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First Aired - 05/15/2009 04:00PM
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Lorenzo Ragionieri speaks with Rose Balfiori of Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery about the rare breed Dexter cow and Artisanal cheese making and Barb Foulke of Freddy Guys Hazelnuts in Oregon.
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First Aired - 06/20/2010 03:30PM
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Alice and Carmen spoke to Dennis Schrader of Landcraft Environments, a wholesale plant and garden source with distributors all over the Northeast. Schrader spoke about the striking tropical plants with which he made a name for himself and Landcraft.
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We Dig Plants Introductoin: (14:47)
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We Dig Plants, Carmen Devito, Alice Marcus Kreig, Heritage Radio Network, Dennis Schrader of Landcraft Environments, wholesale nursery and growing operation on the east end of Long Island, you need a wholesale license to buy from them directly, their plants are available via mail order and retail locations, Landcraft specializes in tropical plants, Bill Smith, Dennis assisted Carmen & Alice in an embarrassing potato field related incident, he did a lot of design work, greenhouse suppliers, Dennis brings about a million plants to market each year, busy season starts towards the end of April and drops off mid June, propagation starts as soon as it gets cool, his favorite thing he brought back was passion flowers out of Central America, Elephant Ear Plants, Roberta's,Green Roofs & Tropical Plants (17:25)
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some of his first landscape projects were roof gardens, green roof plants, installations and design, hybrid system, fits the right system for the right roof, different ecosystems, some clients are afraid of leakage, you have to know your materials and work with engineers, some tropical plants can easily survive indoors with the right conditions, one client invested in a green house because of how much he loved the tropical plants, Costa Rican garden, the people at Landcraft Environments are trendsetters, nurseries are starting to carry more unusual things, big box stores buy in volume, saving seeds from annuals or tropicals, plant patenting, Extraordinary Leaves, gardening books,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/10/2009 12:00PM
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Ingredients of a Sustainable Business with guests: Paul Arenstam of Hotel Vitale in San Francisco, Cathy Whims of Nostrana in Portland, Sarah Barber of Frankies Spuntino and Prime Meats in Brooklyn, and Kate Sanzin of Balthazar in NYC
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Introduction and Show Summary with Patrick Martins and Katy Keiffer (4:59)
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the art of sourcing and foraging sustainable ingredients,Sourcing with Cathy Whims: Owner of Nostrana of Portland (14:08)
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strawberries, local, value, organic, Farmers Market, New Potatoes, economics of sourcing local, knowing your producer, whole animal challenges, buy lesser cuts to help farmers, ground meat, National Cattleman's Beef Association, James Beard, food carts, spirits, Portland restaurants, oregon, butchers, frugality,Sourcing with Paul Arenstam of Hotel Vitale Joie de Vivre Restaurant Group (7:32)
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San Francisco, Hotel Vitale, Restaurant Americano, Farmers Market, restrictions on food costs for chefs, leverage buying, contracts with prodcuers, market as a guide, Hearst Ranch, Ferry building, menu changes, regional foods, staple ingredients, competition amongst vendors for chefs, strawberries and mother's day, growing season, budgeting, seasonality, luxury, small distributors and farmers, availability,Forager Sarah Barber of Frankies Spuntino and Prime Meats of Brooklyn (7:27)
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helps the busy chefs, procurement system, UC Davis, International Agriculture Develpoment, genetic diversity of food crops, worked with Mexican farmers for thesis, bean corn and squash mixture, new systems, volume is a challenge, develop a new network, producer relations, Lancaster Farm Fresh, organizing Pennsylvania Amish farmers, Forager, buyer, Sourcing, pricing, negotiating, volume,More with Sarah Barber and the Future of Sustainable Sourcing (7:19)
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growing season, whole animal, primal cuts, allocate resources of the kitchen, sausage making, investment in labor for whole animal buying, equipment and commitment is key, architecture for whole animals at Prime Meats, shift of food conciousness, art of butchery, produce, fresh, local, seasonal, dairy, meat, abundance, costs, economics, curing,Kate Sanzin and the Balthazar Buying Philosophy (8:18)
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performance, French, standards, lifestyle, New York Times, blind taste test, dog food versus pate and fois grois, fast food still dominates industry, great staff, everywhere and nowhere, diverse clientele, Keith McNally, accessibilty to all consumers, price point, All involved need common understanding of restaurant's mission, controlled chaos, restaurant experience transports diners, legistlating quality, Italian, Pursuit of Happiness,Trees not Trash with Kate Gilliam and Cory Mason (4:09)
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plant trees, community involvement, love your NYC block contest, nominal grant for Bogart street, people represents safety, Buschwick Library garden project, devoid of trees, 100 trees planted to date, Parks Department as ally, The sprout Home, A million trees NYC, benches, Bloomberg, exposure, www.treesnottrash.org, donationS,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
