This evening’s conversation is with Jinji Fraser, the founder and owner of Pure Chocolate by Jinji. Pure Chocolate by Jinji was started by Jinji and ...
Bernie Herman
Our featured panelist tonight, Bernie Herman, is one of the co-founders of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Foodways. Bernie is the author of the recent...
Episode 31: Citrus...Local??? Yes!
This episode of ORIGINS features New Jersey citrus growers Vivek and Seema Malik along with their daughter and baker Simran Malik.The Maliks are self-...
Episode 30: Is It Now Or Never For Local Farms?
Thanks for joining us tonight for a very important topic –our local farms. Today we learned that a local institution, Trickling Springs Creamery is c...
Episode 29: Building a Healthy Food Retail Environment: Strategies to Improve Food Insecurity
Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited...
Episode 28: Medical Marijuana
This episode of ORIGINS features three representatives from the Evermore Cannabis Company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Medical marijuana was legali...
Episode 27: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part 2
This episode of ORIGINS continues the conversation we started on Thursday, September 20th about the economic impact of buying and sourcing food locall...
Episode 26: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part I
The intent behind ORIGINS, a speaker series, was to highlight the farmers, fisherman, producers, and makers behind the local food movement in the Mid-...
Episode 25: Foraging
This episode will be on foraging in the mid-Atlantic area and features two longtime foragers, Jeff Long and Tom Mueller. Jeff has been an amateur myco...
Episode 24: Aquaculture: Farming our Fish for the Future
This ORIGINS episode will be about the future of fish farming as well as its current status. Our panel consists of Jillian Fry, TJ Tate, Mark Ely and ...