Sourcing Rice: Momoko Nakamura, "Rice Girl"
Sourceress
English - November 27, 2019 09:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MB - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsFood Arts Society & Culture Places & Travel coffee spirits beverage food sourcing sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Colleen and Carolyn discuss rice as a global staple. Colleen meets with Momoko at Sourceress HQ to discuss the evolution away from traditional, natural methods of growing rice in her home country of Japan. Early on her sourcing journey, this episode highlights how cultural preservation and environmental activism shapes food justice movements.
This episode also features Ethnomusicologist Danielle Maggio for a segment on City pop, a soundscape of one of Japan’s most opulent eras.
To see the work that Momoko is doing, check out her website here:
https://www.thericegirl.com/