Amy Love and Kips Bichsel from Love Farm Organics share incredible insight in this episode on: How the Double Up Food Bucks Program allows SNAP members to buy a CSA share for 36% off AND pay monthly vs up front. How Love Farm Organic's CSA pickup host program can allow anyone to receive deep discounts on CSA shares... depending on where you live or how many friends you can recruit :)

New Seasons Market Produce Director, Jeff Fairchild, and I discuss how New Seasons Market prioritizes the freshest, tastiest produce. They have prioritized working with small, local farmers from their beginning, and get local produce on the shelf within a day or two of harvest.

Matt Kaye and his wife Kayoko started Kayo's Ramen a year and a half ago with the goal of serving excellent ramen, with every noodle, paste, and sauce made from scratch, the traditional Japanese way. Matt and I chat about the benefits of sourcing wheat internationally, their intention to cater to vegan, gluten free, and paleo diets, and the importance of eating whole, organic foods.

Laura Masterson from 47th Ave Farm in Portland chats with me about soil health, how CSA programs connect community members, and the wonderful possibilities of winter vegetable farming in Portland.

Julie Sullivan of Ground Up Nut Butters in Portland chats with me about using business for good: to create delicious, unique, and healthy nut butters, and to employ and provide job training for disadvantaged women.

In this session of The Portland Eats Podcast, Janet Straub of Creo Chocolate and I discuss how sourcing cacao beans from a single farm increases accountability, quality, and taste in chocolate. We also discuss how bean-to-bar farming and connecting folks to the food creation process can strengthen the community.

In this session of The Portland Eats Podcast, I chat with Tressa Yellig from The Broth Bar by Salt Fire and Time in NE Portland about the importance of cooking education for the community and how broth can bring mental clarity, improved digestion, and boost immunity.

In this session of The Portland Eats Podcast, I chat with Liz and Tyler Boggs from Heart 2 Heart Farms about raising and eating local meat and how they simultaneously feed a village and reduce food waste on their permaculture model farm in Sherwood, OR.