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First Aired - 04/12/2009 12:00PM
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Patrick talks news with Sam Edwards and apiaries with Jon Feldman.
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Introduction and Show Summary with Patrick Martins (2:29)
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bee-keeping in Brooklyn, USDA, Traceability,Government's Role in Helping or Not Helping Farmers (7:43)
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grants to small farmers, Direct farmer to consumer marketing, Michelle Obama, White-house garden, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Andrew Jackson's Magnolia Tree, USDA,Who Pays for Traceability? (19:52)
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accountability, simplicity on labels, government, consumer, processor, who pays, Sam Edwards, James E. McWilliams, Traceability, FDA, USDA,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/22/2009 05:00PM
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Kate Manchester, publisher of Edible Santa Fe, talks with Steve Warshawer of Beneficial Farms and Josh Veirtel, the President of Slow Food USA.
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HR2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 with Steve Warshawer of Beneficial Farms (24:10)
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Energy and Commerce Committee, reform food safety practices, processors, food handlers, regulation, FDA handles food regulation and handling, FDA Modernization Act, small producer, USDA, inspection, exemption for smaller producers, government intervention, there is no agenda against small agriculture, there is unintended fallout from the attempts to regulate larger agriculture, lawmakers write the law not regulations, rulemaking process is very complex, National Organic Program, genetically engineered seeds, small farmers corrected the rules, there is room for interpretation amongst regulations, FDA has authority of 96 percent of all food in the US, FDA was underfunded, self regulation, system of user fees being implemented to raise money, user fee creates disincentive to regulator, sliding scale for fees was requested, language forms intent, local food suppliers feel overlooked by FDA, this attention has helped small farmers improve food safety practices, food safey requirements are mostly common sense, farmers should have no reason to refuse training, home based processing is illegal in New Mexico, FoodAndWaterWatch.org, read the bill at www.govtrack.us/congress/bill, HR2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, HR875, www.opencongress.org,Slow Food USA with Josh Veirtel (29:11)
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Yale Sustainable Food Project, Slow Food USA, International Congress, Josh Veirtel, youth involvement, Slow Food International, US has a very strong Slow Food prescence, undergraduate programs, sustainability, global movement, college students are joining the sustainable food movement, students are creating local chapters, UNC, most farmers in New Mexico are old, there are no successors, land is expensive, there are good federal programs for farming loans, Slow Food USA Statement, local projects, bringing gardens to local schools, national advocacy, USDA oversight for vending machines, mandory funding for grants, Child Nutrition Act, sheep, we risk losing incredible tradition, Italy, RAFT, Renewing America's Food Traditions, Chef's Collaborative, increase biodiversity, national network, heritage apple varieties, Slow Food Nation, San Francsico, grassroots, legislative change, US Terra Madre Network, Woodstock meets the UN, life changing event, Slow Food movement is a metaphor for community, Edible Communities, we need to find new models for young farmers, ark of taste is how we indentify foods that are important culturally and are at risk,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/25/2011 04:30PM
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This week on Cutting the Curd sees another installment of Anne's State of Cheese series and this episode takes us to West Virginia. On the first half the show Penny Sagawa calls in from Spring Gap Mountain Creamery imparting her knowledge of building a raw milk cheese creamery. On the the latter half of the show Terry Clapp of TLC Farm Goat Dairy talks about his undertaking of buying an 1827 farm and turning it into a FDA Grade-A goat farm and creamery. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
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Cutting the Curd: Penny Sagawa of Spring Gap Mountain Creamery (15:12)
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Cutting the Curd, Anne Saxelby, Heritage Radio Network, State of Cheese, West Virgina Cheese, Penny Sagawa, Spring Gap Mountain Creamery, paw paws, cow's chese, Jersey Gold cheese, washed rind cheese, raw millk cheese, building a cheese plant, cheesemaking advice, cheese equipment, humidity and temperature control, farmer's market, Whole Foods, cheese distribution, Three Shepherds, Linda Faillaice,Terry Clap of TLC Farm Goat Dairy (19:18)
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Terry Clap, TLC Farm Goat Dairy, Ripley, West Virginia, healthier ways to eat, goat milk products, Grade A goat dairy, commercial rafters, stainless steel boilers, FDA certified, USDA Certified, birthing goats, plain farmers cheese, cold smoking, firm cheeses, Glengarry, Thermo-Clean, Andrew Heller, pasteurizers,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
