Posts tagged Crescent City Farmers Market
Remembering Katrina, 20 Years Later
Remembering Katrina, 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago, on August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina violently swept through New Orleans. The storm and subsequent levee failures brought chaos and devastation to the city and surrounding areas. On this week's show, as we mark two decades since Katrina, we explore how New Orleans residents and businesses were able to respond quickly and creatively to rebuild our city.

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Dining, Farming, Fishing, Food, History, Meat, Oral History, RestaurantPoppy TookerPoppy Tooker, Louisiana Eats, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Richard McCarthy, Crescent City Farmers Market, White Boot Brigade, Leah Chase, Dooky Chase Restaurant, Natco Food Service, Anne Babin, John LallaComment
Agriculture And Innovation From The Ground Up
Agriculture And Innovation From The Ground Up

On this week's show, we look at agriculture and innovation in our state and beyond. We begin with New Orleans' native son Richard McCarthy, founder of the Crescent City Farmers Market and former executive director of Slow Food USA. The activist recently published a book entitled, Kuni: A Japanese Vision and Practice for Urban-Rural Reconnection. Richard shares the revolutionary ideas and practices his co-author Tsuyoshi Sekihara is using to save rural areas that were abandoned in postwar Japan.

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Cookbooks, Dining, Drink, FoodPoppy TookerRichard McCarthy, Crescent City Farmers Market, Slow Food USA, Kuni: A Japanese Vision and Practice for Urban-Rural Reconnection., Tsuyoshi Sekihara, Steve Linscombe, Rice Foundation, Nourish Louisiana, Natalie Jayroe, Second Harvest Food Bank, Margee Green, Sprout NOLAComment