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First Aired - 05/13/2013 12:00PM
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Welcome to Feeding the Future, a new program that converses with educators, food professionals, caregivers, artists and musicians whose work relates to nourishing kids or in some way connecting them to food and its sources. The goal is to provide inspiration and information for feeding our next generation in a creative, rounded way and to emphasize the importance of engaging them in our abundant food culture. On the debut episode, host Orianne Cosentino is joined by Andy Szymanowicz of Sol Flower Farm, a diversified market farm and CSA, sustainably growing high quality vegetables and flowers. Tune in for a taste of what's to come on Feeding the Future
Heat the broth in a small pot. Season it generously so it tastes a little salty and keep it hot on the stove top.
In a larger pot, melt the butter and oil together. Add the onions and thyme and saute gently 4-5 minutes, until soft and clear.
Add the barley and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often to incorporate with the onions and the butter.
Pour in about half of the hot stock or enough to cover the barley. Stir well and reduce the heat to a low simmer (it should be bubbling gently).
Cook uncovered, about 10 minutes until almost all the broth is absorbed by the grains.
Add in the rest of the stock and continue to simmer another 10 minutes until the barley is tender and a little soupiness remains.
Near the end of the cooking time, stir in the asparagus, peas, herbs and parmesan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Check for seasoning adding salt to taste.
Once cooked, finish with lemon.
Serve with some pea shoots on top (and extra evoo and cheese), if desired.
Today's Recipe: Spring Barley Risotto
(adapted from Fanny at Chez Panisse by Alice Waters)
4 cups vegetable or chicken stock
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
a sprig of thyme
1 cup barley or short grained rice
1 pound asparagus, cooked and chopped into 1 inch lengths
1/2 cup peas, fresh or frozen
2-3 tablespoons fresh herbs, chopped (mint, chives, parsley or mix)
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
extra virgin olive oil for drizzling
1/2 lemon, juiced
salt and pepper
a handful or pea shoots, optional
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First Aired - 11/21/2010 03:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen sit down with Margot Berwin to talk about the plants most consistently linked with desire, passion, love, and lust. Margot is the author of "Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire", a semi-autobiographical fiction about a woman in NYC who, to her surprise, falls in love with tropical plants, ends up in the rainforest, and finds true love amidst the palms and poisonous frogs. Learn the inspiration for Margot's book, her relationship with plants and the city, and who she'd like to play her in the (potentially upcoming) movie version of the novel.
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First Aired - 05/23/2010 03:00PM
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Carmen & Alice talk with Barbara Pierson of White Flower Garden about plant branding and the new wave of young gardeners with bigger gardens and smaller houses.
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We Dig Plants Introduction: Branding & Marketing (16:20)
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We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Kreig, Carmen DeVito, Groundworks Inc, Heritage Radio Network, Roberta's, branding plants, marketing, most people do it for the love, consumers became more sophisticated gardeners, local nurseries started feeling competition, plants started to become patented, White Flower Farm, they have created a brand and elevated plants, they have done for plants for Victoria's Secret has done for underwear, their mail order catalog stands out, making plants sexy, they turned their catalog into a reference book, Barbara Pierson, the face and voice of how-to gardening videos, www.whiteflowerfarm.com, Litchfield, English cottage garden plants, Barbara has over 800 species of plants in the greenhouse this year, how does she select what to grow?, hybridizing, plants are now hybridized in tissue culture, hortheads, sometimes it's best to rediscover old plants, heirloom, White Flower Farm is a trendsetting organization, go to catalogs,Barbara Pierson of White Flower Farm (15:26)
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