(A full transcript of the podcast audio is available Talking about Curriculum that Pairs Food & Farm with Core Standards with Whitney Choate) When we ended season two of Grounded by the Farm, we said…
Hearing Paula Hynes talk about her experiences of spending time with the Maasai people in Kenya offers a whole new perspective on farming. Paula, who has a dairy farm with her husband Peter in Ireland…
How did we come to talk about Irish butter? As we’ve been doing these interviews, I have found inspiration for episodes in a range of places. The inspiration for this one? Making a grilled cheese…
Only an episode about growing bitter gourd and other Filipino foods could bring together connections to boxer Manny Pacquiao, pineapple, sugarcane and pig roasts and today is the day! It’s time to talk about all…
When it comes time to choose cooking oil, there are lots of choices. Canola oil is the easy choice for Lesley Rae Kelly and lots of other Canadians. See canola is uniquely Canadian as is…
In today’s world, people talk about plant-based proteins as a dietary preference, or a way to deliver innovation. But when you think about that, how often does your mind turn to growing a plant-based protein…
Have you got a favorite plant breeder or maybe not even sure what plant breeding is about? This episode is for you either way! We talk with Dr. Lee Hickey who has a plant breeding…
I knew I was going to have opportunities to meet new people and learn new things through this podcast, but I never thought I’d talk to a Ugandan fish farmer. It had simply never crossed…
Usually Grounded by the Farm episodes include us interviewing a farmer, talking about the food they produce. And in this second season, we are interviewing farmers in various parts of the world. But this…
In February, another cold snap hit and I desperately put flowers on my grocery order to simply have a visual reminder that spring would be coming. That bouquet included alstroemeria as many do but I…