current trends in healthy eating, holistic nutrition, herbal and integrative medicine, homesteading, organic regenerative farming and gardening, family life, human consciousness, and raising healthy, happy, well-adjusted families. Together, we will check out tasty recipes, the latest food news, current events and peek into the dark side of what is making our kids, waterways, air, soils, and us sick, actions we can take to make positive changes, and solutions we can implement so we can Create the World We Want to Live In!! Tune in live Wednesday’s 3 PM - 4 PM Pacific Standard Time on www.santacruzvoice.com You can find more info at www.santacruzholisticnutrition.com The Food Tree Holistic Nutrition and Wellness Curriculum: A Mind, Body, Soul Approach to Teaching Kids How to Eat Well and Be Healthy By Jill Troderman Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063510553463 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jill__troderman/

Episodes

December 29, 2025 51 mins

Next Generation of Thinkers Happens at the Santa Cruz Museum of Discovery

Today's show highlights a favorite non-profit, the Santa Cruz Museum of Discovery, https://www.sccmod.org/ for Santa Cruz Gives which is a year-end fundraising campaign for donors to learn about and support multiple local nonprofits with one transaction. 

On the show we feature Bonnie Keet and Patrice Keet, the original founders, board member Emily Jacobson a...

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Homeless Garden Project and Walnut Avenue Family & Women' s Center are featured in my episode today as we bring awareness to these valuable organizations, and for the Santa Cruz Gives campaign, First up is Paul Goldberg, Director of Development and Darrie Ganzhorn, Executive Director at the Homeless Garden Project (@homelessgardenproject). On their website they say, "In the soil of our urban farm, people find the tools they ne...
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Holiday time is one hundred percent related to increase in stress levels. From family obligations, work parties, kids, grandparents, and dealing with you wider community- just driving around or shopping can trigger even our most chill and centered of our friends.

 

Can hanging around stressed people increase your own levels of stress? Yes, via pheromones, bringing along your baggage filled with your lifetime of stress, even positiv...

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Going Crazy or is it Just Peri-menopause? 

Anxiety, depression, mood-swings, irritability? These are common symptoms of hormone imbalances that many women experience especially as they transition into menopause. If you can identify, no, you are not going crazy but it may feel like you are and your loved ones may agree!!

These changes affect women physically, mentally, and emotionally.

  • The gross imbalance manifests as a spectru...
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Join Jill flying Solo -

Nutrition in the News – Trump and PFAS Pesticides allowance regulations

The Food Tree Holistic Nutrition Curriculum: Mindfulness. Kids on I-pads are becoming addicted. How Toddler Screen Time in 2 and 3 years olds is changing they way they cope, learn, grow and feel.

Mindfulness Mindless Eating Study

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Science Side Dish – Elderberries- Immune System

Recipes ...

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Does the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Promote UPF's?  How to Rise Up, plus a Tasty Adzuki Bean Burger recipe. 11/19/25 Ep. 26

Join my saucy discussion with my co-host and inspirational mom/ scientist, Dr. Katherine Reid, about the top down corruption and deep-seated conflicts of interest with our food policy makers and influencers and how they keep pushing UPF's (ultra-processed foods) and disease. These groups help set the p...

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Demystifying the many misconceptions about cannabis with Santa Cruz expert Christopher Carr. We discuss Santa Cruz cannabis history of smugglers, musicians and botanists, the human cannabinoid system and how it relates to our health and so much more fascinating information about this wonderful yet notorious plant. 

Do humans have a unique connection to cannabis? And if so, can cannabis be considered a plant medicine? YES, a big fat...

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Have you ever had that feeling when you get that urge - that when all of a sudden you realize something needs to change -drastically – in your life – and you can’t wait another minute? You feel the deep need to develop a new positive healthy habit and to finally let go of all of the sabotage  behavior! Well that experience happened to my friend and Santa Cruz local Doug "Dirt" Greenfiled. Doug is here to share his fascinating life ...

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Can herbal plant medicine really address everyday common health issues like building immunity, fighting colds and flu, calming stress, or balancing hormones, while addressing more serious concerns, too? People around the globe say a resounding yes! 

