Retro Indy: Hoosier Harvey Wiley made us rethink what we put in food Dec. 5, 2025, 5:15 a.m. ET Few things are more personal than what food we put into our bodies. And while conversations regarding food safety may seem commonplace today, once upon a time in the United States, people did not talk or think much about what they ate. That was until one Hoosier came along named Harvey Wiley, who would change America’s relationship with food forever.