Get ready for the 2013 Just Food Conference in this special interview with food activist Karen Washington. Karen has lived in New York City all her life, and has been a resident of the Bronx for over 26 years. Since 1985 Karen has been a community activist, striving to make New York City a better place to live. As a community gardener and board member of the New York Botanical Gardens, Karen has worked with Bronx neighborhoods to turn empty lots into community gardens. As an advocate, she has stood up and spoken out for garden protection and preservation. As a member of the La Familia Verde Garden Coalition, she helped launched a City Farms Market, bringing garden fresh vegetables to her neighbors.

"What's been lost in the food movement is our connection to land - back in the early 1900's 40% of us lived on farms." [06:00]

"People of all color need to have a seat at the table. We're talking about food and agriculture - if you're serious about the movement, when you sit down and break bread - if you see people of the same color then something is wrong." [14:00]

--Karen Washington on HeritageRadioNetwork.org

Welcome to another jam-packed episode of Beer Sessions Radio with Jimmy Carbone! New York City Lagunitas representative Jimmy Lyons joins the studio for the first time. Ed Berestecki is back, and he's chatting with your host, Jimmy Carbone, about the original eight taps at Mugs Ale House in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tessa and Enrica Malfucci make the trip down from Maine to represent their family beer brand, The Atlantic Brewing Company. Learn about the history of the company in Bar Harbor, and Brandon Moore from American Beer cracks open some Atlantic Brewing beers with Jimmy and guests. Jim Jamison calls in from Washington to talk about his brewery, Foggy Noggin. Hear Jim talk about the small-scale production of English-style ales, and the beer scene in the Pacific Northwest. Everyone's tasting beers from across the country! You don't want to miss this episode of beer sessions radio! This program has been sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.

"You can't promise a brewery a line, you just can't. There are so many breweries - nanos, micros, macros!" [6:39] -- Ed Berestecki on Beer Sessions Radio

"Pre-IPA days, the burton ale was the go-to beer for people." [20:40] -- Jim Jamison on Beer Sessions Radio

This week on Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor talks about blogs, gardens and knives with a panel of guests including Janelle Nicol, Karen Washington & Joel Bukiewicz.