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First Aired - 07/31/2011 03:30PM
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This week's episode of We Dig Plants focuses on the tomato. Learn about its origins, applications and more as Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg are joined by gastronomic historian Sarah Lohman who adds some great history while serving up a delicious and unique Bloody Mary on-air. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market>.
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We Dig Plants: Tomatoes (16:24)
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We Dig Plants, Heritage Radio Network, Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, tomatoes, wolf peach, history of the tomato, tomato cocktails, American history, state vegetable of New Jersey, Arkansas, Campbell's Tomato Soup, pin cushions were based on tomatoes, superstitions, canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, ketchup,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/16/2009 01:00PM
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Mark and guest host Katie speak with John Schwally about FDR's secret air-based tomfoolery, Michael Hurwitz & Meg McGrath stop by to educate us about the tomato blight, Alyssa Maresca talks NYC real estate, and Matt Hegarty horses around!
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John Schwally Talks About FDR's Secret Air Force (14:36)
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Cairo, embassy, air field, Tom Colbert, Ari G Davies, civil aviation, Andy Dawson, JKP Airport, documentary, filmmaking, Pan American World Airways, Africa, army, summer of 1940, Europe, French colonies in Africa were taken over by Germany, North Africa, World War II, US Military Bases in Latin America and South America, plane technology, Brazil, Mexico, Pan Am was running in September of 1941, Air Transport Command, General Arnold, Cornell University, http://www.jfsfilms.com, David Hartman, FDR's Secret Air force, Air & Space Museum, discretionary fund to FDR paid for this air force, Caribbean islands,Michael Hurwitz & Meg McGrath discuss the Tomato Blight (6:28)
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Michael Hurwitz, Meg McGrath, blight, organic farmers are struggling, green market, fungal like organism causes blight, normally a potato disease, gardeners, farmers, blight is a rare disease, this is the same pathogen as the Irish Potato Famine, Cornell, photo blog, this pathogen cannot survive on dead plant tissue, starting the plant from seed prevents the rapid spread of a pathogen, starting a plant from seed vs. a big box store plant,Tomato Blight: Causes & Effects (14:35)
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a disease requires a host, a pathogen, and the right environment, rain has proven to be favorable for late blight, Michelle Obama, starting plants from seed has less risk, you have to grow it to sell it, local agriculture, incinerating plants, proper composting, Long Island, late blight is a great learning experience, reality of agriculture, Home Depot, industrial production for retail sale, know your source, bury your moldy spuds, blight produces large spots on the leaves stems and fruits, greenmarket is an independent non-profit, Poughkeepsie, compost, tuber, flooding, drought, spores, tomatoes, sustainability,Reality Estate: Rentals in Roosevelt Island with Alyssa Maresca (11:51)
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rental market, NYC, In Focus, real estate, smallpox hospital, Roosevelt Island, farms, insane asylum, new developments, repurposing land, F Train and Air Tram to the island, East River, the island is part of Manhattan, many diplomats live there, high rises, rehab hospital, Long Island City, Astoria, a one bedroom costs about $1500 to $2500, rent stabilization, landlords,Horse Racing with Matt Hegarty (14:45)
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horses, Saratoga, derby, jockeys, Belmont, East Coast center of horse racing, Del Mar, Rachael Alexander, horse racing, triple crown, racing styles, jockeying is an art, Jerry Bailey, the horses enjoy running, thoroughbred racing, horses top out at 37 MPH, Kentucky, Bill Shoemaker, Calvin Burrell, slaughterhouses, finding homes for unwanted horses, federal legislation to ban slaughter, pleasure horses, humane slaughtering, animal shelters, better training methods, daily racing forum, aqueduct, Matt Hegarty,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 09/08/2011 12:00PM
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This week A Taste of the Past has a serious talk about tomatoes with James Beard award recipient Barry Estabrook, author of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit. The discussion goes into the dark side of American farming in Florida where labor and human rights have been reported in some places to harbor slave-like working conditions. Find out about the Campaign for Fair Food why it is buying locally is more than just a fad or trend. If you care at all about where you're food comes from or curious why it is important to tune into this episode of A Taste of the Past, brought to you by the The NOFA-NY Locavore Challenge.
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The Dark Side of the Sunshine State (14:30)
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A Taste of the Past, LInda Pellacio, fall, tomatoes, tomato plants, Gourmet Magazine, Gastronomica, New York Times, Politics of the Plate, James Beard Award, Tomatoland, Modern Industrial Agriculture, Florida tomato, growing in sand, artificial fertilizer, slave labor, slave conditions in Florida, Florida Tomato Committee, immokalee, Barry Estabrook,The Campaign for Fair Food (20:32)
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artificial growing, vine ripened tomato, big supermarket chains, Taco Bell, Campaign For Fair Food, Taco Bell protest took 4 years, Fair Food Program, labor rights, grievances, human rights, Whole Foods, plant breeders, Monsanto, DuPont, hybrid tomatoes, University of Florida, Tim Stark, buy locally, instant gratification,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
