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First Aired - 04/25/2010 02:30PM
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Anne Saxelby, Hilary Dennis & Leah Mayor talk about milksheds: what is a milkshed, and how does it affect the quality of what we eat day to day?
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Cutting the Curd Introduction: Milkshed (20:38)
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Cutting The Curd, Anne Saxelby, Heritage Radio Network, http://saxelbypam.blogspot.com, How Not To Raise F'd Up Adults, Pam Saxelby, milk shed, New York City Milk Supply, Hilary Dennis, NYU, College of Arts & Science, thesis writing, King Corn, the dairy world is like going down the rabbit hole, much of our food supply is like that, milkshed is analogous to the term watershed, New York State landscape is ideal for dairy farming, many farmers are going out of business, New York City used to have a very strong local foodshed, swill milk, transportation routes, milk trains, alleged monopolies in the dairy industry, lobbying power, small farmers can't defend themselves, farms became more reliant on the system, the system has started to take advantage, farms are more specialized, that means that corporations have farms in a stranglehold, they only produce milk, pasteurization, homogenization, dairy trucks, processing plants, independent truckers,Hilary Dennis & Leah Mayor Discuss Monopolies in the Dairy Industry (17:37)
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dairy farmers, how much do they get paid for the milk?, paid per the hundred weight, mosty estimations, Board of Trade, it comes down to what people are willing to pay for cheese, fluxuates daily, farmers get paid a blend price for their raw milk, Sullivan country, 15 per hundred weight, price was designed to keep farmers afloat, farmers are having trouble breaking even, the system is broken, milk is no longer tied to a place, environmental studies, human health issues, advocates for raw milk argue that we shouldn't drink pasteurized and homogenized milk, there are no proper waste management systems on farms with confined animal feeding operations, automated milking machines, these systems cause mass water pollution, air pollution with methane that the cows release, cows were designed to eat grass, pasture raised cows manage their own waste problems, monocropping, diversity is a natural platform for thriveability, America's dairy farmers need to take control of the supply chain, become more diversified operations, food security, food sovereignty, Hudson Valley Fresh, value added game is a totally different skill set, Leah wants more people from the city to go out to the country and learn about food supply, revitalizing communities, 80% of the population lives in urban areas, farm tours, there is a growing population of young farmers, fight the industrial system, Roberta's, stay tuned to www.saxelbycheese.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/04/2010 02:30PM
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Anne's parents stop by, along with Bennoit Breal and Stephanie Wang-Breal to talk cheese and Stephanie's new documentary.
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Cheese Shooting (19:19)
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Salumi cured meats, Pam and Bill Saxelby, Bennoit Breal, Stephanie Wang-Breal, Shavuot, Tivot, bringing first fruit to the temple, the land of milk and honey, Russian Pagan Cheese Week!, Maslenitsa, British cheese rolling, Glouster, rolling was canceled due to safety concerns, the milk supply, big cow costumes, when does cheese shooting occur?, Mingers, 3 phases of cheese shooting, the triathalon of cheese, mimolette, who's shot a gun?, skeet shooting, BB guns, cheese is a better target than an apple, Anne's dad really really loves the idea of cheese shooting, cheese traditions, snow in the garden meant fondue time, Anne's Dad's parents loved cheddar cheese, white cheddar cheese, NY state cheddar cheese,Stephanie Wang-Breal discusses her film Wo Ai Ni Mommy (13:25)
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Stephanie Wang-Breal, San Francisco Film Festival, Wo Ai Ni Mommy, Chinese adaption, The Sedowskis, China opened their doors to international adoption in 1992, China's welfare institutions were being overwhelmed with abandoned healthy baby girls, laws protect the adoptive families versus the birth family, families about to go and adopt a child, assimilating in crucial first months, bridge between child and family, filmmaking is translation, social issue documentaries, teaching film workshops for adopted Chinese girls, Asian women in the media, www.woainimommy.com, cross cultural relations,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/07/2010 02:30PM
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This week on Cutting The Curd, Steve Jenkins and Robert Aguilera drop by to pay some respect to American artisan cheesemakers.
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Cutting The Curd Introduction: American Cheese Makers (15:04)
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Cutting The Curd, Anne Saxelby, Wisconsin Cheese Originals, Steve Jenkins, American Cheeses, American artisans, crowley cheddar, shipping cheese, parcel post, American cheese makers, Jersey milk, mountain cheese, Vermont, cheddar, fresh goat cheese, raw cows milk, European originals, derivative cheese, New Zealand, Australia, farmstead cheese, Taleggio, Grayson,Why Did it Take So Long for Americans to Recognize Cheese? (12:27)
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Jasper Hill Farm, Mateo Kehler, Kraft singles, Columbia Missouri, bread, bagels, rustic cheese, American palates have become more sophisticated, Essex Market, Steven Jenkins' Cheese Primer, Florence, Pecorino, American Cheese Society, Seattle, farmers at the green market, Fairway Market, coming face to face with the people who make your food, getting rid of the hideous supermarket mentality,Robert Aguilera Talks About American Artisan Cheese (12:45)
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Robert Aguilera, Cambridge, Formaggio Kitchen, supporting local cheese, quality cheese, www.formaggiokitchen.com, cheese is alot like sports, Japsar Hill, Maine, Tricia Smith, Carlisle Farmstead, nothing is set in stone, American artisan cheese, making customers aware, gastronomic pleasure, raw milk, regulations, Gilette Stadium, Foxborough,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
