Podcasts about fork capital

Sacramento, California, home to the State Capitol, also holds the title of "Farm-to-Fork Capital of the World". Surrounded by fertile farm and ranch land, the city has become a hub for fresh, locally-sourced ingredients and sustainable food practices. This movement celebrates Sacramento's agricultural roots and its commitment to bridging the gap between farmers and consumers. In this episode, host and CEO Michael Delbar is joined by Patrick and Bobbin Mulvaney, the dynamic duo behind Mulvaney's B&L in Downtown Sacramento. Their restaurant is a symbol of the city's food revolution, offering farm-to-table dishes that showcase the region's bounty. Passionate about food education and local food systems, the Mulvaneys are dedicated to fostering stronger connections between those who grow our food and those who enjoy it. Together, Michael, Patrick, and Bobbin discuss the origins of the Farm-to-Fork movement in Sacramento, its impact on the community, and the importance of knowing where our food comes from to build sustainability, resilience, and deeper connections between consumers and the land.

Sactown Bites Food Tour Adventures produces food tours in America's Farm-to-Fork Capital. From Downtown and Midtown Sacramento walking tours to driving tours throughout the Sacramento River Delta and wine country regions, the tours are available in both public and private options.On this week's episode, learn more about Sactown Bites from founder and owner Heather Fortes, including information not just on the tours, but also gift options for those looking to send a little Sacramento flavor to friends and loved ones farther away.

Sacramento's Midtown Farmers Market is a favorite with locals and visitors alike every Saturday around the intersection of 20th and K streets in Midtown Sacramento.The Midtown Association started the market in 2013, about a year after Sacramento was named America's Farm-to-Fork Capital, and it has grown to a regional destination for people looking not just for fresh local food to take home, but also to eat and drink prepare food on site, enjoy the Midtown atmosphere and even bring their four-legged friends.On this week's episode of the Visit Sacramento Podcast, Market Manager Lisa Nottingham shares what you can expect and enjoy at the market, along with expansions and more programming coming this year.

Sacramento is America's Farm-to-Fork Capital, and the Sacramento City Unified School District is working to bring fresh food to students at all 80 of its schools, and its new Central Kitchen food truck is designed to bring fresh breakfasts to schools, along with other initiatives. Diana Flores shares the way the district is bringing farm to fork to the schools, and how the district dealt with feeding students over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic in this episode.

Welcome to Season 2 of Raising Kale! In Season 1, I asked our guests what listeners like you can do to become "Kale Raisers" and improve your own communities. Their #1 answer? Eat local and get to know your farmers. So, in Season 2, Farmers & Families, I'll be talking to more farmers. We'll learn about what they're growing, and how they're innovating, and what they're doing to improve their communities in addition to feeding people.  We start Season 2 in America's Farm-to-Fork Capital, Sacramento, California. Our farmer, Sara Bernal, works on an urban farm that's run by the nonprofit, Center for Land-Based Learning.   Urban farming takes place in cities on small plots, not in the country. The average farm size in America in 2012 was 434 acres! But the majority of urban farms are just 5 acres or less.  According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, a quarter of the world's urban population gets their food from urban farms. 15% of the world's food is grown in cities. As more and more of the world's population lives in cities, our food supply and our farmers are moving there, too.  Urban farmers like Sara Bernal are keenly aware of the needs of their communities and are not only growing food to feed them, but also rising up to meet social needs like hunger. Sara Bernal is a farmer, a community activist, a rad human, and a true Kale Raiser! She has lived and worked around the world from Bangladesh to Italy, but it's in West Sacramento, California where she's transforming her community through food. She's the program manager for the nonprofit Center for Land-Based Learning, where she runs an urban farm program that trains new farmers, feeds the hungry, and tirelessly makes the world a better place. 

