ORIGINS: A Speaker Series

ORIGINS: A Speaker Series About Food, Its Source & How We Eat. "Once in your life you will need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, a preacher but everyday, three times a day, you will need a farmer.â€ Quote by Brenda Shoepp Origins, a speaker series, aims to elevate the conversation about food, its origins and what we are doing with food and food systems on this planet. The focus for this series is the food of the mid-Atlantic region, centered around Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The series is held within the intimate confines of Artifact Coffee, one of the restaurants owned by Spike and Amy Gjerde and their partner, Corey Polyoka. Spike Gjerde recently received the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic, becoming the first chef from Baltimore to ever win an award from the Foundation. Artifact is located at 1500 Union Avenue in Baltimore (artifactcoffee.com) . Their restaurants also include Woodberry Kitchen (woodberrykitchen.com) and Parts and Labor (partsandlabor.com), all of which are deeply and unwaveringly committed to the relationships they have with the growers, watermen, and producers of the Chesapeake region. We are here to create a community dialogue about local and responsible food systems, the economic impact of doing so, and how we grow, fish, cultivate and work with local ingredients in our day to day lives. The panels feature growers and producers from the Chesapeake region.

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Episode 32: Bernie Herman

Our featured panelist tonight, Bernie Herman, is one of the co-founders of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Foodways. Bernie is...

03-29

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Episode 33: Mind of a Chocolate Maker

This evening’s conversation is with Jinji Fraser, the founder and owner of Pure Chocolate by Jinji. Pure Chocolate by Jinji...

02-26

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Episode 31: Citrus…Local??? Yes!

This episode of ORIGINS features New Jersey citrus growers Vivek and Seema Malik along with their daughter and baker Simran...

01-19

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Episode 30: Is It Now Or Never For Local Farms?

Thanks for joining us tonight for a very important topic –our local farms. Today we learned that a local institution,...

10-15

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Episode 29: Building a Healthy Food Retail Environment: Strategies to Improve Food Insecurity

Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life...

03-28

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Episode 27: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part 2

This episode of ORIGINS continues the conversation we started on Thursday, September 20th about the economic impact of buying and...

09-27

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Episode 26: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part I

The intent behind ORIGINS, a speaker series, was to highlight the farmers, fisherman, producers, and makers behind the local food...

09-20

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Episode 25: Foraging

This episode will be on foraging in the mid-Atlantic area and features two longtime foragers, Jeff Long and Tom Mueller....

06-21

01:43:01

Episode 24: Aquaculture: Farming our Fish for the Future

This ORIGINS episode will be about the future of fish farming as well as its current status. Our panel consists...

05-17

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Episode 23: Natural Sweeteners

Our discussion tonight will be on natural sweeteners. We are delighted to welcome Joseph and Margaret-Ann Burkholder, who are the...

02-15