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The hidden magic in food: Odessa Piper, visionary and real food pioneer
Heartland Stories Radio
English - April 20, 2021 19:37 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBHealth & Fitness Kids & Family farming sustainableagriculture food goodfoodmovement health kids pesticides publichealth socialjustice sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
To celebrate Earth Day week we’re bringing you a very popular episode that originally aired in February 2021 with Odessa Piper, visionary and real food pioneer.
Odessa Piper, founder of L’Etoile, a pioneering farm-to-table restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin, is an author and James Beard award winner as Best Chef Midwest in 2002. In 2018, Odessa helped launch the Food Artisan Immersion Program, a seasonal work-study residency on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Estate in Spring Green, Wisconsin, that focuses on the Driftless Region ecology and includes instruction in gardening and food-service. Tune in to learn more about:
- The history of the L'Etoile (which she founded at only 23), which means 'star' in French, how it was inspired by the hidden stars in food and nature
- Her own story of growing up surrounded by the magic of growing your own food and going out in the forest to forage wild foods
- How she found the magic in food after dropping out of high school
- How she learned to rely and use food grown in her community and region
- About the Food Artisan Immersion Program, a seasonal work-study residency on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Estate in Spring Green, Wisconsin
- How early childhood education about food and our food system can help Gaia (our planet)
To learn more about the Taliesin Estate, go to https://www.taliesinpreservation.org/.