HOUR TWO OF 2022
Sandy Baker and Gwen reads the Annual New Year Poem and the Year's first phone calls
Sandy Baker and Gwen reads the Annual New Year Poem and the Year's first phone calls
This and That including Pruning
Host Michelle Marques talks with Duskie Estes, Executive Director of Farm to Pantry, and Paula Shatkin, Director of the Gravenstein Apple Presidium for Slow Food Russian River about their incredible donation of over 12-thousand jars of applesauce made with gleaned fruit to the Redwood Empire Food Bank.
In an effort to stop food waste, help those in need, and reduce the impact on the climate, Farm to Pantry used the help of 275 volunteers on 150 propertied to collect 50-thousand pounds of apples that would have gone to waste. The apples were processed into applesauce by Manzana Products Company, who donated the labor, jars, labels, and shipping the finished product to the food bank. Leftover apples were turned into hard cider by Golden State Cider, and the cider will be released this spring, with proceeds going back to Farm to Pantry and Slow Food Russian River.
Host Jeff Davis talks with Ben Larks of Idle Cellars. Ben and his business partner Ari Heavner founded the winery together about 15 years ago with just 50 cases and have increased production since then but still have a playful, boutique approach to winemaking. Ben shares the stories behind the wines, his first foray into winemaking at Deerfield Ranch Winery, and how they came up with the name Idle Cellars, inspired by the tune Idle Moments by Grant Green.
Find out more and get your own bottles of Idle Cellars wines by visiting their website at idlecellars.com.
On the Wine Road LIVE is produced in studio by Michelle Marques. This episode is sponsored by American AgCredit.
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