Interview: Old Milan Canal Farm | Part 1 | Podcast
ERIE COUNTY, OH - When purchasing your next quart of strawberries, Doug Hildebrand wants you to remember your local farmer. For almost 30 years, Hildebrand has operated Old Milan Canal Farm outside of conventional farming practices, refusing to depend on chemical applications for high yields. Listen to the story of the once multi-million dollar entrepreneur, and [...]
Transgenics in the Food Market | Editorial
This editorial is the second, in a series, The Erie Wire has published to address genetically engineered foods. Read Part One ERIE COUNTY, OH – Simple Transgenic Timeline for a Genetically Engineered (GE) Food Market Initiative. 1940′s – Beginning of chemical agriculture production. 1970′s – Intro to genetic patenting of seeds or organisms contingent to [...]
Cleveland International Film Festival: Bananas!*
CLEVELAND, OH – “Bananas!*”, a documentary from the Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten, was shown at the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival (March 18-28) in a record breaking attendance, and featured the ‘David and Goliath’ story of Nicaraguan banana workers fighting in U.S. courts against Dole Standard Fruit Company in a case about toxic exposure to [...]
Joel Salatin Interview: Part 3
GRANVILLE, OH – Third in a three part series, The Erie Wire interviews innovative farmer, Joel Salatin, who was the silver-lining featured in the sobering documentary Food, Inc., released in 2008. Joel’s production practices and clever marketing methods have attracted a large consumer following – his farm serves more than 1,500 families and 10 retail outlets [...]
Joel Salatin Interview: Part 2
GRANVILLE, OH - Second in a three part series, The Erie Wire interviews innovative farmer, Joel Salatin, who was the silver-lining featured in the sobering documentary Food, Inc., released in 2008. Joel’s production practices and clever marketing methods have attracted a large consumer following – his farm serves more than 1,500 families and 10 retail outlets [...]
Joel Salatin Interview: Part 1
GRANVILLE, OH - First in a three part series, The Erie Wire interviews innovative farmer, Joel Salatin, who was the silver-lining featured in the sobering documentary Food, Inc., released in 2008. Joel’s production practices and clever marketing methods have attracted a large consumer following – his farm serves more than 1,500 families and 10 retail outlets [...]
Interview: "Renegade Lunch Lady" Chef Ann Cooper – Food Policy | Safety | School Lunch | Google Food
The Erie Wire’s Interview with Ann Cooper Renegade lunch lady, author, activist, and chef, Ann Cooper transforms cafeterias into culinary classrooms for students, one school lunch at a time. Her Food Family Farming Foundation has focused its efforts on The Lunch Box, a web-based portal that enables all schools and school districts to make a [...]
Erie Fresh Speaks to BGSU: The Food System & CSA’s
BOWLING GREEN, OH - The following speech was recorded at BGSU in Overman Hall for a presentation sponsored by the Environmental Science Department. Lauren C. Berlekamp and Joshua B. Pribanic (co-founders of Erie County Coalition for Local Resources) presented on “The Food System” and what relationship Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is playing on the way consumers [...]
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