On this episode we are grateful to have chef Karen Small. Karen has been working with fresh, local ingredients for decades at the Cleveland's Ninth Street Grill, Fulton Avenue Café, Flying Fig, and now at Juneberry and the Pearl Street Wine Market & Café.

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Segment Notes:

• Breakfast 1:10
• The Home & Restaurant Pantry 1:30
• Food Philosophy (from grandparents) 4:00
• Life on the Farm 7:20
• Cleveland's Alice Waters 11:15
• What is a Whole Food 14:20
• Supplier Relationships, Food Access 16:20
• Travel & Food Markets 25:55
• The Restaurant Journey 28:10
• Proud of … 34:25
• Food Is Health, Especially for Kids 36:12
• Charitable Work 40:12
• Recipe – Chicken-Potato-Broccoli 41:32

On this episode we are grateful to have Bob Gorman and Rebecca Rodriguez from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, which is responsible for 35,000 students in 82 schools. Bob is the Executive Director of Nutrition Services at CMSD. Rebecca is the Program Manager of Farm to School at CMSD. Bob was previously at Parma City Schools where he worked with Chef Ben Bebenroth to educate and feed over 8500 children on Ben's farm. A focus of Bob and Rebecca at CMSD is to expose, encourage, and educate students about nutrient-dense foods (i.e. No More Blue Applesauce). They have now, in just over a year, created partnerships with Spice Field Kitchen (https://www.spicefieldkitchen.org/), Food Strong (https://www.foodstrong.org/), the local Food Bank (https://www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/), Food Corp (https://foodcorps.org/), and the National Farm to School Network (https://www.farmtoschool.org/).

More information on their efforts can be found at https://www.clevelandmetroschools.org/school-nutrition

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, videos.

Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:35 The Pantry 2:12 The Scope of CMSD 3:45 Why CMSD? 4:45 Where Do You Start? 6:15 - Engage with students in the cafeteria - Prove change is possible - See kids expressions when they eat watermelon - Educate Staff on healthy produce Partnerships 13:25 - See websites above Parent Education 23:20 - Cooking demos, Food access, Recipes Other Partners 28:15 - Support the local food economy - Local tastes better Food as Medicine 34:30 Cleveland Roots 41:20 What's Next 43:45 Recipe: One Pan Paella 47:55

On this episode we are grateful to have Mark Trapp. Mark and his family have a 30-acre Farm on Route 303, in Peninsula, OH. The Trapp Family Farm is a Countryside Initiative Farm, training interns on site, as part of the New Farmer Academy in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Countryside is a nonprofit organization that the park service established in 1999, to rehabilitate and lease the park's original farmsteads. Mark and Emily Trapp have farmed the site, sustainably, since 2012.

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Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for the Trapp Family Farm on Instagram or email them at [email protected] and our Sponsor https://zimmerrealestategroup.com

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Segment Notes: Breakfast: with Family 1:35 Nutrient Dense Food and Fruit 4:00 - 15 apple varieties, pear, plum, peach trees - Battling Challenging Weather Home Staples: February vs August 11:15 Animals on the Farm : Chickens, Turkeys, Draft Horses 12:50 Closed Loop Farming: Crop & Animal Rotation 16:50 The Soil and Biology 20:50 Trapp Family Farm Origins: Countryside Initiative 26:17 - Creating 10K new farmers Farm Profitability 30:50 From Engineer to Farmer 34:00 Food IS Medicine 38:40 Farming Interns and Children 42:05 Longevity: Being Smart, Safe and Active Outside 45:50 Recipe: An Omelet for Dinner 56:05

On this episode we are grateful to have Trevor Clatterbuck. Trevor is the owner of Fresh Fork Market (2008), Wholesome Valley Farm (2015), and Provisions (2016). He is a native of Wheeling, WV, but settled down in northeast OH after attending Case Western Reserve University in 2004. In August 2007, he and four fellow students won a $1,000 prize for developing the business plan that eventually grew into Fresh Fork Market. Its been an inspirational journey.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #nutrientdensefood #cookfromscratch #ownyourhealth

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for Fresh Fork Market at https://freshforkmarket.com and Ohio City Provisions at https://ohiocityprovisions.com And our Sponsor Bob Zimmer at https://zimmerrealestategroup.com

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food.

Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:40 The House, The Farm 2:45 The Farm's Home Pantry 3:55 Nothing Goes to Waste 5:05 The Journey 9:15 - Themed, Year Round Variety Customer Base 18:00 Affordability 19:30 - Clean Ingredients - Ingredients You Find at Home Food as Medicine 25:20 - Nature has it Figured Out - Nutrient Dense Foods Cooking at Home 27:50 Ultra Processed Foods 28:50 - Meats with 50-100% Water Parker Bosley 35:35 Customer Health 36:45 Final Thoughts 38:50 - Enjoy the Time Cooking from Scratch - Own Your Health Recipe: Pizza from Leftovers 43:30

On this episode we are grateful to have Hope Barkoukis, PHD, and Chair, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. Hope is also an Associate Professor at Case and Faculty Lead for the Mandel Wellness and Preventative Care Pathway for Medical students. Prior to joining the faculty, she developed nutrition and wellness programs for Fortune 500 companies and has completed advanced professional culinary training. She has also received numerous teaching awards during her time at Case.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #eatwithothers #lifestylemedicine #keepitsimple

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for the more information on Case's Nutrition Programs at https://case.edu/medicine/nutrition/

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Segment Notes:

Breakfast 1:38 The Home Pantry 2:10 State of the Art Teaching Kitchen 4:15 Food Insecurity & Poor Nutrition 6:48 Lifestyle Medicine: Physical, Emotional, Social, Food 12:10 Healthy Cooking – Start Simple 14:00 Weight Loss Pills 17:30 Whole Foods 19:00 Exercise 24:40 Travel & Health – Savor Your Food 27:30 Research: Medically Tailored Meals 30:30 What's Next: Improve Nutritional Education 33:45 Pay Attention to Your Farmers 36:25 Recipe: Simple Nutritional Wrap 38:50

On this episode we are grateful to have Nathan Rutz. Nathan is the Director of Soil for Rust Belt Riders. He is a graduate of Wabash College where he studied philosophy, chemistry, physics, and biology, and he is a certified Compost Operations Manager, licensed by the US Composting Council. On our previous episodes we have talked a lot about the food we eat and its effect on our health and longevity. But the food we eat begins with the soil that its grown in. So on this episode we'll explore Nathan's thoughts on our soil, and how it affects the food we eat.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #regenerativefarming #healthysoil #composting

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for Tilth and Rust Belt Riders at https://www.rustbeltriders.com/ and https://www.tilthsoil.com/

Shout outs to https://www.heinens.com/ , https://gffarms.com/ , https://www.sustainablecleveland.org/recycling and our Sponsor https://zimmerrealestategroup.com

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Segment Notes:

Breakfast: 1:35

The Growth of Rust Belt Riders and Tilth Soil 3:35

The Significant Benefits of Compost and Healthy Soil 7:10

Growing the Business with Worker Owners 11:45

Partnerships: USDA, Rid-All, Cleveland, Heinens 13:45

Landfills, Methane and the Climate Issue 17:00

40% of US grown food never eaten - 20% of US food lands in a landfill Recycling Education 20:10

Customers 21:35

The Bathtub 23:00

Regenerative Farming Works Why is Organic Better 30:25

Our Gut Microbiome 35:00

Home Composters 38:20

More Access to Healthy Foods 40:55

Friend/Neighborhood Meal Prep 42:30

Community Instead of Homogeneity 45:00

Recipe: Farinata 48:55

On this episode we are grateful to have Drew Anderson. After a career in banking, Drew co-founded Cleveland Kraut (now called Cleveland Kitchen), in 2014 with his brother Mac and brother-in-law Luke Visnic. After a few short years, in 2017, you made the Forbes 30-under-30 list. And in 2022, you won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. You now sell your products in about 16,000 stores across the US, Mexico and the Caribbean. A Very impressive start.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #fermentedfoods #kimchi

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ And our Sponsor https://zimmerrealestategroup.com

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Segment Notes:

Breakfast 1:50

The Home Pantry 3:30

The Start 4:55

Growth 11:15

The #1 Kimchi in the US - Pickles for Wal*Mart Ingredients 16:47

Healthy Fermented Foods 17:55

Happy Gut is a Happy Mind - Skin & Immune Health Benefits - Ferment for 80% more Health Benefits Foods in Europe vs the US 22:40

Eating Healthy Foods 25:42

Relationships 27:05

Food Bank - Local Farms What's Next 31:30

Consumer Profile 35:25

Growth while Maintaining Quality 37:27

Clean Ingredients – they Taste Better 39:20

Creative Uses 41:50

Recipe - The Smash Burger 45:28

Recipe: Smash Burgers 45:28

On this episode we are grateful to have Brandon Chrostowski. Brandon envisioned and established in 2007, EDWINS, whose mission is to give formerly incarcerated individuals a foundation in the hospitality industry while providing a support network necessary for successful re-entry into the workforce. Brandon is a classically trained chef and sommelier, who honed his skills at fine dining establishments in Paris, New York, and Chicago, including Lucas Carton, Chanterelle, Picholine, Le Cirque and Charlie Trotter's. Brandon has won numerous local and national awards over the last 17 years, including IFMA's 2020 Silver Plate Award, inclusion in CNN's 2016 Heroes, and a 2021 Manhattan Institute's Civil Society Fellow. EDWINs was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary "Knife Skills" in 2018. And Brandon was a finalist in 2023 for the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur.

