DonnaLonna Kitchen Show

DonnaLonna Kitchen Show

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DonnaLonna Kitchen Show episodes

  • 111: Beans and Steve Cannon
    All things beans with Steven Cannon, geneticist and researcher for USDA and Associate Professor in the ISU department of Agronomy. Steven talks about the wide range of plants in the legume family and shares the joy of gardening and cooking with beans.
    52 min
  • 110: Fresh Okra, Book review, Lovage Sauce
    Celebrate summer and fresh food. Donna and Lonna talk about farmer's markets, ice cream, tomatillos, eggplant. okra and lovage. Donna talks about Dicamba on our farm fields. Lonna reviews a good book: The Whole Okra by Chris Smith. And a good lovage sauce recipe to go with all your summer veggies.
    48 min
  • 109: Tomatoes and More Garden
    We taste a homemade Nocino (a black walnut liqueur). Tomatoes: so much to celebrate, so many varieties... seed saving, growing, harvesting, eating and processing for later. We talk about oven-candied tomatoes, gazpacho, green beans and an easy pickle recipe. Donna shares some news about PFA's. And we have fun with the list of new foods coming up at the Iowa State Fair.
    52 min
  • 107: Iowa's Water Quality and Quantity

    Who is taking care of our water? Carolyn Raffensperger joins us to talk about the quality, quantity, and the speed with which water moves through our state. Nitrate levels are at an all time high in our rivers. Agriculture and industry are putting extreme demands on our water resources. Is anyone keeping track of the common good?

    51 min
  • 106: Chickens with Cynthia McClure
    We take a light hearted look at backyard poultry with Cynthia McClure. Cynthia reports on her visit to the first ever Murray McMurray Chicken Festival, held in Webster City, Iowa. We talk about chickens, ducks, guinea hens and eggs. Cynthia shares her recipe for salt-preserved egg yolks.
    51 min
  • 105: Blueberries with Kim Anderson
    Kim Anderson has a way with blueberries. We talk about growing, managing and marketing at the organic, U-pick - Blueberry Bottom Farm in Brighton, Iowa. Kim talks about the challenges of local wildlife, her enthusiastic customers and the growing demand for her berries. We also talk about recipes and her PFI field day in July.
    51 min
  • 103: Healthy Iowa Food Systems with Kamyar Enshayan
    Knowing what to eat is a tricky business. How do we learn to eat healthy food? Donna and Lonna are joined by Kamyar Enshayan, Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Education at University of Northern Iowa. We explore the latest cancer study data for Iowa. We discuss Ultra Processed Food and health consequences of being able to access good food.   Kamyar talks about the positive development of Iowa Food Systems and local action like the Garden in Every Lot project in Waterloo.
    52 min

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Chef Donna Prizgintas and farmer, artist Lonna Nachtigal explore their rural Midwestern food community with lively discussion and good humor. On the DonnaLonna Kitchen show, their long-running and…