ORIGINS: A Speaker Series Podcast
1) Episode 22: Michael Twitty
Michael is a noted culinary and cultural historian and the creator of AFROCULINARIA, the first blog devoted to African American historic foodways and their legacies. He has been honored by FIRSTWEFEAS...Show More
2) Mind of a Chocolate Maker
This evening’s conversation is with Jinji Fraser, the founder and owner of Pure Chocolate by Jinji. Pure Chocolate by Jinji was started by Jinji and her father, Guy, in 2012 with the mission of hel...Show More
3) Bernie Herman
Our featured panelist tonight, Bernie Herman, is one of the co-founders of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Foodways. Bernie is the author of the recently published book, A South You Never Ate: Savorin...Show More
4) Episode 31: Citrus...Local??? Yes!
This episode of ORIGINS features New Jersey citrus growers Vivek and Seema Malik along with their daughter and baker Simran Malik.The Maliks are self-taught, part-time citrus growers. Citrus is a pass...Show More
5) Episode 30: Is It Now Or Never For Local Farms?
Thanks for joining us tonight for a very important topic –our local farms. Today we learned that a local institution, Trickling Springs Creamery is closing. Two of our farmers from prior ORIGINS eve...Show More
6) Episode 29: Building a Healthy Food Retail Environment: Strategies to Improve Food Insecurity
Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequa...Show More
7) Episode 28: Medical Marijuana
This episode of ORIGINS features three representatives from the Evermore Cannabis Company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014 and has been available to ...Show More
8) Episode 27: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part 2
This episode of ORIGINS continues the conversation we started on Thursday, September 20th about the economic impact of buying and sourcing food locally. Last week we heard from Scott Nash, the CEO and...Show More
9) Episode 26: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part I
The intent behind ORIGINS, a speaker series, was to highlight the farmers, fisherman, producers, and makers behind the local food movement in the Mid-Atlantic region. Spike Gjerde started his first r...Show More
10) Episode 25: Foraging
This episode will be on foraging in the mid-Atlantic area and features two longtime foragers, Jeff Long and Tom Mueller. Jeff has been an amateur mycologist for 30 years. He has been foraging mushr...Show More