Mike Testa is the President and CEO of Visit Sacramento & the Sacramento Sports Commission, leading a team dedicated to promoting Sacramento as an attractive travel destination while enhancing Sacramentos image as a dynamic place to live and work. Through the impact of travel, Mike and his team strengthen Sacramento's economic position, grow the region's economy, attract development investment, and improve the quality of life for the people who call Sacramento home. In just three years as the CEO of Visit Sacramento, Mike has generated new streams of visitors to the region by investing in and promoting Sacramento's arts community and creating and expanding music and food festivals. He has also focused on growing and securing new and diverse sporting events and advocating for, and ultimately securing, the expansion of the Sacramento Convention Center. Visit California Travel & Tourism data shows that Mike's vision of diversifying Sacramento's visitor platform is working. In 2019, Sacramento generated record revenues from tourism, as visitors spent more than $3 billion into the regional economy. In 2021, Visit Sacramento will help further elevate the Aftershock Music Festival (the largest hard rock festival on the West Coast) into a four-day, 120,000-person music event. Later that same month, Sacramento will host its first Ironman competition. Through Mike's vision, commitment to community collaboration, and consistent innovation, Sacramentos identity has evolved from a sleepy State Capital to a relevant food destination, recognized nationally as America's Farm-to-Fork Capital. Through creating the Tower Bridge Dinner and events like the Farm-to-Fork Festival, Mike's ability to see Sacramento's heritage and reimagine its identity as a food and agriculture leader has brought millions of dollars in revenue to local businesses national earned media to Sacramento. Additionally, Mike Testa is responsible for initiating and creating the relationship with the Paris-based Michelin Guide to generate a California dining guide that spotlighted 14 of Sacramento's restaurants and earned the city its first Michelin-starred restaurant in its inaugural year of publication. Mike is a graduate of St. Mary's College and has spent his career promoting, connecting, and developing relationships to elevate organizational goals. As an expert communicator and seasoned destination marketing executive, he is highly sought after to speak at CEO forums, participate in panel discussions, serve as an event emcee, and facilitate conversations around marketing, tourism development, and community economic creation and development. Mike is also widely known as a thought leader in economic development through festivals and events. In 2017 he was hand-picked to participate in a panel discussion at Austins SXSW about building successful special events and the intricate components of forming relationships between host cities and festival producers. In 2008, Mike was named as a ‘40 under 40 leader' and in 2014 was awarded the Vibe Award from the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, which recognized ‘Visionary Innovators in Building Excellence.' He is active on the boards of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento Zoo, Midtown Association, and Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Mike is an educator and enjoys sharing his knowledge as a former media relations instructor for the Western Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus and the UC Davis Extension. On this episode of Destination on the Left, I talk with Mike Testa, who shares his passion for the city of Sacramento and details how Visit Sacramento built a brand as the Farm-to-Fork capital of America. We discuss Sacramento's challenges as a city in California, where there are many bucket list cities, and creative ways his team has carved out positioning that Sacramento can own. Mike also highlights how his organization has creatively collaborated to successfully produce events for the city that are now attracting a vast number of visitors every year. What You Will Learn: All the exciting events that Visit Sacramento has created with its partners to attract visitors to the city, including the Farm-to-Fork Festival Why Mike focuses on building a brand to seek out national and international opportunities, including their collaboration with the Michelin Guides Visit Sacramento's creative plans for the future and how the COVID-19 pandemic has made them reflect on how they attract visitors to the city Why it's so critical to build partnerships during challenging times How Mike approaches destination marketing within the local community Leadership in Adversity In times of adversity, we often see that team members find the strength and confidence to step up to lead and are keen to take on challenges that benefit the whole community. Mike's leadership skills are shaped by his previous experience in a wide range of roles in marketing and community relationship development, and he fosters that ethos in his team. Mike also shares his insights on connecting with organizations in your area and why building deeper bonds ultimately helps you move forward to achieve your goals. Partnership Events With the Farm-to-Fork initiative, Mike and Visit Sacramento designed a 360-degree celebration of what the region had to offer and worked hard to get community and local media buy-in to the event, which has subsequently gone from strength to strength. Mike shares the most significant lessons he learned from building the festival gradually and candidly describes some of the valuable partnerships and collaborations they rely on to attract visitors to their destination. Website: https://www.visitsacramento.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-testa-1082673/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/sacramento-convention-&-visitors-bureau Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisitSacramento/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/visitsacramento We value your thoughts and feedback and would love to hear from you. 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Sacramento is America's Farm-to-Fork Capital, and the wealth of what's grown and prepared here isn't limited to food. Hear from florist Victoria Rule and flower farmer Christine Calvin how flowers play an important role in the farm-to-fork – or vase – landscape in Sacramento, and get tips on how best to buy flowers for yourself or your loved ones.

Much of California's history is inextricably tied to the region that lies between the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra Foothills. Gold Country takes its name from the famous historical period that kicked off in 1848 with a Coloma carpenter's discovery of gold flakes in the American River. Today, this thriving collection of river cities and towns offers visitors insight into the past as well as a delicious taste of the present. On this episode of the California Now Podcast, host Soterios Johnson uncovers some of the best attractions Gold Country has to offer, starting with a quick history lesson from Sacramento City Historian Marcia Eymann. She talks about the thriving Native American communities of the pre-Gold Rush era, and continues on to discuss the Sacramento of today, a port city known as America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital. Johnson next speaks with travel blogger Preethi Chandrasekhar to get a first-time visitor's perspective of the region. Chandrasekhar immersed herself in Gold Country, visiting historic hotels, unique shopping destinations, and unforgettable outdoor spaces. Finally, Johnson connects with travel insider Nick Leonti, who offers up an impressive rundown of good eats—including craft beer and craft cider— that dot Sacramento and surrounding towns.

