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Thanks for joining as we talk about the 1% for the Planet Global Summit.

And check out Cornucopia Institute and Zafran, two of the organizations I spoke with. 

1. Take our HRN Audience Survey
2. Progressive Hedonist—Dr. Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson
3. Knead to Know—Steven Clarke (Golden Krust) & Lily McQueen
4. Beer Sessions Radio—The Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

We are joined by our fellow and food journalist Jessica Gingrich, who reported from the Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund annual benefit at Chelsea Market in NYC. We talk about Anne's legacy, the event, and include a lot of attendee commentary. 

Cover photo credit: Romanchophoto and Mike Vitelli. 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

On this episode we sit down with Jesse Ito of Royal Izakaya, one of Philadelphia's best and most well-regarded sushi restaurants. We talk with Jesse about his cooking past and inspiration, bringing izakaya and omakase together, how music is used in Royal Izakaya, and a lot more. 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today I'm joined by co-host Amy Currie and our special guest Christine D’Ercole (Instagram) is a writer, public speaker, decorated competitive cyclist, Peloton instructor, and founder of Wordshop™, a workshop in self-talk. Through storytelling and interactive journaling, Christine provides practical and powerful tools for navigating the terrain of deprecatory self-talk to change the way we think about who we are and who we are capable of being. 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us today! Below are your links from today's show. More later this week!

• A Feast for the Senses—get tickets now!
• Knead to Know! Now on HRN.
• Are These Corporations Pocketing Your Kid’s Lunch Money?
• 36 Hours in Door County, Wisconsin
• Bord Bia on The Speakeasy
• Snacky Tunes: The Benjamin Hollywood & Rodes Rollins

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today we're joined by Steve Hoffman, the author of A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France. 

And please consider joining us for our 15th anniversary event, A Feast for the Senses, on September 29. 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today's guest is Chef Joey Maggiore, author of Brunch King: A Cookbook. Fun conversation, thanks for joining! 

A Feast for the Senses—get tickets now!

Bittman with Michael Bennet

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Join us as we talk to Manya Rubinstein of ISCO about their Seaflow Ocean Gin and a bunch of other topics. Also...

A Feast for the Senses—get tickets now!

KCRW Good Food—Featuring Meat + Three! 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today's guest is Marisel Salazar, who joins us to talk about her new cookbook, Latin-Ish. Enjoy! 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Very excited to have Barkha Cardoz of Cardoz Legacy as our guest today. Please enjoy! 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining as we talk to Yasmin Fahr, a cookbook writer, recipe developer and a contributor to NYT Cooking. We talk about her new cookbook, Cook Simply, Live Fully. 

Among the other things mentioned in this episode: 

• Inside Julia’s Kitchen: Meet Alice Waters Again
• Meat + Three: Our Cheese, Ourselves
• NYT: Favorite Nutrition Takeaways from 2024 (So Far)

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today I'm speaking with Jennifer Bushman of Fed by Blue about the new documentary series Hope in the Water. Enjoy! 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us for this conversation with Ceybon AF's Dr. Giulietta Octavio, along with a quick recap of the great Fancy Food Show in NYC. Enjoy!

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us today to talk with Karen Katz, author of the new book Getting Sauced: How I Learned Everything I Know About Food From Working in TV.

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining as we run down some of the things we've been reading and listening to this week. Among the things discussed:

• James Beard Award Winners
• Food with Mark Bittman: Fadi Kattan
• Proof Podcast: Buy Me Some Biryani and Cracker Jacks 
• Grist: Heat waves making restaurant workers unsafe
• FERN: The cafeteria as classroom 
• Beer Sessions: Live from CiderFeast in Portland, Maine
• Culture + Flavor: Chef Jonny Rhodes | The Violence of Hunger
• Gastronomica: "The Climate Reality for Independent Restaurants”
• Meat + Three: The Great Meat and Three Debunk-isode

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us as we talk with Nicole Condon of the Marine Stewardship Council about World Ocean Day. Check out their work and get involved! 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today I got to speak with the legendary Mark Bittman, of The Bittman Project, among many other things. He also mentioned Community Kitchen as a project he's deeply involved in. A few things mentioned in the episode: 

• Gastropod: Sugar’s Dark Shadow
• Time Out’s 20 Best Cities for Foodies
• NYT: In ‘Where to Eat,’ Digesting the Complex New York Dining Scene
• Spill & Dish: Summer Fancy Food Show Preview with Anthony Mangieri of Una Pizza Napoletana
• Meat + Three: Identity Crisis: Authenticity in a Changing Food Landscape

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us to talk to Basu Ratnam, the creator of INDAY, an Indian restaurant group in NYC. 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining! Today we talk to HRN intern and journalist Jess Gingrich, who was the lead producer on the most recent episode of Meat + Three, "The Bittersweet History of Pralines."

