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This is a Vintage Selection from 2006
The Banter
The Guys talk about premium products and how much is too much to pay. From wild salmon to select chocolate, everyone has their spending limit…and The Guys wish theirs was a little higher.
The Conversation
The Restaurant Guys meet Farmer John Peterson to hear about the documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John. John shares his story of suffering financial and emotional hardship to creating Angel Organics, one of the largest Community Supported Agriculture farms in the US.
The Inside Track
The Guys were eager to talk to John after seeing the documentary. John equates modern farms turning organic to people finding sobriety.
“When it's going from a chemical based system to a natural system, it has to be repopulated by the microorganisms. Maybe it's a little like someone going into an addiction clinic and then going from a dependent life to a healthy life. We were raising very unhealthy crops that the insects were invading. It took a long time to figure out how to build things up and how to get the soil healthy,” Farmer John Peterson on The Restaurant Guys 2006
Bio
John Peterson was raised on his family’s farm in Illinois. The financial calamity for the farming community hit the Peterson farm in the 1980s nearly closing the farm for good. John decided to rebuild using sustainable farming practices rather than the modern chemical-reliant approach. In 1991, Angel Organics was born. They opted for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model which continued until spring of 2025. Unfortunately, farming halted due to Farmer John having a stroke.
Info
The Real Dirt on Farmer John documentary
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-real-dirt-on-farmer-john-2005/
Info
Local Harvest (find CSA near you)
www.localharvest.org/
Join us on March 12 for a wine dinner with Balletto
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https://www.stageleft.com/event/31226-balleto-winemaker-dinner-w-anthony-beckman/
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Magyar Bank
https://www.magbank.com/
Withum Accounting
https://www.withum.com/restaurant
Our Places
Stage Left Steak
https://www.stageleft.com/
Catherine Lombardi Restaurant
https://www.catherinelombardi.com/
Stage Left Wineshop
https://www.stageleftwineshop.com/
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This is a Vintage Selection from 2006
The Banter
The Guys talk about premium products and how much is too much to pay. From wild salmon to select chocolate, everyone has their spending limit…and The Guys wish theirs was a little higher.
The Conversation
The Restaurant Guys meet Farmer John Peterson to hear about the documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John. John shares his story of suffering financial and emotional hardship to creating Angel Organics, one of the largest Community Supported Agriculture farms in the US.
The Inside Track
The Guys were eager to talk to John after seeing the documentary. John equates modern farms turning organic to people finding sobriety.
“When it's going from a chemical based system to a natural system, it has to be repopulated by the microorganisms. Maybe it's a little like someone going into an addiction clinic and then going from a dependent life to a healthy life. We were raising very unhealthy crops that the insects were invading. It took a long time to figure out how to build things up and how to get the soil healthy,” Farmer John Peterson on The Restaurant Guys 2006
Bio
John Peterson was raised on his family’s farm in Illinois. The financial calamity for the farming community hit the Peterson farm in the 1980s nearly closing the farm for good. John decided to rebuild using sustainable farming practices rather than the modern chemical-reliant approach. In 1991, Angel Organics was born. They opted for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model which continued until spring of 2025. Unfortunately, farming halted due to Farmer John having a stroke.
Info
The Real Dirt on Farmer John documentary
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-real-dirt-on-farmer-john-2005/
Info
Local Harvest (find CSA near you)
www.localharvest.org/
Join us on March 12 for a wine dinner with Balletto
Click below for more info:
https://www.stageleft.com/event/31226-balleto-winemaker-dinner-w-anthony-beckman/
Become a Restaurant Guys' Regular!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401692/subscribe
Magyar Bank
https://www.magbank.com/
Withum Accounting
https://www.withum.com/restaurant
Our Places
Stage Left Steak
https://www.stageleft.com/
Catherine Lombardi Restaurant
https://www.catherinelombardi.com/
Stage Left Wineshop
https://www.stageleftwineshop.com/
To hear more about food, wine and the finer things in life:
https://www.instagram.com/restaurantguyspodcast/
https://www.facebook.com/restaurantguys
Reach Out to The Guys!
[email protected]
**Become a Restaurant Guys Regular and get two bonus episodes per month, bonus content and Regulars Only events.**
Click Below!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401692/subscribe

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