Sacramento's Tower Bridge Dinner To Go lets you experience the great food of America's Farm-to-Fork Capital this year. No ticket, no problem. Area chefs are preparing a fantastic feast for you to take home or eat al fresco, and it lasts all week from Sept. 12-19.

  Where better to celebrate a Bacon Fest than at Mulvaney's B&L in Sacramento, the Farm to Fork Capital of America.  Delicious and innovative pork dishes are served as specials on menus all week, throughout the city, culminating in a competition to show what top chefs can do when provided half a hog to prepare their best pork dishes, and bacon. The 2020 BaconFest Champion is Matt Brown of The Golden Bear! with a winning serving of pork dim sum: a pork and mushroom shumai and a pork bao. The real winners were everyone that got to try all the wonderful dishes from outstanding Chefs. The pork was straight from the farm of Rancho Llano Seco near Chico.  Lindsay Barrett and Jamie Salyer of Yano Seco join Farm To Table Talk to tell what  today's consumer wants to know: beyond just tasting good, how the pigs are raised, fed and treated,  before they become the star attraction of a proud chef's menu. www.llanoseco.com  

#Reinvention challenges us to defy preconceived notions, to know something well enough to break it apart and build it back up or to find an alternate perspective richer in curiosity, creativity, and criticism. Steven joined the renowned Groundlings Theatre of Los Angeles in 1996 and has served on the board of directors and the school's steering committee. Sonya Bradley is the Chief Marketing Officer for Visit Sacramento and its family of brands: America's Farm-to-Fork Capital, Sacramento Sports Commission, Sacramento365, Film Sacramento and Sac Event Crew.

Michael Passmore of Passmore Ranch discusses what it's like to be a farmer in America's Farm-to-Fork Capital, what farmers wish everyone knew about what they do, and how Sacramento came to produce 80 percent of U.S. caviar.

Amber Stott of the Food Literacy Center discusses how food education, access and public health factors drove her to found the organization in 2011, and how, in the succeeding years, it developed into a model for bringing food education to schools. Learn more and support the organization at foodliteracycenter.org.

Josh Nelson was a driving force in getting Sacramento named America's Farm-to-Fork Capital in 2012. Seven years later, his restaurant The Kitchen earned Sacramento's first Michelin Star. He gives insight on how the region has progressed and where he believes it is headed.

Alison Bing explains why Lonely Planet named California’s Redwood Coast the top destination in the country. Next up, Travel + Leisure Editor in Chief Nathan Lump shares his top California hotels for best splurge, best oceanfront, best value, spectacular service, and more. Then Sacramento dining critic Kate Washington highlights splurge-worthy meals and up-and-coming ethnic spots in the Farm-to-Fork Capital.

When over 70,000 people show up to celebrate Farm To Fork in a single weekend, it's time to take stock of Sacramento's celebration of this expression of the Food Movement.  Farm To Table Talk does just that by setting down with three pioneering leaders of Farm to Fork:   California's Secretary of Agriculture, Karen Ross; Chef and Owner of Mulvaney's B & L, Patrick Mulvaney; and Michael Dimock, President of Roots of Change.  Rob Carlmark, Meterologist of ABC 10 introduces Farm To Table Talk Host, Rodger Wasson as the group digs in to where Farm To Fork is today and how  they explain that as they speak thousand of city residents are walking around enjoying the sights, sounds, tastes and presentations of a region that is proud  to be the Farm to Fork Capital.

