Good Food
Seed Bombs; Boysenberries; Rendering Plants; California Olive Oil
This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, we'll look at rendering plants. They are facilities that process leftover meat and fat. Plus, straw bale gardening and a visit to an organic avocado farm.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenWhat happens to unused meat and fat from a market or restaurant? They're sent to rendering plants. Dr. David Meeker explains what that is. Landscape professional Joel Karston shares the secret to growing food in straw. Zannie Flanagan is a farmers market pioneer in Australia. She describes the nascent movement down under. Good Food host Evan Kleiman visits We Olive in Long Beach, where she samples a selection of California olive oils with owner Debbie Brooks. Then, she tours Gene Bianchi's organic avocado farm in Temecula. Jonathan Gold explores Chiu Chow-style Chinese food in Alhambra. Daniel Phillips and Kim Karlsrud have created seed bombs which promote guerrilla gardening in L.A. Boysenberries are a genetic cross between a raspberry and a blackberry. Pomologist David Karp has the details in the Market Report. And street-food vendor Nina Garcia shares the secrets of her special sauce.
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Laura Avery and David Karp David Karp is a pomologist with UC Riverside. He also writes for The Los Angeles Times. Boysenberries are a raspberry / blackberry hybrid with a short season (only late May and June). It's related to the Loganberry, the Marionberry, and dewberries. Read David's article in the LA Times . Choose…
Read the story7 minFarmers Markets in Oz
Zannie Flanagan is a food activist in South Australia . She started the Willunga Farmers Market and just started the Adelaide Showground Farmers Market . Willunga is close to South Australia's wine region and has a climate similar to California. The market is supported by members. They pay $30 per year and get 10% off at market stalls.
Read the story5 minGrowing Food in Straw
Joel Karston is a landscape professional in Minnesota. He has pioneered a method of growing plants in straw bales . According to Joel, it's a different type of container gardening. The straw is conditioned, much like compost, before planting. Joel recommends planting from seedling rather than planting from seed. Bales only last one season.
Read the story7 minCalifornia Olive Oil
Debby and Phil Brooks own We Olive in Long Beach. They specialize in California olive oils.
Read the story7 minIsland Hopping with Jonathan Gold
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly . This week, Jonathan heads to Alhambra this week for some Chiu Chow cooking. He recommends the Hakka Chicken and the Prime Rib Fried Rice.
Read the story9 minRecycling Meat and Fat
Dr. David Meeker is a Senior Vice President at the National Renderers Association and handles their scientific issues. The industry processes 59 billion pounds of unused livestock material. The material is used for cosmetics, explosives, toothpaste, pet food, pharmaceuticals and more.
Read the story8 minA Visit to an Avocado Farm
Gene Bianchi owns a 10 acre avocado grove in Temecula. He grows Hass and Lamb-Hass avocados organically. Avocados are picked by hand. Music Break: Upside Down by The Daktaris
Read the story8 minSeed Bombs
Daniel Phillips and Kim Karlsrud are the designers of Greenaid , a candy machine for seed bombs. Seed bombs are packed with clay, compost and seeds. They're tools in a growing guerrilla gardening movement, which encourages people to grow flowers in abandoned lots and other barren locations.
Read the story6 minStreet Food Champion
Nina Garcia is one of the original Breed Street vendors. She sells homemade Mexican food near Breed Street in Los Angeles. She recently won the Vendys , a street food awards show. Follow Nina on Twitter . She makes quesadillas with a seed salsa. Photo courtesy Serious Eats
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