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Rebecca Wilk grabs hay to mulch vegetable plants at the Corbin Hill Farm
The Farm Report Introduction: Corbin Hill Road Farm (14:10)
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The Farm Report, Heather Hyman, Erin Fairbanks, Sabrina Wilensky, Corbin Hill Road Farm, providing fresh food to the south Bronx and Harlem, the farm is the upstate hub, you have to pay up front for a traditional CSA, adapting the CSA model for low income communities, subsidizing share cost, food deserts, food access, this is one of the first seasons farmers haven't had an excess of corn,Community Shareholder Farms: Education, Preparation and Growth (14:06)
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vendors doing prep work locally, fresh food to schools that they haven't been able to access before, prep time can be a challenge, refrigerator size, hidden gems of opportunity, some people don't know how to use certain produce, kale has been the dark horse, creative ways of preparing kale, what's up for the cold season?, hot root vegetable action!, parsnip bread, flash frozen food, the goal is 1,000 share holders by next summer, www.corbinhillfarm.com, non farming farm skills, food policy issues, cultural sensitivity, what you eat is not necessarily what your next door neighbor eats, grains week, www.grownyc.org, spreading grains around the city,Download MP3 (Full Episode)
"When I started farming the weather was fairly stable...Now you have to be ready for anything." [20:40] -- Elizabeth Henderson: farmer and workshop leader, Just Food Conference 2013
Politics and Food (16:07)
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Genesse Valley, The Real Dirt, Peacework CSA, Elizabeth Henderson, community supported agriculture, family-scale farms, living wage, organic, biodynamic, low income, organic seed supply, shipping, fundraising, subsidies, Just Food, revolving loan funds, food politics, The Politics of Food, food justice, Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, wealthy, homeless,Download MP3 (Full Episode)









