Connecting childhood nutrition to gardening. A fascinating chat with Patti Milligan lets us explore ways to help children crave healthier foods. Patti discusses how taste, smell, and environment are influential to what drives our diet preferences from a young age. She encourages parents to…
Teaching people how to recognize clean, healthy food Most people perceive food as healthy based on popular buzz words and special labels such as grass-fed or non-GMO, yet, never questioning the source of ingredients. However, Pia Maffei says we should absolutely be asking…
Promoting the local food scene and building the local food community in an accessible, affordable, and original way. – In This Podcast: Food brings people together, and David Tyda specializes in creating events and festivals that build relationships between local restaurants and…
Learning how to cook with vegetables. – In This Podcast: Shortly after getting married, Sonja Overhiser and her husband, Alex, did a 180 from fast and frozen food to eating a home-cooked, mostly whole food plant-based diet. She shares what motivated them to learn…
Turning garden pests into edible treats. — In This Podcast: Her 9-year-old son wanted to eat snails while in France, and once home he wanted to eat the garden snails too – so food writer Molly Watson did the research and figured out how to harvest and cook the snails they collected. Her down to earth descriptions can help any gardener who wondered if the pests had an edible purpose. She also shares…
By Guest Bloggers: Jim & Roxanne Malinski – We live in southeast Chandler, AZ in a neighborhood established 20 years ago. Last year in mid-September (2018) we planted romaine lettuce, curly kale, rainbow blend carrots (all seed) and six small broccoli plants in my vegetable garden (raised 6’x12’ plot). Within a couple weeks everything was…
Changing the way we eat one month at a time – Food revolutionary and visionary Ocean Robbins shares a healthy eating program that can work for anyone in just 31 days. Breaking down his plan into four sections, he helps simplify the process. He also discusses some of the…
349: Jennifer Johnson on Eco Conscious Cooking. Building healthy bodies and minds through good nutrition. Jennifer became a Chef 23 years ago after her son told her he hated her…
263: Deanna Cook on Kids and Farmers Markets. Creating an early love of healthy foods & cooking through fun activities. Deanna graduated from college and received a Watson Fellowship to…
198: Constantin Bisanz on Sourcing Healthy Food. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle through real food options. Health enthusiast, avid athlete and Austrian entrepreneur Constantin founded ALOHA in January 2014 with a…