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First Aired - 11/22/2009 12:00PM
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It's time for another Green Market update on The Main Course! Katy Keiffer is joined by Michael Hurwitz & Liz Corollo who give us a report on what's in season and what the future holds for the markets.
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Main Course Introduction: Greenmarket! (20:29)
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Katy Keiffer, Liz Corollo, Michael Hurwitz, The Main Course, end of the growing season, hard squash, collard greens, delicata squash, Bill Telepan, brazed bacon, apple cider, holiday cookbooks, Thanksgiving recipe packets, customer relations, Cayuga Pure Organics, farmers got hammered this season, fall has been so mild the growing season hasn't ended yet, job creation, elitist quality of green market, health resources, lower income communities, Union Square wasn't as nice before the green market, Department Of Health, industrial agriculture, sustainable agriculture, Tom Vilsack, polenta, Roberta's, Greenmarket, carrots, markets, Ithica, vegetables, infrastructure, affordability, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower,Industrial vs. Sustainable Agriculture (8:36)
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Patrick Martins, limiting the use of synthetic fertilizers, industrial run off of water, food for export, big agriculture, local solutions to feed populations, local farms, educating the public on how to make smart food decisions, there is no local grain industry, health bucks, South Bronx, Michael Pollan, Roberta's, mills and workers don’t exist,Turkey Report With Patrick Martins (12:10)
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Good Shepherd Poultry, heritage turkeys, Frank Reese, government policy, agricultural models, low expectations for farmers in America, it's hard to run a slaughterhouse, government help to model a slaughterhouse, new appointments, farmers markets are not the only solution, don't overcook a heritage turkey, use a thermometer, breeders, genetics, traceability, http://www.meetingplace.com, distribution,Price Supports & Improving The Food System (18:21)
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price supports, government supported milk prices, farm bill, there needs to be more money for research and development, health care, organic standards, Wall Mart, City Council, changing the eating habits of children, slow food, improving school food, chicken McNuggets are ground up chicken bits, bench trim, we are programmed to love salt fat, there is a difference between small scale fishing and industrial fishing, volunteer training, economics, nutrition, seafood, food is a bipartisan issue, national panels,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/29/2009 01:15PM
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This week: an impromptu introduction of our "Trash Talk" segment plus Frank Reese and Verun Mehra.
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Main Course Part Q Introduction: Trash Talk (9:45)
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Roberta's, world class restaurant, trash talk, Dick Cheney, Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, the media has a moral obligation, Sarah Palin, Robin Williams, Carrie Fisher,The Politics of Poultry with Frank Reese (26:51)
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Frank Reese, Good Shepard Poultry, American Poultry Association, the definition of a heritage chicken, USDA, the bird grows slowly, mature weight for processing is 16-18 weeks, breed definition, Jersey Giant, factory farm system, there is one company controlling all the genetics worldwide, Tyson, chicken processing, market weight, Cornish Rock Hen, why should we care about heritage breeds?, biodiversity, heritage breeds have better immune systems, commodity birds grow 300 times faster, you have to wear a hazmat suit when to avoid getting the chickens sick, Dan Barber, Blue Hill Farm, high prices are due to infrastructure, labor eats you up when you work by hand, turkeys are a different issue, it's impossible to compete with commodity, turkey eggs, to do everything truly sustainable and naturally is very expensive, chickens are different, they are cheaper to raise, most animals are killed after they stop laying eggs, there were a lot of struggles this year with turkey's, www.reeseturkeys.com, Frank invented the word heritage, Cargill, turkeys and chickens in grocery stores come from mega farms, supermarkets, www.meetingplace.com, farm forward, www.farmforward.com, if you think it's too expensive: pay now or pay later, everybody wants to eat heritage breeds but not everybody can afford them, Men's Health, Butterball turkeys, sixty percent of the price hike is from the postage, the problem is not the turkeys it's the shipping and handling, poor people should not eat unhealthy food, animal rights, sustainable food, people are greedy, if you raised the heritage chicken yourself it would cost 50 cents a pound,Food Politics With Varun Mehra (21:58)
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Varun Mehra, Alice Waters, NYU, Food Match Importer, olive importer, Varun found the internship with Alice Waters on craigslist, French Culinary Institute, kitchen intern, Joy Sellers, organic produce, Chez Panisse Foundation, Slow Food Nation, school lunch program, Obama administration, Food Inc., PS 216, community meetings, converting parking lots into gardens, middle school Iron Chef, hug and release, Eric Ripert, Berkley, Alice is in Rome right now, Mona Talbott, Carlo Petrini, Mary Cunningham, Slow Food, street food festival, Eat Real festival, politics,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
