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Sleepin On The Street (For a Good Cause!) (16:28)
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Flash Talks Cash, JoAnne Flash Fleming, Andrew Newman, Occupy Wall Street, protests, sleeping on Wall Street, Tea Party, NYPD, macing, rogue police, pepper spray, lethal weapons, Wall Street, Roshashana,Andrew Fumes Over FEMA (14:46)
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Buffalo Springfield, farmers, Hurricane Irene, farmers land getting ruined, FEMA, federal aid, emergency aid, FEMA money, insurance, Washington, fiscal quarter, government shutdowns, Congress, Senate, Obama, farm fundraising, shut down government, 1775, no taxation without representation,Download MP3 (Full Episode)
Cutting the Curd Introduction: Markets (15:00)
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Anne Saxelby, Cutting the Curd, Tekserve, today's theme is markets, New Amsterdam Market, Robert LaValva, New Amsterdam Public, old Greek markets, when the market hall used to house the government, commerce took place at the bottom government took place at the top, The Agora, bringing together people goods and ideas, what makes a public market different from most?, furthering civic aims, markets helped agriculture develop, public concern with how private business is conducted, cheese as inspiration, Neal's Yard Dairy, cheese cellars, London, Borough Market, Robert staged a market for Slow Food USA, Fleisher's, what's the difference between New Amsterdam Market and the Greenmarket, difference between producer and purveyor, New Amsterdam Market is a purveyors market, New York is competitive, farmer's markets are a part of the regioning food system but not the only part, some farmers don't want to be the ones to sell their crops, middlemen are not necessarily a bad thing,Robert LaValva of The New Amsterdam Market (19:48)
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the market opens June 27th!, issues of scale and evolution in the regional food system, New York was once called New Amsterdam, markets were a gathering point for Native Americans, they would come eat oysters, New York is always tearing down old buildings and building new ones, the public decides what to do with public property, Fulton Fish Market, not many people went there, it operated at the dead of night, it had colorful associations, for markets: think in terms of decades, the fish market buildings are untouched, there are hopeful stories, Jane Jacobs, The High Line, food sellers that speak to a time and a place, reviving old traditions in todays time, vendors, some are seeked out and some come to the market,Download MP3 (Full Episode)








