Cornucopia: The Cult, Culture & Business of Food

Cornucopia: The Cult, Culture & Business of Food

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Cornucopia: The Cult, Culture & Business of Food episodes

  • EP 11: America's New Generation of Farmers: Spade and Plow
    Defying conventional wisdom about millennials, there's a small but growing group of young people who are farming the land. In this first of an ongoing series of interviews with America's new generation of farmers, Ashley Ellis travels half an hour south of the Silicon Valley to speak with a young farmer keeping an 8th generation family tradition alive.
    24 min
  • Ep 9: 1 on 1 with David Lebovitz Talking About Paris Blueberries Cheese And More
    Despite his all-star credentials - Chez Panisse, acclaimed food blogger and Paris connoisseur - David Lebovitz lacks any pretense and is gracious and funny. In this fascinating and wide-ranging discussion, David shares his thoughts about the allure of food in Paris, the challenges  small food businesses face there and his belief that food is also the stories around food.   In addition he ponders the fetishization of food in America, talks about his new book that proves life is indeed stranger than fiction and how he overcame his dislike of both avocado and Los Angeles.  Enjoy.
    32 min
  • Ep 7: Amazon Buys Whole Foods.With Mike Movtiz.
    Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods, may seem like the start of a brave new world, but hold onto your shopping carts. The die has yet to be cast. Listen to Matt Levine and Mike Movitz talk about the implications of Jezz Bezos' and John Mackey's sweaty love affair . And if you haven't listened to Episode 1, our History of the Supermarket what are you waiting for? It illustrates how Amazon resembles A & P, and oh yeah, we predicted Amazon's big move into grocery, too.
    21 min
  • Ep 6: What to Know About Amazon Buying Whole Foods

    Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods, may seem like the start of a brave new world, but hold onto your shopping carts. The die has yet to be cast. Listen to Matt Levine and our resident expert Mary Mulry talk about the implications of Jeff Bezos' and John Mackey's sweaty love affair .   And if you haven't listened to Episode 1, our History of the Supermarket what are you waiting for?  It illustrates how Amazon resembles A & P, and oh yeah, we predicted Amazon's big move into grocery, too.

    27 min
  • Ep 4: Before Steve Jobs there was Clarence Saunders and Piggly Wiggly

    After we finished our pilot on the history of the supermarket we realized that Clarence Saunders, the man who created Piggly Wiggly, deserved way more attention. Blending PT Barnum's theatrics with Steve Jobs-like innovations so much of the grocery business even today bear his mark.  With an unabashed joie de vivre, Saunders was a self-made man who took on Wall Street and lost, but rose again. Only to lose everything another time  and a third time too. Unstoppable, brash and charismatic, he died in the 1950s while trying to develop a computer automated supermarket he wanted to call FoodElectric. Listen as we talk and laugh with Mike Freeman they guy who wrote the book on Saunders Listen and we think that you too will be wondering why hasn't anyone made a movie about this guy yet. Attention Joel and Ethan Coen. Get in touch!

    24 min

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