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First Aired - 07/14/2009 04:00PM
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On this week's At the Root of It, Erin talks with Jaime Smith, professor of wine studies at UNLV, about eco-friendly closures and reducing the carbon footprint of wine production and distribution.
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The Weekly Wine Recap (3:20)
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Testa Wines, Bulgarian customs officers find liquid cocaine hidden in Bolivian wine bottles, Jim Meehan of PDT named Bartender of the Year at Tales of the Cocktail,The Cork Debate Resumes with Jaime Smith (12:13)
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cork, closures, Jaime supports cork because it is natural, cork is perfect sustainable and organic closure, lets in air, does cork taint wine?, misinformation about corked wine, rubber bullets, petrochemical ring attached to non-cork closures, wine loses life, cork lets the wine evolve to maturity, 685 million Brittish pounds lost to cork taint yearly, grades of cork, cork used for insulation lifejackets buoys, cork huge Portuguese industry, wine only a small part of cork industry, not everyone is making wine to age, wine cork recycling, non-cork closures the future for cheap wine,Calculating Wine's Carbon Footprint (19:10)
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consumers often determine a wine's carbon footprint, traveling food and wine miles, choose local wines if you want to stay sustainable, South American wines have largest footprint, ship vs. train vs. plane vs. sailboat transport, organic and sustainable practices at winery most important factor in footprint equation, flavor variation in biodynamic wines, half bottles bad in carbon practice, package wine more sustainably, no to styrofoam packaging, PVC's, oak vs. oak chips, oak flavoring, Jaime professor of domestic wine at UNLV, new world vs. old world, beverage degree at UNLV, tech vs. non-tech, Nicholas Joy, oenoverse,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/03/2009 04:00PM
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Today's July 4th themed Farm Report features Callene Rapp, Chairwoman of The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Callen speaks on how heritage farmers can gain independence from commodity production, and the urgency of preserving our heirloom breeds.
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An Intro to the ALBC and Biodiversity (5:32)
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Callen Rapp, American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, non-profit, extinction, heritage breeds, modern food production, commodity market, Brian Kenny, protecting endangered breeds, Highland Cattle, 4th of July, Frank Reese, biodiversity, pathogens,Callene Rapp on the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (3:34)
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small family farms, industrial agriculture, no extinct breeds of livestock since the ALBC was founded in 1977, education, information, heritage breeds, Terroir, place specific,Indigenous versus Heritage Breeds in America (6:00)
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history of domestication and civilization, Imports, trade, turkey indigenous to America, Heritage, United States as melting pot, culture, roots in other countries, Heritage Foods USA, awareness, Slow Food USA, Ark of Taste,Pathogens, Average age of Farmers and the Future of Farming (14:23)
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pathogen, Irish Potato Famine, importance of biodiversity, USDA, recalls, contamination, industrial systems, food production, cutting corners, need for younger farmers, Chicago Board of Trade, next generation, commodity market,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/07/2013 01:00PM
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How does fair trade works to promote a higher quality coffee? Find out on this week's episode of The Farm Report as Erin Fairbanks is joined by Todd Caspersen, Director of Purchasing for Equal Exchange. Hear about the initiatives Equal Exchange has started to develop common language so that producers, retailers and consumers are all on the same page. Language barriers, personal relationships and honesty are all integral to ensuring that fair trade standards are maintained and upheld, and Todd gives listeners inside perspective into the process of managing all of the systems that get coffee from crop to cup, ethically and responsibly. This program was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
"You can have fair trade coffee that is commercial grade, and fair trade coffee that is super high quality. It can be both things, and it's not a prerequisite one way or another. It's about the individuals in the supply chain." [07:00]
"What I'd like to see is greater levels of research and investigation to increase productivity on rural Latin American farms." [32:00]
--Todd Caspersen, Director of Purchasing for Equal Exchange on The Farm Report
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