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Eat, Drink and Be Sustainable

August 4, 2010Full Showfarmers markets, local food, Sustainable BusinessAlex Wise

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We profile two pioneers in the local food movement on Sea Change Radio this week. Host Alex Wise speaks with The Breakaway Cook, Eric Gower, about fusing locally-grown food with global flavors and The Ethical Butcher, Berlin Reed, about selecting food from local farms and farmers’ markets. Both guests are commited to sustainability in their food preparation without compromising the search for authentically delicious culinary experiences.

Back To The Future: To Market, To Market

November 18, 2009Full Showback to the future, farmers markets, mass humanities, organic farm, western massachusettsFrancesca Rheannon

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Farmer Jim Pitts Samples His Own Pancakes — Farmer Jim Pitts Samples His Pancakes

The second episode of our Back To The Future series looks at the revival of a locally based food system in western Massachusetts. We talk with Margaret Christie of CISA (Community In Support of Agriculture), visit with organic farmer Jim Pitts at the Amherst Farmers Market, and speak with social historian Christopher Clark about how the market economy evolved in the Connecticut Valley in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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