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The Power of WayGreen Market's Food Oasis
Jupiter's Almanac - December 23, 2020 16:32 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMatthew welcomes Connie Oliver of WayGreen Market in Waycross, Georgia. They take a look back at 2020 and what it’s been like for WayGreen and the local farmers they work with. This year marked the revival of WayGreen’s online market and Connie provides insight into the digital tools WayGreen re...
Rice Bread and Regional Grains
Jupiter's Almanac - December 09, 2020 21:18 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week’s episode dives into regional bread and grains. The show was inspired by a listener question about whether there is a history of salt rising bread in Gullah Geechee culture. The closest thing Matthew knows of is rice bread, calling it salt rising bread’s “country cousin.” He shares cul...
The Applied Alchemy of Lead to Life
Jupiter's Almanac - December 03, 2020 04:04 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, Matthew is sharing his conversation with brontë velez, the creative director of Lead to Life, an Oakland-based collective dedicated to racial and environmental justice led by Black and queer artists, healers and ecologists. Matthew learned about the organization through this short fi...
Reducing Waste This Thanksgiving
Jupiter's Almanac - November 25, 2020 16:17 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMany people are planning smaller meals for Thanksgiving this year and may be wondering how to pare down their typical dishes to avoid waste. Matthew shares his Thanksgiving menu and talks through his prepping process, which includes starting early to enjoy Thanksgiving Day as much as possible an...
A Very Gilliard Thanksgiving
Jupiter's Almanac - November 19, 2020 03:01 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, Matthew shares one of his favorite Thanksgiving recipes: oyster dressing. You can’t make great oyster dressing, without great oysters. In the first half of the show, hear an interview with Thomas Bliss, the Director of The Shellfish Research Laboratory in Brunswick. He talks about the...
Veterans Day with Cattleman Marvin Frink
Jupiter's Almanac - November 11, 2020 20:58 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week Jupiter’s Almanac falls on Veterans Day, so Matthew catches up with his old friend, fellow veteran, and cattle farmer, Marvin Frink of Briarwood Cattle Farm in Red Springs, North Carolina. Their conversation touches on Marvin’s transition from the military into farming, why founding Br...
Couples in Farming: Monica Ponce and Russell Honderd
Jupiter's Almanac - October 28, 2020 19:31 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, hear the second part of our mini-series about couples who farm together. As Matthew looked for opportunities to discuss balancing hard work and affection, he knew Monica Ponce and Russell Honderd would have a lot to say, given that they have farmed together on the isolated Cumberland ...
Couples in Farming: Warren and Keisha Cameron
Jupiter's Almanac - October 20, 2020 20:20 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode is one part of a two-part series about couples who farm together. Matthew is intimately familiar with the dynamics of building a life and stewarding the land with your significant other. In this episode and the next, he seeks out stories and advice from others. This week he talks to...
Get Out the Map Before You Enter The Woods
Jupiter's Almanac - October 07, 2020 14:03 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMatthew is a strong believer that “the time to get out the map is before you enter the woods.” That’s why this week he’s diving deep into natural disaster readiness. He and Jovan share what they experienced while sheltering in place during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and then Matthew offers advice...
A Chicken Saved My Life
Jupiter's Almanac - October 07, 2020 13:11 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJovan Sage once considered chickens to be tiny dinosaurs, creatures that were totally foreign to her. Now she is considered Gilliard Farms’ resident chicken whisperer. This transformation happened because, Jovan says, a chicken saved her life. Hear her story and then dive deep into the tips you ...
Welcome to Gilliard Farms
Jupiter's Almanac - October 06, 2020 14:27 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFor the inaugural episode of Jupiter’s Almanac, host Matthew Raiford introduces himself, along with his family history and the history of his farm. These lineages go hand in hand, dating back nearly 150 years ago when Matthew’s great-great-great grandfather, Jupiter Gilliard, bought Gilliard Far...
Coming Soon, From HRN: Generations of Farming Wisdom in Jupiter's Almanac
Jupiter's Almanac - September 28, 2020 16:15 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsComing soon, from Heritage Radio Network. Jupiter’s Almanac is a podcast about growing and producing the food we eat, featuring the hard-earned wisdom of chef and farmer Matthew Raiford. Matthew is the great-great-great grandson of Jupiter Gilliard, who bought farmland in Coastal Georgia in 1874...
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