Latest Mid-atlantic region Podcast Episodes
Mind of a Chocolate Maker
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - April 16, 2020 19:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis evening’s conversation is with Jinji Fraser, the founder and owner of Pure Chocolate by Jinji. Pure Chocolate by Jinji was started by Jinji and her father, Guy, in 2012 with the mission of helping people navigate their own wellness and nutrition. From there, the business took a shape of ...
Bernie Herman
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - March 29, 2020 15:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur featured panelist tonight, Bernie Herman, is one of the co-founders of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Foodways. Bernie is the author of the recently published book, A South You Never Ate: Savoring Flavors and Stories from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The book brings together over 100 rec...
Episode 31: Citrus...Local??? Yes!
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - January 19, 2020 18:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode of ORIGINS features New Jersey citrus growers Vivek and Seema Malik along with their daughter and baker Simran Malik.The Maliks are self-taught, part-time citrus growers. Citrus is a passion stemming from their love of Japanese cuisine. A chance encounter with yuzu soy sauce at Nobu...
Episode 30: Is It Now Or Never For Local Farms?
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - October 15, 2019 20:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThanks for joining us tonight for a very important topic –our local farms. Today we learned that a local institution, Trickling Springs Creamery is closing. Two of our farmers from prior ORIGINS events have ceased operations. While it’s all not doom and gloom, I think this highlights the urgen...
Episode 29: Building a Healthy Food Retail Environment: Strategies to Improve Food Insecurity
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - March 28, 2019 18:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFood insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. Food-insecure households are not necessarily food insecure all the time. Food insecuri...
Episode 28: Medical Marijuana
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - January 10, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode of ORIGINS features three representatives from the Evermore Cannabis Company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014 and has been available to the public since December of 2017. This is a discussion of the nascent industry in the state. Ou...
Episode 27: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part 2
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - September 27, 2018 18:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode of ORIGINS continues the conversation we started on Thursday, September 20th about the economic impact of buying and sourcing food locally. Last week we heard from Scott Nash, the CEO and Founder of Mom’s Organic Market and Tracy Ward, the Director of a new food hub in Easton called...
Episode 26: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part I
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - September 20, 2018 18:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe intent behind ORIGINS, a speaker series, was to highlight the farmers, fisherman, producers, and makers behind the local food movement in the Mid-Atlantic region. Spike Gjerde started his first restaurant, Woodberry Kitchen, with a commitment to local growers and producers. He and his team...
Episode 25: Foraging
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - June 21, 2018 23:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode will be on foraging in the mid-Atlantic area and features two longtime foragers, Jeff Long and Tom Mueller. Jeff has been an amateur mycologist for 30 years. He has been foraging mushrooms for 30 years and truffle hunting for almost 8 years now. He is past president of the Mycolog...
Episode 24: Aquaculture: Farming our Fish for the Future
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - May 17, 2018 23:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis ORIGINS episode will be about the future of fish farming as well as its current status. Our panel consists of Jillian Fry, TJ Tate, Mark Ely and Jesse Blom. Jillian Fry directs the Seafood, Public Health & Food Systems Project at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. The project ...
Episode 23: Natural Sweeteners
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - February 15, 2018 20:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur discussion tonight will be on natural sweeteners. We are delighted to welcome Joseph and Margaret-Ann Burkholder, who are the owner/farmers of Compass Winds Sorghum, based in Dayton, Virginia, outside of Harrisonberg. Sorghum can be grown either for grain or for crushing into molasses. “Sorg...
Episode 22: Michael Twitty
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - January 18, 2018 20:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMichael is a noted culinary and cultural historian and the creator of AFROCULINARIA, the first blog devoted to African American historic foodways and their legacies. He has been honored by FIRSTWEFEAST.com as one of the twenty greatest food bloggers of all time and named one of the “Fifty People...
Episode 21: Coffee: A View from Two Continents
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - October 19, 2017 22:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTonight’s episode will take a look at coffee, the drink that fuels most us every day. Our panelists are Miguel Mateo, Getu Bekele and Lenore Yerkes. Miguel is the sales and export manager for Manos Campesinas, an umbrella organization that works with 8 grassroots organizations of four different...
Episode 20: Let's Have That GMO Conversation! with McKay Jenkins
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - September 19, 2017 21:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMcKay Jenkins has been writing about people and the natural world for 30 years. His new book is Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the American Diet (Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2017). He is also the author of ContamiNation (Avery, 2016, previously published in hardcover by Rando...
Episode 18: Too Many Cucumbers – Preserving, Pickling and Fermenting
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - May 25, 2017 21:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur panelists include Sarah Gordon and Sheila Fain, owners and founders of Gordy’s Pickle Jar; Meaghan and Shane Carpenter, the owners and founders of Hex Ferments; and Lauren Sandler, the Director of Preservation for Foodshed, Inc. Sarah Gordon and Sheila Fain are the founders of Gordy’s Pickl...
