Join Patrick Martins on this weeks episode of The Main Course as he sits down and chats with Scott Boggs of Crown Maple Farm. Tune in as they wonder what counts and doesn't count as fast food. What makes Olive Garden any different than McDonalds? Should Chinese food be considered fast food? What are some new accessible restaurant models that could replace fast food as we know it? Also listen as Scott explains his role at Crown Maple Farm and his history at The French Laundry. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"Right now, we're [Crown Maple Farm] the one of most technologically advanced Maple Syrup farms in the country."

"Now you're seeing a lot of smaller cities and towns that are realizing how important it is to source locally."

--Scott Boggs of The Breslin & Crown Maple Farm on The Main Course

Josh takes a rare detour into the world of coffee on the latest episode of The Mr. Cutlets show.

Rodney North and Equal Exchange have been providing alternative markets for food goods for small farmers across the world. Mariana Cotlear sits down with Rodney to talk about the true definition of fair trade, economics, and the history of Equal Exchange. Find out how the organization was founded around importing Nicaraguan coffee during the Reagan and Bush years despite a tight trade embargo. How does Equal Exchange circumvent "the middle man" to pay fair wages to producers and growers? Learn more about fair trade certification, and why certain certification measures will allow for plantation-grown crops to be labeled, despite a less-than-friendly market approach. This segment has been brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"If the farmer cooperatives that we work with are better off than they were before... we will have achieved something." [11:50] -- Rodney North of Equal Exchange