As a compendium to the upcoming TEDxManhattan event in NYC on February 18th, Erin Fairbanks chats with one of the featured speakers, Maisie Greenawalt of Bon Appetit Management Company. Her speech will be titled "The realities behind a large company going sustainable", and on this radio interview she discusses why she is so interested in humane farm animal trtreatment, and the challenges that come along with trying to transition into sustainable practices at a large organization. How do you make a commitment to buying a product that's not yet in the marketplace? Small changes can bring about big ones - which is exactly what Maisie reminds us of on a great conversation for foodies and change agents in all wakes of life.

"Creativity and freedom take work - but our people are up for that challenge and excited about it" [10:30]

--Maisie Greenawalt of Bon Appetit Management Company on HeritageRadioNetwork.org

This week Growing Good talks about the importance of young educators in America. Host Alessandra Maria-Iavarone sits down with teacher and artist Lisa Gutting to talk about why we need to start promoting more ethically responsible learning and adopting more effective teaching models for us as parents. Be sure to tune in to hear her share her stories from working in public schools and charter schools in America to teaching abroad in China. This episode is sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards.

"We need more focus, especially in a school environment, on what is ethically responsible learning."

--Lisa Gutting on Growing Good

Allen Leibowitz of Zingerman's re-joins The Farm Report with host Erin Fairbanks to talk more about coffee roasting. Learn how to be as thorough as possible when sourcing and buying coffee and find out why sample roasting is so important. Allen takes listeners on a journey through the process of roasting, and explains how coffee goes from bean to store to cup. Pro tip: coffee is best at its freshest! This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.