Jason Brown was a reluctant NFL star. Despite his natural gifts — including his massive size — he never cared much for the game. But he made the most of it, earning a college scholarship and joining the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens. Over the next few years he made a name for himself, but he still...
We have some amazing days making Where The Food Comes From — few topped this one. We love telling stories about those who give back to the communities they serve, and in the two-part "Heart & Soul" show we focused on the efforts of North Carolina sweetpotato growers. Ripe Revival operates a...
Where The Food Comes From usually takes you to farms and fields — so what does candy have to do with produce and farming? Nothing really — but there are insights to be gained from data that apply. One of the highlights of the annual Southeast Produce Council Southern Exposure expo and convention...
We pick this one up right where we left off — with the big sprint to the finish at SEPC Southern Exposure! Most people have never been to a produce trade show. Most people don’t even know they exist! But this is where people who grow food by the ton meet up with people who buy it by the ton. The...
We don't have much of a special effects budget on Where The Food Comes From and we blew it all on this one shot. But we had a deeper focus. Organizations like the Southeast Produce Council serve as networking and service connectors for farmers and other involved in keeping us fed. Here, podcaster...
Most people have never been to a produce trade show. Most people don’t even know they exist! But this is where people who grow food by the ton meet up with people who buy it by the ton. The Southeast Produce Council is a member networking and service organization focused on the Southeastern...
Everybody loves Vidalia onions — so much so that the demand far outstrips supply. Vidalias can only be grown in about a 50 mile radius of Vidalia, a small town in Southeast Georgia. The harvest begins in April, and by early September the crop is gone. Until the 1980s, no one outside Vidalia had...
You know Georgia is The Peach State — and there are plenty of those at Lane Southern Orchards, where they've been in business well over 100 years. But Lane was one of the first to recognize years ago that farmers needed to get creative in order to compete with growing cost challenges. Believing if...
Peaches peaches peaches, far as the eye can see… except for the stately pecan trees planted alongside them in the fields at Lane Southern Orchards, a fixture just off I-75 in Ft. Valley, GA for over 100 years. But Lane doesn’t just grow great fruit and nuts — they were also originators in the...
The Society of St. Andrew is a gleaning organization. Gleaners go through commercial fields post-harvest to recover perfectly good food that's been left behind — often up to 40% of a crop! We talked with some SOSA volunteers and their hosts for the day, Smith's Farm, about why they get involved....
