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Sprouts
Sprouts Radio from the Grassroots is a 30-minute weekly program featuring radio programs produced at community radio stations or by other independent producers from across the country and sometimes around the world.
Organic chef Nora Pouillon discusses her life and her book My Organic Life: How a Pioneering Chef Helped Shape the Way We Eat Today, a story of an unheralded culinary pioneer.
Pouillon founded America’s first certified organic restaurant, Restaurant Nora, in 1979, in Washington DC. It has been a hot spot for reporters, celebrities, and politicians from Jimmy Carter to the Obamas.
Pouillon grew up on a farm in the Austrian Alps and later in Vienna, surrounded by fresh and delicious foods. When she moved to the US in the 1960s, she was horrified by the American culinary culture of hormone-bloated meat and unseasonable vegetables. First as a cooking teacher, then as a restaurant owner, and as a premier organic restaurateur, changed many Americans’ relationship to food.
This Sprouts edition is a production of Rootstock Radio. Host Theresa Marquez serves as the Mission Executive for Organic Valley, the nation s largest organic farmer cooperative and the largest farmer-owned organic brand. Formerly, she was Chief Marketing Executive, helping grow CROPP Cooperative from $5 million in 1994 to $860 million in 2012.
A pioneer of the natural foods movement, Marquez has been a passionate advocate for organic farming and organic foods since 1978. Well known for her unwavering belief that organic is the key to solving many of the challenges we face today, Marquez has demonstrated that organic can make a difference for farmers, citizens and the planet. In 2010, the Organic Trade Association honored Marquez with the Organic Leadership Award for her outstanding initiative and devotion to organic.
Credits:
Hosted by Theresa Marquez, of Rootstock Radio.
