About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of composting in LA and features discussions on food culture and sustainability.

This week on Good Food: Julia Child Foundation fellow Janek Schaller demystifies composting in LA, as he follows the green bins to the processing facility and back to the farm. Jeff Chu meditates on life's biggest questions while tilling the soil. In the award-winning documentary  Finding Edna Lewis , Deb Freeman traces the life of the famed Southern chef who wrote The Taste of Country Cooking . Chef  Andrew Ponce uses cactus from Cabral Farms in creative ways. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack .  

People in this episode

Host: Evan Kleiman

Guests: Janek Schaller, Andrew Ponce

Topics covered

• composting
• sustainability
• cooking
• food culture
• documentary

Keywords

• composting
• LA
• food
• cooking
• documentary
• sustainability
• cactus
• Edna Lewis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Julia Child Foundation, Cabral Farms

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