Farm Enterprise: Farm-to-Table Restaurants
Farm-to-Table Restaurants - it seems like a natural extension. But is it just one step further to create a self-sustaining supply chain? Host Kate Doughty talks with two farmers who opened their own restaurants and discovers not only their motivations but also the challenges in being both farmer and restauranteur.
First up is Erin Wade of the successful 'salad bistro' restaurant chain that is an extension of her farm in New Mexico, and to Cindy Krepke of Dog Mountain Farm in Washington State who shares the challenges she experienced with her now closed café and farm.
SHOW NOTES
Host, Kate Doughty
image courtesy of Erin Wade/Vinaigrette
image by Audra Mulkern for the Female Farmer Project
GUESTS
Erin Wade, farmer and founder of Vinaigrette
Cindy Krepke, farmer and founder of Dog Mountain Farm, Dog Mountain Farm Café
LINKS AND RESOURCES
Dog Mountain Farm: a photographic essay by Audra Mulkern for the Female Farmer Project
Farm to Table: Building Local and Regional Food Systems
Recent articles about farm-to-table restaurant movement:
Farm to table’s dirty little secret
The Farm-To-Table Movement and Rural Gentrification
Farm to Fable
IN GRATITUDE
A special thanks to all our guests for sharing their knowledge and experiences.
MUSIC
Thank you to Joe Mulkern for writing and performing our theme and show song.
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