Among other things discussed on the show:

• America’s Test Kitchen’s Proof Series Special Season: 100 Proof
• The Food Chain: The Burrito Story
• “Day Zero” for water in Mexico
• Switched on Pop / Gastropod: Is pop music just fast food?

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining. Today we talk with Chef Erling Wu-Bower of Maxwells Trading in Chicago. We talk about Erling's roots in New Orleans, the parallels between music and food, his restaurant, the food scene in Chicago, and desert island records! 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today I'm chatting with Todd Schulkin and Lauren Salkeld of The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts about their work and the Julia Child Awards. Thanks for tuning in! 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for tuning in. This week we bring you a bunch of food stories. Enjoy!

• The Bear Season 3 is coming
• Gastropod: Why Are Restaurants So Loud?
• Bittman Project: The Unseen Role of Prisons in Our Food System
• Snacky Tunes: Delco Rose Hoagies & The Immaculates
• The Speakeasy: What’s Not to Like?
• Today: A Taco is a Sandwich

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us! We are talking with Chef Adam Diltz of Elwood Restaurant in Philadelphia. This was a lot of fun. Enjoy.

If you're in Philly or come to Philly, check it out: https://www.elwoodrestaurant.com/

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today we welcome to Jimmy Carbone of Beer Sessions Radio. Jimmy is 700 episodes in, and still broadcasts from Roberta’s as often as he can. And we touch on a few other things as well:

• A Year on Ozempic Taught Me We’re Thinking About Obesity All Wrong
• Growing Mushrooms from Food Waste
• Food with Mark Bittman: For Chantha Nguon, Family Recipes Are a Lifeline
• The Food Chain: Eat with your hands

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks to Darin of Snacky Tunes for joining us, and congrats on 600 episodes! Check out Darin's Substack. Other things discussed:

• NYC food finds: KRU and One Bite Omakase
• Decoder Ring: How the Jalapeno Lost Its Heat
• What’s with the Mold? A Blue Cheese Crash Course
• Panera drops Charged Lemonade
• Meati raises $100 million round

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us today as we talk with Chelsea Carrick, who was nominated for a James Beard Media Award for her piece for Good Beer Hunting, "Waiting for the Rain — How Drought in Northern Mexico Impacts the Country's Beer Industry."

Among the other topics discussed today: 

• The Paleo Diet and What A New Study Tells Us
• What’s Next for Culinary Cannabis
• All in the Industry with Alain Ducasse
• Japan Eats with Morgan Adamson of Hoseki
• Why Beer Tastes Better Cold

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining as I speak with Katherine Miller, the James Beard Media Award nominated author of At the Table: The Chef's Guide to Advocacy. The other things I touch on: 

• Queer Food Conference in the NYT
• Florida Bans Lab-Grown Meat
• McDonald's Creating Biggest Burger Yet
• Walmart Recalls Ground Beef
• Lavender as Springtime Pumpkin Spice
• Unfrosted: The Movie

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks to Alfred and Arthur of Pizza Pod Party for joining me today. See you on Friday. 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us on this episode looking at Philadelphia food news, content, and more. Some of the things discussed: 

• Nashville auction fundraiser—Maggie Rose VIP tickets, Russell Hotel stay, dinner at Blue Aster
• Delicious City Podcast
• C-Cap Philly Pheast
• Philly’s Summerlong Happy Hour is Back
• The 15 Best Cocktails in Philly!

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for tuning and thanks to our guest Nick Leighton, a co-host of the podcast Were You Raised By Wolves?

Some of the things discussed today:

• Where Do IPAs Come From?
• Is Plant Based Meat More Sustainable?
• Just a few more days to bid on the Nashville package, where you could win a VIP experience with Maggie Rose at the Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, dinner at Blue Aster, and 2 nights at the Russell Hotel. Bid today and help support these programs. 

