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First Aired - 11/05/2009 01:00PM
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On the second episode of The Business End, Nelson and Annie cast a lens on the Hunt's Point Market, with special guests Bob Lewis and Terry Long.
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The Hunt's Point Market (6:50)
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the infrastructure of the food system in NYC, Hunt's Point Market in Bronx, one of the largest food distribution centers in world, Hunt's Point Cooperative Meat Market, Fulton Fish Market: oldest fish market in US, USDA's Fruit and Vegetable News, 70,000 square feet of refrigerated space in Hunt's Point Market, Hunt's Point was not always what it is today, Sustainable South Bronx: Hunt's Point residents have one of highest levels of unemployment rampant substance abuse, markets being set up in Hunt's Point to benefit community tremendously, The Business End,Reconnecting People At Wholesale Level to Local Sources (20:10)
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Bob Lewis: Special Assistant for Market Development at NY State Dept of Agriculture, Green Market has been involved in strengthening the connection between the small farmer and the city, provides other buyers like stores and restaurants with local produce and food, establishing a connection on the level above the consumer, demand for local growing by the day, Council on the Environment awarded a grant to manage wholesale facility focused on farmers, obstacles in getting wholesale market through, importance of urban-rural connection, healthy fresh local food, Green Market evolving a new set of rules for Hunt's Point Market, will residents of Hunt's Point neighborhood have greater access to healthy local food?, expansion of retail farmers' markets,Terry Long: Researching the Food Market (10:12)
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market failures: real world circumstances getting in the way of economic models, imperfect information, Terry Long: Chief of Market News Branch for Fruit and Vegetable Programs for the USDA, Terry marshals information on average costs of various products on American food market,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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On the pilot episode of The Business End, our newest hosts, Annie Myers and Nelson Harvey, introduce themselves, their show-a primer on NYC food systems-and host some sound bytes from the New Amdsterdam Market.
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Host-on-Host Interviews (10:00)
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New Amsterdam Market, producing and consuming green market products, behind the scenes of New York's food system, Nelson's past studies, Report on Environmental impact of NYU, NYU's waste flows to NJ landfills, Gustavus Swift: started industrialization of meat trade, what can we learn about re-localizing the meat system by looking at the trade pre-Gustavus Swift, Annie's roots in food, short cycles of satisfaction in food world, Anne Saxelby Cheesemongers, where the food system needs to be in the future, Annie Myers: forager for The Spotted Pig,The New Amsterdam Market (10:00)
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background, vast majority of food in NYC arrives through Hunt's Point Cooperative Market in the South Bronx, New York City Council on the Environment, Just Food, CSA sites around the city, what sets New Amsterdam market apart from other markets?, Robert LaValva, butchers, cheesemongers, wild food foragers,Nelson and Annie in the Field at the New Amsterdam Market (10:00)
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opening market bell, Gary Cerillo, New Amsterdam Market is still in its nascent phases, will New Amsterdam Market be more permanent over time?, Eric Mcenroe, markets like New Amsterdam Market are a good way for vendors to test the market demand for their product, Dickson's Farmstand Meats, New Amsterdam hopes to be a place for wholesale venues to buy everything they need,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
