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Raising Kale tackles honest food issues served with joy. What does broccoli have to do with a chefarmer in Illinois and a school kid in California? And what is a chefarmer anyhow? If eating your vegetables can make you healthier, listening to Raising Kale will make you smarter--without any snooty side effects. It chronicles the stories of food thought leaders that include chefs, farmers, doctors, and leading experts, connecting them back to communities building resilience around a fractured food system.

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S2-Episode 8: Lisa Gross-The New Face of Cooking Classes

2021/10/27

This week’s episode features Lisa Gross from League of Kitchens. As the daughter of a Korean immigrant and a Jewish New Yorker, Lisa Gross was raised on one grandmother's denjang-guk and the other's matzoh ball soup. Her company, The League of Kitchens, which employs immigrant women as in-home cooking instructors, is borne out of her passion for New York City, her love of cooking, and her connection to the immigrant experience. Lisa is an artist, educator, and social entrepreneur.

S2-Episode 7: Kara Heckert - Farm Politics

2021/10/20

This week, I speak with Kara Heckert, a regional director at the nonprofit American Farmland Trust. Its mission is to save America’s farms and ranches.

S2-Episode 6: Michael Bosworth-The Rice Farmer

2021/10/06

Michael Bosworth is a rice farmer and founder and CEO of Next Generation Foods. He also co-founded his newest venture, True Origin Foods, an artisan rice and pantry staple food brand. He’s a California farmer, born and raised!

S2-Episode 5: Joan Smith-The Date Farmer

2021/09/29

In this episode we learn about dates from Joan Smith, who runs Rancho Meladuco Date Farm in Coachella Valley, California. She’s a CPA who shifted her career to date farming. She’s a mother, a home cook, and a backyard gardener. Her dates have been featured in Bon Appetite and Oprah magazines!

S2-Episode 4: Tess Masters-The Blender Girl

2021/09/22

Tess Masters is an actor, lifestyle personality, and cookbook author. She’s been featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, Glamour, and more. She was recently the spokesperson for KitchenAid. She runs the popular website, The Blender Girl.

S2-Episode 3: Melissa Lanz - Healthy Family Meals

2021/09/15

Melissa Lanz is a former marketing executive who gave up her corporate life to inspire families to eat better after confronting her own habit of relying on too many frozen burritos. She shares her tips for making healthy cooking at home easier. I loved this conversation, and I know you will, too!

S2-Episode 2: Beth Lee – Publishing Jewish Recipes

2021/09/08

Beth Lee shares recipes from her multicultural family on her website, OMG! Yummy. Her recently released cookbook is a journey into the baking traditions of the Jewish diaspora, called The Essential Jewish Baking Cookbook.

S2- Episode 1: Sara Bernal - The Urban Farmer

2021/09/01

Sara Bernal is a farmer, a community activist, a rad human, and a true Kale Raiser! She has lived and worked around the world from Bangladesh to Italy, but it’s in West Sacramento, California where she’s transforming her community through food. She’s the program manager for the nonprofit Center for Land-Based Learning, where she runs an urban farm program that trains new farmers, feeds the hungry, and tirelessly makes the world a better place.

Episode 13 - Gavin Rossdale: Rock Star in the Kitchen

2021/05/19

When Rockstar Gavin Rossdale of the band Bush heard about this podcast, he offered to lend his celebrity status to help us get the word out. We’re so grateful to him for this support.

Episode 12 - David Lebovitz: Cooking from California to Paris

2021/05/12

David Lebovitz has been featured in Oprah, Bon Appetit, and many more culinary publications. In 2019, Saveur magazine awarded his website their first-ever Blog of the Decade. David shares his journey from washing dishes in a strip mall steakhouse to living in Paris.

Episode 11 - Danielle Nierenberg: The Power of Consumers

2021/05/05

Danielle Nierenberg is the president and co-founder of the nonprofit think tank, Food Tank. The nonprofit focuses on building a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters. In other words, they keep consumers informed about issues affecting our food. Danielle has traveled the world to learn about solutions to our broken food system.

Episode 10-Michael Mazourek: Making Purple Peas & Other Seeds

2021/04/28

Michael Mazourek designs new vegetables as a seed breeder with Row 7 Seed Company. He’s doing something radical with our food--he’s making it taste better! He is an actual kale raiser--as in, he breeds the seeds that grow vegetables!

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★★★★★

Behavcoach 2021/03/18

Fundamental questions we need to be asking...

This is an excellent podcast that explores the behind the scenes of where our food comes from, how our food system affects the environment, our health...

★★★★★

ErikRockefeller 2021/03/10

A great set of interviews on food

I’ve already listened to the first three episodes and I’m hooked! The interview subjects are from all over the country and it’s a great insight into h...

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