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks to Alex Ketchum for joining us to talk about the Queer Food Conference. A couple other links for the things mentioned:

• Culture + Flavor—Klancy Miller
• Beer Sessions—10 Years of Transmitter Brewing

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us today, and thanks to our guest Elizabeth Fisher. Among the topics discussed:

• Marine Stewardship Council + Earth Day
• The Fight for Dairy Diversity in Public Schools
• Coffee drinking hits record high
• Mitigate your exposure to “forever chemicals” in food
• Culture + Flavor—Klancy Miller
• Beer Sessions—10 Years of Transmitter Brewing
• Snacky Tunes—Jess Damuck (health nut)

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining us for this special episode with two interviews, one with Capri Cafaro and one with Maggie Rose. Among the topics covered today: 

• America the Bountiful from Capri Cafaro
• Maggie Rose and the special Nashville Charity Buzz auction package
• The Food Section—Bureau Chiefs Picks
• Good Food podcast on recipes from Gaza, berry pie, and more
• Why the all-night diner is dying
• Earth Month, Earth Day, Choose Blue
• Why does cannabis make you hungry?

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining! Some links below to stories we covered today. And thank you to Amanda Dell of Jewish Food Society, and here's the new book, The Jewish Holiday Table.

• What Makes Food Kosher?
• Decaf coffee takes off
• AND … BUT: Decaf coffee could potentially be unsafe for human consumption
• The rich, troubled history of New Orleans’s famous food culture
• PepsiCo Recalling this Popular Zero Sugar Drink Because It’s Actually Full of Sugar
• This is the last week of our 15th Anniversary Tour, so check out the special LA package (Gjelina / The Wiltern / Vitorrja) 
• Maggie Rose Show + Dinner + Hotel in Nashville

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining! We have a news and podcast roundup today. Enjoy! 

• Diaspora Chefs Shaping BBQ
• Code Switch on Bug Eating
• In the Sauce: Building Full Funnel on Amazon
• Meat + Three is coming back!
• The Speakeasy: No Laws When You’re Drinking Whiskey
• Culture + Flavor is coming back this Sunday!
• 228 Grilled Cheeses in 228 Days
• Dunkin’ Fans Still Waiting for Track Suits
• Mountain Dew Doritos
• Charity Buzz Auction with VIP Maggie Rose package

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for joining today. Help us spread the word by sharing this episode with your friends! Among the things covered:

• Small format grocery store
• Carding people for non alcoholic drinks
• Chili crunch controversy
• A Taste of the Past: Eating Peru
• Charity Buzz Maggie Rose Auction
• 100 Best NYC (including Blanca and Foul Witch)

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee, produced and distributed by Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Today we're talking pizza. Links and topics covered below...

• Pizza Quest—New episode featuring Peter Friedman, who runs All Purpose Pizza Shop 
• Snacky Tunes—Darin hits both coasts, with NYC Chef Dan Kluger of Greywind, and with Matt Costa at Dangerbird Studios in LA
• Donate to our 15th Anniversary campaign and enter to win in Asheville! Lunch for 2 at Chai Pani, dinner for 2 at Botiwalla, 2 tickets to AVLFest

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee and Heritage Radio Network. Original music by Amar Sastry.

Thanks for tuning in. Topics covered in this episode: 

• Our new show, Feast + Harmony, hosted by Christine-Sykes Lowe, which explores  the culinary crossroads of arts, entertainment, and tourism
• HRN's former intern Sasha DuBose's piece in Washington Square News
• Check out the work and content around the idea of "borders," and the art by Salu Binahtabor in our newsletter
• Consider donating to our 15th anniversary campaign and win dinner for 2 and 2 tickets to a concert in the city of your choice

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee. Original music by Amar Sastry. Produced and distributed by Heritage Radio Network.

Thanks for joining us! Among the topics covered:

• Here's the Jose Andres op-ed published in the New York Times
• California's fast food minimum wage
• Food misinformation piece in The Hill
• Eat Your Heartland Out and America the Bountiful
• HRN 15th Anniversary Tour—check out our offerings
• New episode of Meat + Three, mentioned by Taylor Early and H Conley

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee. Original music by Amar Sastry. Produced and distributed by Heritage Radio Network. 

In this first episode, we discuss food news of the day, and bring you an episode with Chef Mike Lund (World Central Kitchen volunteer, The Inn At Little Washington). 

