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Episode 157: Chef’s Garden with Farmer Lee Jones

Episode 157: Chef’s Garden with Farmer Lee Jones

FromThe Farm Report


Episode 157: Chef’s Garden with Farmer Lee Jones

FromThe Farm Report

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

From the farm, to tables across the country! Farmer Lee Jones is Erin Fairbanks guest on this weeks installment of The Farm Report. Tune into this episode to hear Farmer Jones talk about the mission of Chefs Garden, and why its important to grow food that chefs prefer in the kitchen. Hear about the heirloom varieties that Farmer Jones grows at Chefs Garden, and why its necessary to grow certain crops to boost nutrient levels in the soil. Find out what celebrity chefs purchase from Farmer Jones, and why he harvests at eight different plant growth stages. Listen to Farmer Jones speak to the power of seasonality in terms of nutrition! This program has been sponsored by Seersucker/Nightingale 9. If you work in harmony with nature instead trying to outsmart it, the results can be incredible. [11:00] Chefs have taught us that at every stage of a plants life offers something different to the plate. [26:30] -- Farmer Lee Jones on The Farm Report
Released:
Feb 21, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Farm Report is a show about the people, processes, and policies that shape how food is produced today. From the latest agricultural innovations to the day-to-day challenges of running a viable business growing vegetables and grazing cattle, host Lisa Elaine Held engages in conversations with farmers and farmworkers and the people who work alongside them—like chefs, researchers, activists, and investors. Expect from-the-field insights paired with real-world context as guests explore how producing fresh, delicious food relates to environmental and community sustainability, equality and justice, politics and policy, and better health.