Episode 17: Reading, Writing and Arugula: A Look At Local School Farms
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - March 23, 2017 21:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPanelists: Beth Mathie, Farm Educator, Great Kids Farm Sharon Hood, Director of Roots Farm at McDonogh School Dan Schocor, Executive Director of Green Street Academy Eric Oberlechner, Farm Director, Green Street Academy Eric Oberlechner ran his own Landscaping company for 9 years and manage...
Episode 16: Distilling it Down: Spirits in the Mid-Atlantic
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - February 24, 2017 21:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOur four panelists are Janna Howley, Director of Operations, Grow and Fortify: Alex Weiss, Sales Director, Caledonia Spirits; Monica Pearce and Kyle Pfalzer, co-owners and founders of Tenth Ward Distillery. Food, farms and economic development have been Janna Howley’s passions since the early 2...
Episode 15: 2nd Anniversary of ORIGINS
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - January 19, 2017 17:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsORIGINS is celebrating its 2nd anniversary with a one on one conversation between Chef Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen in Baltimore and Rona Kobell, an environmental reporter. Rona Kobell is a reporter for the Chesapeake Bay Journal. She also was co-producer and co-host with Dan Rodricks of M...
Episode 14: A Look at Local Orchards & Fruit Trees
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - November 18, 2016 01:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of ORIGINS, we take a look at local orchards, orchardists and a cider distillery. Our first panelist is Ben Wenk , the seventh generation partner/manager at Three Springs Fruit Farm based in Aspers, Pennsylvania. Three Springs attends local farmers markets, sells wholesale, and ...
Episode 13: Women Who Farm
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - October 20, 2016 21:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of ORIGINS, we’ll take a closer look at women who have chosen farming as a career and as a way of life. According to the Maryland state census in 2012, there were 2,296 women farm operators in our state – a 20% increase from the 2002 census. We know women have always played imp...
Episode 12: So...Was It the Chicken or the Egg?
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - September 08, 2016 21:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 12th program in the ORIGINS speaker series features a conversation with 3 local chicken farmers from Maryland and southern Pennsylvania. Andrew McClean is the owner of Relief Farms, based in Queen Anne County, Maryland and recently converted his 350 acre chicken operation from conventional ...
Episode 11: The Local Pantry: Oil, Vinegar, and Salt
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - May 26, 2016 21:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 11th program in the ORIGINS series is about locally made items for your pantry – salt, vinegar and cooking oil. All three makers are working in the Chesapeake watershed area. We are pleased to welcome Paige Payne from JQ Dickinson Salt Works. Paige, along with her husband Lewis and sister-in...
Episode 10: The South You Never Ate: Virginia's Eastern Shore
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - April 28, 2016 21:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 10th program in the ORIGINS series features a conversation with Bernie Herman, the department chair and George B. Tindall Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The discussion will focus on the food, foodways and culture of the Eastern Shore of Virg...
Episode 9: Sustainable Seafood in the Chesapeake Watershed
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - February 18, 2016 22:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 9th program in the ORIGINS series is about sustainable seafood. With the Chesapeake Bay at our doorstep, it is important to note that the Chesapeake Bay provides 50 percent of the total blue crab harvest in the United States. Each year, the Maryland seafood industry contributes some $600 m...
Episode 8: Baking & Local Grains
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - January 28, 2016 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 8th program in the ORIGINS series is about sourcing and baking with local whole grains. We are pleased to welcome Heinz Thomet from Next Step Produce in Newburg, who along with his wife Gabrielle, owns a 87 acre organic farm. Heinz grows and mills whole grains including wheat, oats, barley...
Episode 7: A Conversation with Dr. William Woys Weave
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - November 19, 2015 21:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA conversation with Dr. William Woys Weaver, an international food historian, author, teacher, gardener, and epicure. Dr. Weaver is the founder of the Roughwood Seed Collection, which houses over 4000 heirloom food plants. Dr. Weaver is also the director of the Keystone Center for the Study of...
Episode 6: Maryland Cheese - Cow, Sheep & Goat
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - October 22, 2015 20:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDiscussion about pollinators and honeybees and their critical role in our food production. Panelists include Dr. Dennis van Englesdorp, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland’s Department of Entomology and an internationally known honeybee epidemiologist; David C. Heisler, farmer and ...
Episode 5: Maryland Cheese - Cow, Sheep & Goat
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - September 24, 2015 20:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLocal Cheese: Discussion about local Maryland cheese featuring 3 artisanal cheesemakers representing 3 different animal sources — cow, sheep and goat. And the cheese buyer and ACS Certified Cheese Professional from the Baltimore Whole Foods Market. Speakers are Colleen and Michael Histon, owners...
Episode 4: Drink Local
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - April 25, 2015 20:26 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLocal Beer and Wine: Discussion about the rise of the Maryland wine and beer industry. Speakers include the Director of the Maryland Wineries and now Breweries and Distilleries, a brewer and local hops farmer, a local winery, and a restauranteur focused on serving local beverages.
Episode 3: Farmer to Butcher to Consumer
ORIGINS: A Speaker Series - March 19, 2015 20:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDiscussion about the economics of producing high quality pork and beef on local farms. Speakers include a butcher, a processor, Heritage pig farmers and the director of a grass-fed beef farm operation.
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