Sacramento calls itself the "Farm to Fork Capital," but it won't be written up in a Michelin Guide for the foreseeable future (we're not included in the Guide for the Bay Area and Wine Country). But that's okay, because we've got a couple of natives who left town to work at Michelin-starred restaurants and are now coming back home with their Top Chef skills and creds, and opening up their own places here. For our first "Food for Thought" event of 2018, those two chefs talk about all things food - skills, favorite dishes and ingredients, their new restaurants, and whether "Michelin" and "Sacramento" belong in the same sentence. PANELISTS * Brad Cecchi - a Carmichael native who earned a Michelin star as executive chef at Solbar in Calistoga, and came back to open Canon in East Sacramento * Scott Ostrander - he sold his Sacramento home, intending to backpack through Europe, but instead got a job at the three-star restaurant Alinea in Chicago before returning here to blend Michelin skills with Farm-to-Fork philosophy at Paragary, then the Inn at Park Winters, and soon at his own place, Origami Asian Grill in East Sacramento PODCAST TIMEFRAME * O to 2:45 minutes - Intro to California Groundbreakers * 2:45 min - Panelists introduce themselves, and share what's in their refrigerators * 4:30 min - Cecchi's journey from Embassy Suites in Sacramento to Michelin-starred Solbar in Calistoga * 7:45 min - Deciding between backpacking across Europe or working at a Michelin three-star restaurant * 13:40 min -- The difference between working in a Michelin-starred kitchen and other fine-dining restaurants * 18:10 min -- Cecchi talks about maintaining Solbar's one-star Michelin rating -- or else looking for a new job * 23 min -- The reasons for returning to Sacramento, and opening up their own restaurants * 32:30 min -- How can women's status as top chefs be improved? * 36:45 min -- How to get truly local produce grown in Sacramento into its top restaurants * 39:15 min -- The one meal Sacramento should be famous for * 41:50 min -- The difference between a line chef and a Top Chef * 43:30 min -- Is attending culinary school worth the price of $70,000 tuition? * 48:50 min -- Why isn't the Michelin Guide in Sacramento yet? * 51:45 min -- Is this town a good place for haute cuisine? * 54:40 min -- What it will take to keep momentum going for new restaurants opening up here * 1 hr, 3 min -- Which Michelin-star skills chefs are using in their own restaurants * 1 hr, 7:35 min -- Keeping the pace without cracking up * 1 hr, 11:30 min -- What cooking skills they've learned -- and adapted -- from their travels * 1 hr, 13:50 min -- What they want to see added to Sacramento's food scene -- and what should go away

Food Blog Radio Episode #46 This week we chat about our recent trip to Sacramento for the 2016 International Food Bloggers Conference!  We recap and discuss the tours, speakers, educational sessions and of course, the food! Listen as we tell you all about: Our broken hearts ~ A sad farewell to one of our favorite conferences Pre-conference Tours Keynote Speaker - Chef John Ash Sacramento - The Farm to Fork Capital! Learning and sharing a different approach to food Our favorite conference sessions Gary ate bugs! UC Davis and our love for PhD Candidate Hoby Wedler Farm to Fork Feast on Saturday Night! Where we ate in Sacramento Coconut's Fish Cafe and Ricks Dessert Diner! Shoutouts to our favorite presenters and sponsors Thank you Foodista, Zephyr Conferences and IFBC! Gary is famous!  Come visit our Facebook Page!    Thanks for listening! Remember to tune in next Friday for another new guest! Where to find FOOD BLOG RADIO! Facebook Twitter iTunes Libsyn Sticher Please feel free to share, like, love and leave a comment! Save

This week's Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from Sacramento, California. Right now, the city is ground zero in one of the worst Southwest droughts in recent history. Sacramento Fire Chief Walt White talks about the wildfire situation—and also what off-the-brochure restaurants keep him and his firefighters fueled so they can keep Sacramento safe. There are dozens of great choices, because Sacramento is not just the capital of California, but is also the self-proclaimed “Farm-to-Fork Capital of the U.S.” and  has compelling reasons to support that claim. How many farms are within a 30-mile radius of the capital? The answer might surprise you.  Craig McNamara, Founder of the Center for Land-Based Learning, gives us some remarkably practical advice about living—and traveling—more sustainably. Then, Lial Jones, Executive Director of the Crocker Art Museum, explains some of its more unusual exhibitions and programs, including one on art and pain management. There’s all of this and more when Travel Today with Peter Greenberg broadcasts from Sacramento, California. 

This week's Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from Sacramento, California. Right now, the city is ground zero in one of the worst Southwest droughts in recent history. Sacramento Fire Chief Walt White talks about the wildfire situation—and also what off-the-brochure restaurants keep him and his firefighters fueled so they can keep Sacramento safe. There are dozens of great choices, because Sacramento is not just the capital of California, but is also the self-proclaimed “Farm-to-Fork Capital of the U.S.” and  has compelling reasons to support that claim. How many farms are within a 30-mile radius of the capital? The answer might surprise you.  Craig McNamara, Founder of the Center for Land-Based Learning, gives us some remarkably practical advice about living—and traveling—more sustainably. Then, Lial Jones, Executive Director of the Crocker Art Museum, explains some of its more unusual exhibitions and programs, including one on art and pain management. There’s all of this and more when Travel Today with Peter Greenberg broadcasts from Sacramento, California.