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First Aired - 06/03/2010 12:00PM
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Linda talks about the trials and tribulations of the devoted Locavore with Amy Cotler, author of "The Locavore Way". Amy speaks about tried and true techniques to deal with the more confounding issues linked to locavorism, and why its worth the trouble.
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A Taste of the Past Introduction: The Locavore Way (15:00)
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Linda Pelaccio, A Taste of the Past, Heritage Radio Network, Hearst Ranch, locavore movement, Amy Cotler, author, The Locavore Way, farmers markets, fresh local foods, people get eating local confused with eating organic, CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA's are as close as you can get to your food, people are getting more educated, a lot of people cook once a week at most, Dan Barber, Roberta's, Brooklyn is a hot bed of chefs doing the right thing, we have been taught in the direction of cheap easy food, instead of asking for the special ask for what's local, why should we be locavore?,Why Should We Be Locavores? (15:00)
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you have to make extra effort in the winter, the supermarkets are getting better, look for local food everywhere, when you eat seasonally the food tastes better and is healthier, fair trade, safety of our local economies, open working landscapes, rooftop gardens, community gardens, farms keep people employed, our culinary heritage is part of who we are, old cooking traditions, what do you do in the winter?, there are CSAs with winter shares, what are our core local foods in the winter?, cheese, eggs, meat, maple syrup, root vegetables, potatoes, winter squash, cabbages, vertical gardening, hydroponic gardening, eat more meat in the winter, it takes an adjustment to cook with grass fed beef, diversity in our food supply has diminished, http://www.amycotler.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/13/2010 12:00PM
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Linda sits down with author, horticulture legend and the worlds premiere vegetable gardener Amy Goldman. Amy also serves as the Board Chair for Seed Savers exchange, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving heirloom plant varieties.
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A Taste of the Past: Plant Porn! (15:40)
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A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio, Tekserve, Heritage Radio Network, Amy Goldman, Seed Savers Exchange, vegetable whisperer, gardening, Melons for the Passionate Grower, The Compleat Squash, The Heirloom Tomato, Amy wanted to seduce people into growing heirloom vegetables, Victor Schrager, Michael Harlan Turkel, The Food Seen, seasonality, this is a great time for gardening, eating tomatoes out of season, the story of the tomato, what does heirloom mean?, an heirloom is a verity of value that breeds true from seed and thus can be handed down to the next generation, designed to be home grown, flavor, disease resistance, seed hybrids, open pollination, bio-diversity, smallest tomatoes have the highest acid and sugar levels, Alberto Shatters, Amy became a member of Seed Savers in 1990,Amy Goldman of Seed Savers Exchange (14:50)
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cooking from the garden, New York State Fair, Dutchess County Fair, preserving varieties, as the years went on Amy became more of an advocate, there are 12,000 other members of Seed Savers Exchange, www.seedsavers.org, if you want to maintain seed security you should isolate by distance, cross pollination, saving seeds of tomato and bean is pretty easy, plant pornography, plant porn, squash, pumpkin, instructions for saving heirloom seeds, grow one variety of each type in the garden, there will be no crossing, growing peppers, Golden Midget, melons, www.rareforms.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/14/2010 03:30PM
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Alice & Carmen talk about what to do in your garden during these March days, and Max gives a very special video game review.
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We Dig Plants Introduction: (15:00)
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We Dig Plants, Carmen Devito, Alice Marcus Krieg, Hearst Ranch, E E Cummings, Heritage Radio Network, cleaning the garden, rust proof galvanized steel, root balls, as the tree grows the height needs to be re anchored, pruning now in March, roses, should be trimmed now just as the leaves are beginning to show signs of swelling, prune the center of the plant, make your cuts at a clean 45 degree angle, remove the broken and dead branches, cut until the inside of the cane is white, removed weak or twiggy branches thinner than a pencil, utility lines, house windows, neighbors fences and windows, shaping trees, tree butchery, raking and cleaning up crusty debris, clean your pruners,Garden Tips & A Special Video Game Review (15:00)
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cool season crops, zone 7, annual seeds sown indoors 5 to 6 weeks before the last frost date, USDA zone map, arrugula, onions, beets, spinach, kale, tomato, peppers, broccoli, eggplants, these seeds will not germinate in cold soil, seed catalogs, photo tropism, constant moisture, good air circulation, plastic bags can cause problems, damping off, fungal disease, discard the seedling, cut back on the water, know your zone, use your common sense, 25 Vegetables Anyone Can Grow, if you can only grow one plant from seed it should be the tomato, Max's video game review, Plants vs Zombies, video, doom mushroom, the pea shooter, sunflowers, computer game, iPod touch or iPhone, Michael Jackson zombie, grandpa zombie, Max gives the game 4.5 stars!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
