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

Our discussion tonight will be on natural sweeteners. We are delighted to welcome Joseph and Margaret-Ann Burkholder, who are the owner/farmers of Compass Winds Sorghum, based in Dayton, Virginia, outside of Harrisonberg. Sorghum can be grown either for grain or for crushing into molasses.

Michael is a noted culinary and cultural historian and the creator of AFROCULINARIA, the first blog devoted to African American historic foodways and their legacies.

In this episode of ORIGINS, we’ll take a closer look at women who have chosen farming as a career and as a way of life.  According to the Maryland state census in 2012, there were 2,296 women farm operators in our state – a 20% increase from the 2002 census.  We know women have always played impo

The 12th program in the ORIGINS speaker series features a conversation with 3 local chicken farmers from Maryland and southern Pennsylvania.

The 11th program in the ORIGINS series is about locally made items for your pantry – salt, vinegar and cooking oil. All three makers are working in the Chesapeake watershed area.

The 10th program in the ORIGINS series features a conversation with Bernie Herman, the department chair and George B. Tindall Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

The 9th program in the ORIGINS series is about sustainable seafood.  With the Chesapeake Bay at our doorstep, it is important to note that the Chesapeake Bay provides 50 percent of the total blue crab harvest in the United States.  Each year, the Maryland seafood industry contributes some $600 mi

The 8th program in the ORIGINS series is about sourcing and baking with local whole grains. We are pleased to welcome Heinz Thomet from Next Step Produce in Newburg, who along with his wife Gabrielle, owns a 87 acre organic farm.

A conversation with Dr. William Woys Weaver, an international food historian, author, teacher, gardener, and epicure.  Dr. Weaver is the founder of the Roughwood Seed Collection, which houses over 4000 heirloom food plants.  Dr.