Among the things discussed in this episode: 

• The tragic news that members of the World Central Kitchen team were killed in an airstrike while working to support humanitarian food delivery efforts in Gaza.
• Decoder Ring episode “Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look The Same?"
• Meat + Three is coming back next week.
• Our 15th Anniversary Tour fundraising campaign.

Amuse News is hosted and produced by RJ Bee. Original music by Amar Sastry. Produced and distributed by Heritage Radio Network. 

To celebrate Mother’s Day, the founders of the storytelling website Eat, Darling, Eat present conversations with some of your favorite HRN hosts, this time talking personally about their own mother/daughter relationships and the ways that food helps to explore and define the family dynamics, history, and personalities. Whether Mom dedicated passion and energy to feeding her family, or made Sara Lee and Szechuan take-out her best friends, listen in on the stories of families, cultures, and kitchens from South Africa to Japan. 

Host:

Aimee Lee Ball is an author and journalist writing about health, business, politics, food, travel, and the arts. She has contributed cooking columns to The New York Times Sunday Magazine and has appeared on TV's Food Network. Her books include No Time to Die, a New York Times Notable Book, and Changing the Rules, a Best Business Book. She has written for many national publications including New York Magazine, The New York Times, O the Oprah Magazine, National Geographic, and Harper’s Bazaar.

Producer:

Steve Baum is a New York-based filmmaker and cinematographer. His company produced Salvadorian Salvation, a documentary about protecting El Salvador’s children from gang violence. Dr. Vicky Guzman, founder and director of Asaprosar, an organization that helps the neediest families of that country, worked with her daughter Lucy Guzman and a team of social workers, psychologists, and educators, providing a refuge for children, including a balanced meal every day. Steve is the creator of Not For Kids Only (UnderwaterSuite), the first DVD in a musical video series.

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Join Caity and HRN's new Head of Growth, Frank Mentesana, as they welcome back Gillian Zettler, Executive Director of the Charleston Wine and Food Festival. Gillian has a sneak peak of how the 2022 festival (back in person after 2 years!) will be different, more inclusive, and filled with culinary, beverage, and musical delights! Tune in for insights that will inspire organizers of events large and small. Tickets for the festival go on sale 10/22/21!

Photo Courtesy of Alice Keeney.

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After two years of fundraising and planning, HRN is thrilled to unveil a new visual identity and website. To share some behind-the-scenes insight into the redesign process HRN’s Executive Director Caity Moseman Wadler and Communications’s Director Kat Johnson sat down with the iconic Pentagram designers behind our new look. 

Paula Scher is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world and her images have entered into the American vernacular. Scher has been a partner in the New York office of Pentagram since 1991. She began her career as an art director in the 1970s and early 80s, when her eclectic approach to typography became highly influential. During the course of her career Scher has been the recipient of hundreds of industry honors and awards, including the profession’s highest honor, the AIGA Medal.

Jeff Close is a graphic designer from Toronto. He has designed for clients such as The New School, The Library of Congress, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and many more. His work has been recognized by D&AD, TDC, AIGA, Tokyo TDC, SEGD, Fast Company, CommArts, PRINT, among others. In 2012, he started the design podcast Listen Close and, in 2019, he founded and launched Crust Magazine, an online magazine that recognizes the collective meanings of our relationships and individual stories with food.

Celebrate HRN’s new look and invest in the future of food radio. Become a monthly sustaining donor at heritageradionetwork.org/donate.

From hurricanes and earthquakes to Covid-19, World Central Kitchen is always one of the first organizations on the ground anytime crisis strikes. Caity and Kat welcome Anna Bornstein, WCK's Relief Operations Lead to talk about their mission: using the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies through times of crisis and beyond.

Photo Courtesy of World Central Kitchen.

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Bob Lewis and Stephen Dima of Fulton Stall Market (located in New York City's South Street Seaport) join Kat and Hannah to kick off the season with a conversation on public markets, agritourism, CSAs, and the legend of Sloppy Louie's.

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This episode was produced in partnership with Discover South Carolina and Charleston Wine + Food.

This week on HRN Happy Hour, we’re learning about South Carolina’s culinary scene from the people who know it best: its Chef Ambassadors! Meet Kevin Mitchell and Jamie Daskalis, of Charleston and Myrtle Beach, respectively. They discuss the people, culture, ingredients, and relationships that make South Carolina’s food scene so dynamic. As restaurants and tourism begin to pick back up, they share insights on an industry in recovery and share some timely advice for people looking to plan their next trip to South Carolina’s coast. 

