Dragon Seal Winery Museum of Chinese Winemaking

Our World Wine Tour 2010 travelers have most recently been visiting different regions of China. In this podcast you will hear about Grace vineyards, the Fengshou winery, the Dragon Seal Winery, and it’s museum of Chinese wine making. You will also learn more about their recent trip to Laos and about their insights about the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation.

Dragon Seal Winery guide & Anja of WWT2010

Until today we’ve talked with one half of the World Wine Tour team, however in this podcast you will meet the other half of the World Wine Tour 2010 team, Georges Janssens.

Dragon Seal Winery guide & Georges of WWT2010

Listen here: Georges March 2

Anja in Laos

Today we are catching up with Anja of the World Wine Tour 2010 and talking with her about their recent visit to the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation.

Flower ceremony

The Lao Rehabilitation Foundation is a charity that works on a variety of projects, from caring for a school for blind children, to operating medical missions in remote areas, to building schools and clinics, and to bringing medical supplies into the country. The proceeds from the funds raised by the World Wine Tour 2010 will go to help rebuild a school destroyed by massive flooding of the Mekong River in 2008.

Repairing desks

Listen here: World Wine Tour March 2010

Professor Fagen had been invited specifically to work with the agriculture coops there and to help them better understand food safety requirements. While there, he also planned to attend China’s first ever Blueberry Festival. China has been raising wild blueberries in northeast region of the country for the last 6 or 7 years, and this was their official opening. According to Fagen, a much smaller and more fragmented cultivated blueberry industry also exists in China.

In an email, Professor Fagen shared details about the photograph (seen above) and a little about his journey:

“Aside from the 2 hour flight from Beijing followed by a 12 hour train journey, it was very interesting. I am attaching a photo of me presenting your video to Song Xibin, Secretary of Committee Commissioner (think regional mayor). “

The Mighty Humble Blueberry is about how the cultivated blueberry industry was created and expanded nearly 100 years ago and it has been an honor for us to share the story with the people of the emerging wild blueberry industry in China. Read a recent review about this documentary here.

To learn about the Chinese Blueberry Conference and Festival and more, listen here:

Chinese Blueberry Conference & Festival

Listen in to this podcast if you are baking sweets for your sweetie this Valentines Day and want to keep it organic. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Sarah Magid is an organic baker who bakes custom organic cakes and sweets for weddings, parties, corporate events, and for all those who have a sweet tooth.

Organic and Chic Cookbook cover

Her cookbook titled “Organic & Chic” demystifies baking and enables just about anyone from professional bakers to novices to create beautiful & sweet treats. She explains complex recipes in a way that makes it very easy for anyone to get into the kitchen and bake. Listen in as Sarah breaks down the essentials of baking organically, and shares with us what she feels are the most important ingredients needed in an organic pantry.

ORGANIC AND CHIC

To order “Organic & Chic” please visit www.sarahmagid.com

Zerbe Peas

In this podcast we speak with Tim McGreevy, the executive director of the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council. Listen &  learn what Pulse crops are and why Tim McGreevy finds them to be among the most “nutritious crops in the world”

USA DRY PEA AND LENTIL COUNCIL

Katie spoke with us about the website, and also very kindly shares with us her Grandmothers wonderful Pumpkin Bread recipe here:

Grandma's Pumpkin Bread

Grandma’s Pumpkin Bread

Katie Colbert  easy | 12 servings | prep: 15 minutes | cook: 30 minutes

Very moist and delicious. Just like my Great-grandma Sittig made for me when I was little – yum! When you buy the canned pumpkin, make sure it is plain pumpkin, not the pumpkin that is ready to pour into a pie shell.

Ingredients:
3 cups of sugar
4 eggs
1 cup oil
2/3 cups of water
3 1/2 cups of flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups canned pumpkin (16 oz cans)

Directions:

Grease either 4 small or 3 large loaf pans
Mix sugar and eggs together, add oil and water
Add rest of ingredients and mix
Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes – 1 hour
Cool for 15 minutes in pan
Transfer to racks to complete cooling

Serve with:  Glass of milk

Original author:  Grandma Sittig

Listen here to learn about Sharecipe.com:

Katie OF SHARECIPE July 21 2009-NEW

Anja & Georges of the World Wine Tour 2010

Anja & Georges of the World Wine Tour 2010 are currently in China, and it marks their second stop on an extraordinary wine-trek that is taking them around the globe.

Siberian Express Sunset

Legenda Kryma

To bring you up to speed, here are some of the things they have seen and learned on their journey so far:

• Red Square in Moscow is a magical place of tsars and revolutions with a surreal look of mystery. The tsars where the first to bring wine to Moscow in the 17th century.
• 80% of sparkling wines consumed in Russia are from home soil and the rest is imported from Ukraine.
• Many of these Ukrainian wines come from the Krim region of the country, which is what brought Anja & Georges to visit Legenda Kryma Importers in Moscow.
• Anja & Georges are proud to say they have collected the first 3 bottles toward the auction!

Listen here to about their adventure in Moscow:

WWT-CHINA

To learn more visit their blog at www.worldwinetour2010.com

Based on the seed-to-table learning model initiated by Alice Waters in Berkeley, CA, The Pittsburgh Edible Schoolyard integrates garden activities into the regular classroom curriculum to improve young students’ eating habits, invest students in their school communities, and enhance students’ academic performance.

Now in its fourth year in the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS), The Edible Schoolyard is the fruit of collaboration between PPS personnel, teachers, parents, community members, and the non-profit organization Grow Pittsburgh.

In this podcast we speak with the Director of Education for Grow Pittsburgh, Joshua Burnett. To many young Pittsburgh students, he is better known as “Farmer Josh”.

FARMER JOSH PITTSBURGH 10 9 09-NEW

WellGen, is a company that develops proprietary nutraceutical products. Simply put, they develop and commercialize Medical Foods that treat and prevent disease.

We recently spoke with the Chief Scientific Officer at WellGen, Dr. Nancy Rawson. In this podcast, you will learn will about some of the most up-to-the-minute work being done today in the field of nutraceuticals.

Let the World Wine Tour 2010 begin… from Nancy O’Mallon on Vimeo.