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First Aired - 05/16/2013 04:00PM
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On this installment of It's More Than Food, Michel Nischan talks with Karen Washington, Maria Hines, and Dorothy Hamilton- all advocates for women within the realm of food. Karen Washington is a community activist and co-founder of Black Urban Growers. As a community gardener and board member of the New York Botanical Gardens, Karen has worked with Bronx neighborhoods to turn empty lots into community gardens. Maria Hines is the owner and chef of Tilth, Golden Beetle, and Agrodolce in Seattle, and an supporter of local farms and sustainable practices. Dorothy Hamilton is the founder and CEO of the International Culinary Center, a culinary institute with campuses in New York, California, and Italy, where students learn all ranges of culinary technique. In this episode, we explore the backgrounds of each of these renowned members of the food industry, and the history behind women in the food movement. Each guest also gives us a current update on their work: Karen expresses her desire to sit down with the community and create a healthier food system for the city, Maria aims to build a society aware of healthy, sustainable foods, and Dorothy talks about teaching her students about building a restaurant that is focused on being on responsible, sourcing locally, and supporting the mid-size farm movement. Tune in for another remarkable episode! As always, thanks to Wholesome Wave for presenting today's program. Thanks to Four Lincolns for today's musical break.
"In this urban farming movement, women are out there in the trenches... Women are leaving the kitchen and going back into the field to really connect to where their food is coming from." [4:45]
"If we're talking about a food system that's sustainable and accessible for all, then the doors must be open for all." [16:05]
-- Karen Washington on It's More Than Food
"As the woman head of this school, I have always seen about 50% of our student body comprised of women, and pastry classes have always been 80-90% women." [12:50]
"What we want and expect from young chefs today is responsibility." [45:00]
-- Dorothy Hamilton on It's More Than Food
"The best flavors are coming from local, sustainable agriculture. When I opened my restaurant, I knew that had to be a part of my mission statement." [19:45]
-- Maria Hines on It's More Than Food
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Representing Women in the Kitchen and on the Farm (31:41)
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women in food, Karen Washington, activism, academia, Black Urban Growers, Maria Hines, Dorothy Hamilton, Chef's Story, The International Culinary Center, Michel Nischan, low income neighborhood, family values, farming, women farmers, Harlem, the Bronx, Tilth, women in the kitchen, West Coast, people of color, sexual orientation, the Bay Area, Heartbeat, FCI, gardener, public health, urban agriculture, ancestry, slavery, black farmers, racism in agriculture, diversity, monoculture, New York City, Queens, Top Chef, Seattle, workers' rights, organic, advocacy, French Culinary Institute, backpacking, fish, meat, culinary education, Bobby Flay, Larry Forgione, Thomas Keller, young chefs, Alfred Portale, Organic Valley, dairy coop, Women's Share, foodies,Female Food Role Models (30:25)
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South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, food systems, conservation, Oberlin College, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Wholesome Wave, poverty, ecology, race, under-served communities, resources, food desert, hunger, farmer's market, donations, healthy food, the food movement, the James Beard Foundation, rural poverty, affordability, chef boot camp, SNAP incentives, fresh fruits & vegetables, Just Food, food stamps, Fresh Bucks, food policy, Alice Waters, Walmart, food retail, wholesale, sourcing, Hilary Baum, farm to table, local ingredients, industrial food, Karen Karp, kitchen skills, Roberta's, Ann Cooper, investment, the environment, Golden Beetle, Julia Child, AIWS, Candy Argondizza, food heroines, physical therapy, retirement, equality, for-profit business, school food, institutional cooking,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/02/2010 03:30PM
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Alice & Carmen talk about the historical and modern role of women in horticulture.
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We Dig Plants Introduction: Great Ladies of Horticulture (15:07)
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Carmen DeVito, Alice Marcus Kreig, We Dig Plants, Heritage Radio Network, Bushwick, Roberta's, Jack Inslee, Great Ladies of Horticulture, Alice & Carmen are garden designers and contractors, they design and build gardens, unique niche in a male dominated industry, Carmen comes from a farming background, the womans role in keeping garden has evolved over centuries, Eleanor Perenyi, Green Thoughts, she was a working woman in the 1950's, women invented horticulture, women got banished to trivial jobs when men started gardening, imprisoned in the flower garden, menstruation superstition, the golden age of gardening, the second oldest profession,Gertrude Jekyll & Beatrix Farrand (18:50)
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women could not be land owners, women were banished to inside the garden walls, there are two pioneering women, Gertrude Jekyll, she had poor eye sight and turned to landscape gardening, her style was simple, ordered disorder, the style of the cottage garden, theme of romance, middle class gardens emitting careless rapture, hap hazard effect, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Martha Stewart has made a fortune thanks to these women, she was a privileged lady, neo arts and crafts movement, harmonies of color, Edwardian school of good taste, her most famous garden is Munstead Wood, The Glebe House, look to her for proper bordering, Beatrix Farrand, born in 1872, died in 1951, she was exposed to a great social network, her aunt was Edith Wharton, America was trying to emulate Europe at that time, American Society of Landscape Architects, only women on that council, referred to herself as a landscape gardener, her draftsmanship was amazing, women have come a long way!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/19/2009 02:00PM
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Lorenzo interviews Bridget Brennan, CEO of Female Factor Strategic Consulting, and author of the recently published "Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World's Most Powerful Consumers."
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Why Does She Buy? (22:58)
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Bridget Brennan, CEO of Female Factor Strategic Consulting, Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World's Most Powerful Consumers, Random House, women consumers, female factors, Johnson and Johnson, atomic family, new American archetypes, 70% of women work, adaptation to luxury, the new strategy for women consumers, gender is most important decision making factor, Women's Liberation Movement, hormone fluctuations, women more attentive to details, women are hardwired for practicality, pink sledgehammers, noticeable ambiance and treatment, women dominate college degrees for more than 10 years, book, author, sexist, Chicago, epinions.com, chauvinism, instructor at Northwestern University, women influence 80% of sales, women's role in american families, increase customer service, 90% of car salespeople are men, blogger conference, suffrage rights,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
