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Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL) 52A Minnesota pt. 2

In this second part of 3, Representative Rick Hansen from the Minnesota House of Representatives talks with Pepper Roussel at ...
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/ Farming, Food, Food Policy, GreenPepper, Mississippi, River, Water

Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL) 52A Minnesota pt. 1

In this first part of 3, Representative Rick Hansen from the Minnesota House of Representatives talks with Pepper Roussel at ...
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/ Amish, Environment, Environmental, Food, Food Policy, GreenPepper, Hansen, Pollinators, Seed Saving, Seeds

Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen part 2

District E City Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen talks about her family history, her food traditions, and how she came to cook ...
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/ Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen, GreenPepper

Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen part 3

Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen talks about her non-profit and fruit farms. Although she has only recently been installed as Councilperson, she ...
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Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen part 1

District E Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen joins us for this first episode of GreenPepper. Councilwoman Nguyen has chosen to share a ...
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The Law Farm: Food Law and Policy in the Big Easy

Pepper Roussel is a food law attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana and she was kind enough to take the time ...
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/ Food, Food, GreenPepper, Michelle Namer, The Law Farm

NOLADrinks Show: New Orleans Kitchens in the Civil Rights Movement and News & Notes

On this edition of the NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we welcome returning guest, Pepper Roussel of the Culinaria Center, ...
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/ Culture, Culture, GreenPepper, NOLADrinks Show, The James Beard Awards

NOLADrinks Show: Food Policy and Culture with Culinaria – Top Taco New Orleans

On this edition of the NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we have two great conversations on tap! First, we chat ...
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/ Culinaria, Culture, Culture, Food, Food, GreenPepper, NOLADrinks Show

Walk on the Wild Side

Americans have a curious and often tongue-in-cheek relationship with pigs. We love them! Northerners because the pot belly ones are ...
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/ Feral Hog, Invasive Species, Invasive Species, Wild Boar

Tradition: It’s What’s for Dinner

Did you ever wonder why New Orleans Mondays are inextricably linked to red beans and rice dinner? Tradition. Way back ...
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/ Food, Food Culture, Red Beans and Rice, Trinity

Why Food Policy?

As implausible as it may seem, nearly all of my conversations somehow involve food. The subject can be as complex ...
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/ Food, Food Policy

You can’t take the culture out of food…

My absentee father passed away when I was 8 years old, and the only family I knew came from my ...
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/ Food, Food Culture, Food Traditions

Gentrification: Food as Accessory, not Necessity

Dwayne Boudreaux, owner of Circle Food Store, said his old customer base is gone. Re-opened eight years post-Katrina, Circle Foods, ...
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/ Circle Foods, Culinary Appropriation, Food, Food Culture, Gentrification

The Case for Eating Asian Carp

Recently I went to a Happy Hour for the ubiquitous “oysters on the half shell” special. I was lured in ...
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/ Asian Carp, Invasive Species, Invasive Species, Oysters

What Came First?

Chicken or the egg? It’s an interesting and eternally perplexing question that has been asked in time immemorial not because ...
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/ Chicken, Egg, Food, Food Insecurity, Poverty