Eat Your Heartland Out

More Than Maple: Taste Canada Celebrates Excellence in Canadian-Authored Cookbooks

This week is another special More Than Maple episode focused on food and culture in Canada.  Our guest is Karen Baxter [https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-baxter-97064512/], executive director of Taste Canada [https://tastecanada.org/], a nonprofit organization that celebrates Canadian-authored cookbooks by showcasing the diversity and richness of Canada's culinary landscape. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

The World Needs More Pie: A Conversation with Author and Filmmaker Beth Howard

This week, I welcome author, filmmaker, and pie baker Beth Howard [https://bethmhoward.com/] to the show. Beth has authored four books and has recently released a full-length documentary entitled PIEOWA: A Piece of America. We talk about grief, loss, love, career changes, and how pie has been a guiding force throughout Beth's life. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Farmland Preservation Efforts Across North America

This week, we are talking about farmland preservation efforts across North America. I will be joined by Martin Straathof [https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinstraathof/?originalSubdomain=ca], Executive Director of Ontario Farmland Trust [https://ontariofarmlandtrust.ca/] in Canada. Then, we will revisit my conversations with Angie Doucette [https://farmland.org/staff/angie-doucette/], the Midwest Senior Farmland Program Manager at American Farmland Trust, along with Kyle Zweig, owner of Zweig's Maple Acres [https://www.facebook.com/ZWIEGS.MAPLE.ACRES/] in Wisconsin. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

More Than Maple: We Lend A Hand: The Untold Story of Ontario’s Farmerettes

This week is another special More Than Maple episode focused on food and culture in Canada. My guests are producer and director Colin Field [https://filmfreeway.com/Colin_Field], along with historic producer Bonnie Sitter of the award-winning documentary "We Lend A Hand." [https://welendahand.ca/] The film captures the untold story of the Farmerettes, a brigade of young women who worked in agriculture across Ontario during the first half of the 20th century. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

More Than Maple: A Taste of the Maritimes

We are off to Nova Scotia with another episode in our special series about Canadian foodways, More Than Maple. Alain Bossé [https://www.instagram.com/kiltedchefalain/?hl=en], better known as the Kilted Chef, will give us a crash course in Acadian culinary culture. And, Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly, the Honourable Colton LeBlanc [https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/colton-leblanc], will share how the province is supporting its local producers and promoting their local agricultural bounty. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].