This week on The Farm Report, Erin is joined by David Sherman, Market Manager of GrowNYC. David tells listeners how he's convinced many Brooklynites to start eating kale and other healthy produce and explains how some of the markets in NYC operate. Tune in to hear more about food access in NYC and the growing trend of farmers markets and CSA's. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

On a special edition of The Main Course, Patrick Martins sits down with food titan Michel Nischan to celebrate his week as guest editor on Food Republic. Tune in to hear a spirited conversation about our food system and the various ways in which we can improve it. Should Wall-Mart be criticized or embraced for going green? How can subsidies be re purposed to promote local and fresh produce? Find out some of the sustainable companies and restaurants that inspire Michel and learn more about everything from Victory Gardens to the role shareholders play in sustainable food. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"A lot of subsidies that have been given to processed foods give the products an unfair price advantage which is why you can buy fast food much more inexpensively than fresh produce, which we should have 5 servings of a day."

"In 1949, at least half of the fresh food consumed in the United States came from victory gardens. Then it became more convenient to buy from supermarkets."

"The only way to get returns at the level shareholders expect is to drive down the cost of goods and labor."

"I'm not freaked out Wall Mart saying they want to go green. I'm cautious, but if they put 1-2 million dollars a year into food access issues and trying to make local more affordable you have keep an eye on it."

--Michel Nischan of Wholesome Wave on The Main Course

This week on The Main Course, Patrick is joined by Nicole Taylor aka The Food Culturist, host of Hot Grease. Patrick and Nicole have a heated discussion in the wake of Thanksgiving about food access in low-income communities. Are people responsible for making good choices on their own, or should they be given more access to good food? Later in the show, they shift the conversation to the Occupy Wall Street movement as it relates to food. Finally, Patrick plays a pre-recorded segment with Red Wattle pork farmer Larry Sorrel of Lazy S Farm. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.