Herbal Medicine has been used for thousands of years and continues to be used world-wide as a steadfast tool for healing and promoting wellness.

Today we are exploring the exciting role...

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Picky eating is on the rise. Why does this happen, how long can it last and what do do if you have pick, fussy or stubborn eaters in your family. 

 

At what stage and age is it best to influence your kids dietary preferences? How can you influence whether your kids are going to be good eaters who likes and tries all kinds of foods and minimize the chances of have a kid more stubborn and fussy who resists and drives you crazy?

 

Tod...

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Nutritional psychology as a formal field of study and the role of the The Center for Nutritional Psychology is explored in this revolutionary episode. Ms. Lu breaks the mold on how scholars and practitioners can embrace the link to how we think, feel and experience food in relation to human development.

Jill and Ephi discuss the role of how our emotions, our desires and our quest for feeling better impact our dietary habits, how si...

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Workplace Wellness with host Jill Troderman and Guest Pantea Dougani Ep. 19 8/27/25 

Can you have it all? Maybe you can if wellness is included in your workplace. Pantea Dougani Co-Founder/Managing Director launched Excel Body Fitness to create a place for mom's - and dad's like herself who missed the workouts, the healthy eating due to an imbalanced work place. A work environment that had gym's, nutrition counseling, and basic wel...

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Red Light Therapy, Healing from the Inside Out with Red Light Therapy with Jill Troderman 8/20/25 Ep 18 and special guest, Donna Cherie @

https://donnacherie.com/

 

Check out my website, www.jilltroderman.com 

Holistic Nutrition Counseling, Lectures, School Nutrition Education 

NEW COURSE!!! Starting Sept. 11th 2025! Sign up today!

IPAK -EDU Course Syllabus

Nutrition For Health at Every Age

Instructor: Jill Troderman 📧 Email: jil...

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Pantry Transformation for bountiful food storage for daily use and emergency preparedness.

 

What is the state of your pantry?

 

Jill Troderman is joined by guest Mira Dessy, The Ingredient Guru, and they get into a fascinating conversation about how to transform your pantry to improve diets and provide healthy options for kid’s snacks by making “lateral changes”!

 

Mira and I talk about the hidden toxic ingredients lurking in your...

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What happens to people when they take their concerns about weight to an emotionally and physically unhealthy place, where an eating disorder may be cultivated?

Struggling with weight is one of the top concerns Americans face. Our youth and adults are now subject to terrible statistics about weight. 2 in 5 are overweight or obese.  

Join Jill Troderman and Registered Dietician, Parker Nelson for this riveting talk about how we think...

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Can mycology be the catalyst to living a healthier more vibrant life, starting in motherhood?

We discuss all things mushrooms; their culinary wonders using shiitake, oyster and portobello, all have medicinal properties, their amazing benefits to fertility and sperm health, their role in supporting gut microbiome health, and even the hallucinogenic properties to support mental health. Wow! If you don't eat or use medicinal mushrooms...

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Paul Gaylon talks about our need to nurture and feed our soil in our order to create healthy plants to feed our families. 

Where does true health begin? Does it begin in the person, in our foods, in the seed or does true health begin in the soil?

The concept of regenerative farming supports all 4 of these needs for optimal human and planetary health, highlighting the importance of soil biology renewed and continuing life.

 

But hea...

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Exploring the Union of Nature and Science in Skincare with host Jill Troderman and guest Aesthetician Donna Cherie Ep. 13 6/25/25

Skin Deep. Soul Soothing.

My next guest, Donna Cherie, says “Your skin tells a story—of resilience, of memory, of healing. “

So what does your skin tell about you, your history, and your lifestyle?

From scars, to wrinkles, to bumps and bruises, from rough skin to silky smooth skin, our outer layer tells ...

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Bee Keeping and homesteading are rising trends in North American households. One hundred twenty five years ago most people embraced the homestead lifestyle because it was the only way most folks could survive and thrive.

One family is finding a way to embrace this way of living.  

Today I welcome to the show Colin George, Founder of Honey Do Garden’s, on becoming a bee whisperer, connecting to the hive and to our collective communi...

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