Chef Kevin Mitchell is one of those rare culinarians whose professional interests far exceed the confines of the kitchen. He truly is a “chef scholar,” with two degrees from the Culinary Institute of America. Mitchell is the first African American Chef Instructor at the Culinary Institute of Charleston, and his work prioritizes the preservation of Southern ingredients and supporting South Carolina’s community of chefs.

Chef Jamie Daskalis grew up in restaurants – her father owned and operated four restaurants in New York. Today, she is the brainchild behind the wildly popular Johnny D’s Waffles and Bakery. Daskalis is also passionate about serving her community. As the mother of a child with autism, she routinely hosts events to advocate for others and spread awareness of the condition. 

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This episode was produced in partnership with Discover South Carolina and Charleston Wine + Food.

This week on HRN Happy Hour, we’re learning about South Carolina’s culinary scene from the people who know it best: its Chef Ambassadors! Meet Raffaele Dall’Erta and Jason Tufts, of Sumter and Aiken, respectively. They discuss the people, culture, ingredients, and relationships that make South Carolina’s food scene so dynamic. Both Raffaele and Jason have used their talents as chefs to build fine dining destinations in small towns.

Born in Milan, Raffaele Dall’Erta struck out on his career path at the tender age of 15, attending culinary school at Vallesana in Northern Lombardy. The rich traditions of family, food, and Italian culture are the foundation of his culinary ethos. He has worked in esteemed kitchens like The Far Duck in the UK and Per Se in New York. After an 11-year turn as sous chef at the Inn at Little Washington, he landed at Hamptons in Sumter in 2010.

Chef Jason Tufts can thank his mama for his culinary career. As a high school student, he took a job washing dishes for a downtown Aiken restaurant, which gave him an inside look at the behind-the-scenes dynamics of a chef’s life. He honed his skills at the Doctors Hospital of Augusta, the Green Boundary Club, and the Woodside Plantation Country Club, both in Aiken. In 2017, he was named executive chef of Malia’s, one of the town’s most popular restaurant

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The Executive Director of CHSWFF (Charleston Wine + Food Festival) joins us to talk about favorite memories from the 2020 festival, what the organization has planned for a virtual celebration in 2021, and how they're using this 'off' year to strategize on how to make future iterations of the festival more equitable, inclusive, and creative.

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On this episode of HRN Happy Hour we're thrilled to present the first episode of one of HRN's newest shows: Fields.  Fields brings you the stories of people who are working in urban agriculture—for money, for fun, to feed the hungry, and for entirely other reasons. In each episode, hosts Melissa Metrick and Wythe Marschall delve into different foods grown in cities. Moreover, we investigate the whys behind getting up in the morning and working as a farmer in the shadow of skyscrapers. You don’t need to be a farmer to enjoy this podcast, or even a foodie! With their expert guests, Melissa and Wythe break down the realities and possible futures of urban farming to their elements.

So, how are seeds gender-defying time travelers? Subscribe to Fields and find out! In our first story, Melissa and Wythe talk to plant-focused artists Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco of the Next Epoch Seed Library and to Ken Greene, expert seed breeder and seed librarian. We explore how different seeds travel across time and space—sometimes becoming “invasive” “weeds,” and sometimes disappearing from human cultivation. Anne and Ellie are working to help all of us, especially those of us in big cities, rethink our relationships to the plants traveling all around us, to our neglected environments, to our politicized borders, and to the world’s rapidly changing climate. Ken is working with indigenous leaders to grow, save, and return—without keeping—sacred seeds. We talk about organic seeds, the ethics of growing, and farming while queer. We learned so much from our first guests, and we know you will, too!

Further Resources: 

Seed Shed: https://seedshed.org/about/people

The Native American Seed Sanctuary: https://hvfarmhub.org/seed-sanctuary

Subscribe now to get the episodes as they launch! (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). 

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The HRN Crew (Kat, Caity, Hannah, and Jess) welcome Jeff Gross of Midroll/Stitcher to talk about the wild and wonderful podcast industry. Jeff shares some insights on how 2020 has changed listener behavior, as commute times have decreased but new "quarantine hobbies" have emerged. The crew talks about some of our favorite podcasts and shares advice for folks looking to get involved in audio production.

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