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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 - 01/09/2011 02:00PM
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On the first Cutting the Curd of 2011 - Anne Saxelby resumes her state of the cheese series with the state of Ohio. She is joined by Abbe Turner of Lucky Penny Farm and Creamery who discusses everything from finding farm equipment on eBay to sheep's milk. Tune in and find out why distributors can be hard to work with at times and why Ohio was rated the 2nd best local food city in America. This episode was sponsored by Cochon 555 - for more information visit www.cochon555.com
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Cutting the Curd Introduction: State of Cheese - Ohio (17:00)
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Anne Saxelby, Cutting the Curd, Heritage Radio Network, Cochon 555, www.cochon555.com, Abbe Turner, State of Cheese: Ohio, Lucky Penny Farm and Creamery, Abbe has had the farm for 8 years the creamery for just over a year, understanding what you need to get started, bidding for equipment on eBay, the internet as a farm tool, value added product, farmers markets in Ohio, Tremont Farmers' Market, understanding the perishable nature of specialty cheeses, community supported agriculture programs, Cleveland was ranked as the 2nd best local food city in the US, sustaianlane, www.sustainlane.com, chefs are artists, Doug Katz Fire, distributors are more challenging to work with, Premiere Produce, Summit Select Provisions,Abbe Turner of Lucky Penny Farm and Creamery (16:32)
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there's a sweet spot for milking, getting the most production from the animal without increasing labor costs, 50 animals, Amish farms in Ohio, they rely on local cheese processors for their milk, sustainable food heroes, cheese initiatives in Ohio, Ohio Sheep Milk & Cheese Initiative, each small facility handles different tasks, sheep milk has some advantages, it can be frozen, you can make cheese from it at a later time, Ohio State University Extension, Peter Dixon, Innovative Farmers of Ohio, educational programs and internships, seasonal interns, raw milk in Ohio, www.luckypennyfarm.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 09/14/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions Jimmy hosts a special on traditional cask ale. First he goes on the road to speak to Rob Hodson of Union Beer Distributors, who showed an early interest in cask ale and gave it a big boost in NYC. Next "cask ale guy" Alex Hall (of Gotham Imbiber et al.) discussed the finicky specifics of serving and storing cask ale along with Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers Imports. Finally Patrick Donagher of Rattle n Hum discussed his upcoming Get Real NY event along w/Chris Cuzme of NYC Craft Beer Week. German gravity or English Traditional? What's a CamRA? Tune in for this meeting of the minds to learn about this complex, storied ale. This episode was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Rob Hodson of Union Beer (15:00)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, Heritage Radio Network, GreatBrewers.com, Joel Shelton, Shelton Brothers Imports, Alex Hall, Rob Hodson, Union Beer, cask ales, d.b.a. was the first bar to pour cask ale in New York City, cask beer is the kind of thing that can help build brands, cask vs bottled or draft tasting, New York City's palate is changing, session beer, English tradition, cask ales pair well with food, German tradition of unfiltered beer, dry hopped, local concept of casks, temperature, weather and distance from the brewery, monitoring shipments, the importer handles that, heat is a huge enemy, is there room for more cask ales in New York City?, is there a demand?, gravity poured beer, the consumer in New York is maturing,Cask Ale with Alex Hall & Joel Shelton (15:00)
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Alex Hall, Gotham Imbiber, Joel Shelton, Shelton Brothers Imports, Williamsburg Cask Ale Festival, North 7th & Berry, cask ale is finicky, it needs to be regulated, conditioning needs to be right, cask breathers, device that, if used properly, will create a blanket of Co2 between the top level of the beer and the atmosphere, oxygen will make the beer stale, you can't set the PSI to more than 5, Camra was a movement in England in the 70's, Campaign for Real Ale, largest consumer movement of all time, casks only survived in the UK because of the efforts of Camra, http://www.camra.org.uk, Bridgeway, German gravity cask,Patrick Donagher of Rattle n Hum & Chris Cuzme of NYC Craft Beer Week (15:00)
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Patrick Donagher, Rattle n Hum, Chris Cuzme, NYC Craft Beer Week, how did Gotham Imbiber start?, www.gotham-imbiber.com, no longer in print, Alex used to work at The Evening Star, the list of cask beer in NYC has grown tremendously since Gotham Imbiber started, started at 5 and now its at 53, Patrick Donagher is one of the leading retailers of cask in NYC, moving people from craft beer to cask beer, Blind Tiger, Cherry Tree, Wandering Star Brewering Company, Chris Post, New York City Craft Beer week is coming up, September 24th-October 3rd, one of the top events is the Get Real NY event that Patrick is hosting, cask and food festival, www.getrealny.com, Stone Brewery, Dr. Bill Sysak, Luke's Lobster, Lucy's Whey, New York City Brewers Choice, Garrett Oliver, voyage of the IPA, boat trip,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
