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Kelly Cox does what she wants. That’s a quote from Portland Magazine, and our hosts get Kelly to explain exactly what that means. For the past five years, Kelly has traveled the globe seeking the origin of the best food ingredients as the content of her award-winning series, The Original Fare on PBS. As her website says, she has done everything from plucking tea leaves in Sri Lanka to hunting seals on ice floats off Newfoundland, sharing the experiences with the public. The mission is to find where food comes from and understanding the work and culture that goes into producing food ingredients. The show is part travel, part food but mostly the people behind the food, showing our commonalities and our difference. There’s another reason for Kelly’s drive. She works with young women around the world with common initiatives, Girl Power and Gender Equality. In 2014, she made her debut as a film director with Big Dream, a show that follows seven ambitious young women around the world who stop at nothing to achieve their big dream. It’s available on Amazon. Portland, Oregon is Kelly’s home base and there is a strong connection and support, especially with our host Sarah Marshall. And when COVID lockdown hit, Kelly realized that an international program such as Original Fare was going to come to a halt when there was no international traveling! She then turned her focus locally for projects, which had mixed results, so she and her husband moved in with her parents in California. Now that odyssey has taken them with her parents to Idaho, where they are currently still treading the COVID waters. What’s next? There are a couple of wild acres on the property, so Kelly has taken to starting her own ambitious garden and also growing a chicken flock, for fresh eggs. Not surprisingly, Kelly’s life reflects her show. It’s Original. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes
Portland native, Kelly Cox is the creator, director, and host of PBS Food’s The Original Fare, which is now in its fifth season. She spoke with Dana Cowin, host of Speaking Broadly about her “food adventure show” and what led her to a life of trekking, foraging, and reporting from all across the world.HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast.
We were off by a year! Bringing back this classic episode of the podcast, as Food Cart, The Movie preps for film festival submission. Original post: Damian Magista, who has joined us before as the founder of Bee Local Honey and Annata Cannabis, is a movie buff. He teams with Lucas Longacre, whose work has been featured on Original Fare, among other works, to produce Food Cart. The duo join us to discuss the genesis of the plot, the filming thereof, and what their expectations are. At the time of this podcast's release, the film is still in post-production.
Guest host Kelly Cox, the creator of The Original Fare, a PBS series about hunting and foraging for ingredients around the world, introduces HRN to Evan Gregorie, a master gardener and farmer, who established the Portland Seedhouse in 2014. The veteran global travelers and self-proclaimed food nerds explain why it’s absolutely critical to save seeds and let biodiversity remain in the hands of the farmers. Thanks to our engineer, Aaron Parecki of Stream PDX. Music by Breakmaster Cylinder HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast.
Lucas Longacre is a filmmaker and producer. He's done several features, documentaries, tons of web video and also the PBS show, "Original Fare". In this conversation, we talk about the reality of doing work you love, as well as the nature of human desire. He also shares some stories of how he was able to break out in a highly competitive industry.