North Carolina is one of my favorite places. From the mountains, to Raleigh, and the beaches. Actually, I have never been to one of the beaches, but they look beautiful on google and I do love a good beach. That aside, I would move there in a heartbeat if my husband – he loves where we live – and...
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...
In Season 1, we showed you how North Carolina sweetpotato farmers do what they do — which is grow an amazing two-thirds of the U.S. sweetpotato crop. But, as with all farmers, there’s another side to show. Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. In this episode, Part...
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...
Spring and Summer time in Georgia! What can be more beautiful? In the yards you may spot Azaleas in a ton of brilliant colors or maybe Hyacinth, Tulips, Spanish Bluebell, Irises and Corn Flowers. Corn Flowers have an interesting history – called bachelor’s buttons because they last so long they...
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...
The only problem with Vidalia Onions — Georgia’s trademarked crop — is they’re only available from April ’til September. When they first came to national prominence in the 1980s, that wasn’t a problem. But people loved ’em so much they started asking for more and grocery stores wanted Vidalias...
