Spinach Season: It’s Time to Look for Farmer Lee in the Fields

by Chef's Garden | Dec 4, 2023 | Food and Nutrition

Farmer Lee Jones loves spinach! He adores the farm-fresh flavor, the plant’s robust texture, its amazing amounts of nutrients, and its ability to grow in cool weather—which makes spinach the perfect embodiment of one of Farmer Lee’s favorite sayings: that we’re...

Farming for Health Podcast #25: Jason Wange

by Chef's Garden | Dec 1, 2023 | Podcasts

Jason Wange was born into the food service industry. His grandfather sold flatware and tableware, while his father became a distributor in Pennsylvania and then Miami, Florida, before becoming a manufacturing rep in Denver, Colorado. So, by the age of eight, Jason was...

A Sustainable Future for Food: Exploring Farm to Table

by Chef's Garden | Nov 21, 2023 | Food and Nutrition

Climate change, moderator Louise Schiavone notes at Roots 2023: Regenerate, creates significant economic and food production pressures—and, as we collectively try to solve the issues, we all need to do better. In this panel, experts discuss how they’re individually...

Farming for Health Podcast #24: Chef Aaron Bludorn

by Chef's Garden | Nov 21, 2023 | Podcasts

Growing up on a small island across from Puget Sound in Washington, Aaron Bludorn experienced what he called a “normal childhood.” When he turned sixteen, he took a job as a cook at a greasy spoon diner, and in college, he worked at restaurants. Throughout his work...

Farming for Health Podcast #23: Kirk Bachmann

by Chef's Garden | Nov 6, 2023 | Podcasts

Campus President and Provost of the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, Kirk Bachmann, takes us back to the 1960s. His parents had immigrated to the United States from Germany in that era, and his father was a master pastry chef who focused on baking. In fact,...