Plated Earth – Specialty Produce Network

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of how lemons helped to defeat Napoleon through the eradication of scurvy in the 18th century.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of a little girl from Madrid, and her New Year’s Eve adventure with her grandmother to find 12 grapes for the midnight tradition. The grandmother’s retelling of Aesop’s Fable, The Fox and The Grapes, within this Food Fable was adapted from: http://read.gov/aesop/005.html.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

The Food Talk is a special edition episode featuring one or more guests who discuss their experience and connection with produce. This Food Talk episode features Kelly Haag and Cassandra Poindexter of Specialty Produce, who talk about their recent trip to England in search of both new and old apple varieties, and discuss the nuances that go into researching produce items for the Specialty Produce App.

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable is a retelling of an ancient Greek myth that explains why the pomegranate is harvested in winter, and how the fruit is responsible for the earth’s four seasons. The pomegranate features prominently in this story of Persephone, daughter of the goddess of harvest, and her marriage to Hades, the god of the underworld.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of a young boy working on a cranberry farm with his grandfather. Each night leading up to Thanksgiving, after harvesting and selling the cranberries at the local farmers markets, the boy listens his grandfather’s retelling of an ancient Native American legend on how cranberries came to be on earth.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of Stingy Jack, the man from Irish folklore who started the tradition of carving Jack-O-Lanterns. Featuring special guest reader, Rick North.