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for Edwins at https://edwinsrestaurant.org

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Segment Notes:

Breakfast 2:25

The Home Pantry 3:05 - Simple, Clean, Lean, Healthy

Edwins Start 6:20 - Plan to Prisons to Restaurant

Edwins Results 7:40 - Graduation to 95% Employment Rate, Edwins Foundation: Housing, Child Care Provided

Health & Wellness Program 10:25

A way of life – believe in it - All funded by Edwins

Chronic Disease 14:30 - Do Something to Change it

Prison Training 16:00 - Men's, Juvenile – 100K Tablet Users - Tomorrow Can Be Better The

Edwin's Program 18:32 - 75 Graduates per Year - Come from all over the Country

Travel Where the Need Is 19:15 - The Power of Food - Cleveland IS a Global City

How to Create 23:30 - Start with a Plan then Make it Happen - Figure out What works in your neighborhood, City

The World is Imperfect and Its OK 25:50 - So Give Back

How to Manage a Busy Day 29:35

Recipe: Pasta 6 Ways 32:20

On this episode we are grateful to have Sara Continenza, Executive Director of Food Strong. Sara was a member of the Peace Corps in West Africa, holds a Masters in Public Administration, and serves as Ward 3 Councilwoman in South Euclid. She has been the Executive Director for Food Strong since 2018, founded to support health equity, food access, environmental stewardship, community beautification, and economic development. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #FoodStrongCle

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for Sara and Food Strong at https://www.foodstrong.org/ This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Segment Notes:

Breakfast 1:25

The Home Pantry 2:30

-Nutritionally Dense Frozen Fruits, Vegetables

Food Strong Organization 4:25

-Engaging With Communities, Fostering Collaboration

Working with Schools (K thru College, mostly elementary) 7:20

-Student Input, Planting Indoors/Outdoors, Cooking Classes, Nutrition, Entrepreneurial, STEAM

Food Strong Programs Health & Wellness Program 10:25

- Community Engaged Initiatives, Food-is-Medicine, Health Screenings

-Schools, Culinary Arts, Mobile Farm, Vacant Lot Restoration, Fresh Food Connect

Chronic Disease 14:30

- Do Something to Change it

Access to Healthy Food 16:30

-Lack of Access increases Health Care Costs

-Fresh Food Student Ambassador Programs

Parents Cooking at Home 24:40

-Teach students how to shop for healthy foods, they can teach parents

- Double Your Money with SNAP on Fresh Produce at Farmers Markets

Over Fed and Under Nourished 28:15

- Whole Foods have a FEW Readable Ingredients read the label

Fast Food Restaurants 33:15

- Make it Easier for local healthy restaurants

Exercise 34:50

- Gardening, Blender Bike

Surviving 2020 36:20

- Built the Outdoor Learning Garden, Prayed, Pivoted - Now 100s of volunteers

What's Next 41:05

- Implement 5yr Strategic Plan: Go National with select Programs

- New York Schools: If you Serve 30% Fresh Food you get $.19 more per Student

- Adopt a Garden Program

Recipe: Beans, Rice, Vegetables, Adobe, Turmeric, Pepper, Protein of Choice 46:30

On this episode we are grateful to have Kristin Warzocha, President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. She became CEO in 2014 and has been with the Food Bank since 2000. She leads efforts to engage the community in the work of the Food Bank where over 51M pounds of nutritious food, of which 20M is fresh local farm produce, supports 400,000 people (or 25% of the people in a six county area) a year at more than 1,000 partners and 10,000 volunteers. She was formerly the Food Bank's Vice President of External Affairs and worked for the American Red Cross and is a graduate of John Carroll University.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #greaterclevelandfoodbank #feedingamercia

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos.

Look for Kristin at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank https://www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/about/leadership

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Segment Notes:

Breakfast 2:00

The New Food Bank Pantry 2:35

- Grocery Store setting with Healthy Foods

- Cooking Demonstrations, Recipes

- Onsite 15 Partners to Help Reduce Food Insecurity

Why the Food Bank 8:10

Feeding America, National and Ohio Food Banks 10:45

USDA, the Food Bank and SNAP 14:15

The Partner Network 16:30

Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease 19:20

Hospital Relationships and Healthy Food Referrals 22:32

Encouraging People to Eat at Home – Access, Time, Tools 26:30

Overfed and Undernourished 30:40

- Strive for 75% of distributed food to be highly nutritious

Exercise and Volunteering 34:50

Hunger Can Impact Anyone 37:44

What's Next for the Food Bank – more locations 40:23

Staying Open through the Pandemic 43:50

The Recipe: Mexican Bowl 47:45