Helping Refugees and Immigrants to Achieve their Dreams- Anchi Mei, Executive Director of MAKE Project
Food for Thought with Keith Langhorn
Release Date: 09/09/2021
Food for Thought with Keith Langhorn
We stop in for a visit with our friend Michael Tomkins, a marriage and family therapist, yoga instructor, and spiritual guide, for a chat about mindfulness in eating and in life.
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Today we meet Avonte Hartsfield of Rollin Roots.
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In this episode we interview Anchi Mei, Executive Director of MAKE Projects (Merging Agriculture Kitchens & Employment).
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Elly Brown is the executive director of the San Diego Food System Alliance, a network of more than 100 organizations working to make our current food system more equitable, healthy, and sustainable through collaboration, policy change, education, and community empowerment.
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In this episode, Kris Schlesser, the founder and force behind Lucky Bolt, talks to us about his mission to connect us to local, healthy , convenient food.
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After years of traveling up and down the west coast on surfing and skateboarding adventures since 2004 and visiting farms along the way, Luke Girling got the bug to learn about organic farming. Eventually he attended UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. He returned with a vision to return to his hometown and create a farm.
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Stephanie Parker and husband Dan started Epicurean San Diego with the mission of introducing people to the bounty of local San Diego food and beverage producers with curated events large and small.
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We talk with Jesse Vigil of Big Table San Diego & Davin Waite of Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub in Oceanside.
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When we arrived at the docks of San Diego, Captain John Glawson Captain Dan Major were busy preparing their lobster pots for the beginning of spiny lobster season.
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"There's nothing like a winemaker having their own footprints in the vineyard," says Denise Clarke, co-owner of Altipiano Vineyard & Winery in North County San Diego. "I come from a long line of farmers and always loved having my hands in the dirt."
info_outlineThis months podcast takes us to North Park to interview Anchi Mei who is Executive Director of MAKE Projects (Merging Agriculture Kitchens & Employment). We recorded our interview outside on their small farm.
MAKE Projects is a job training social enterprise that prepares refugees and immigrants to achieve their dreams.
Anchi tells us about programs that are offered by the team.
Chop Kitchen, helps prepare students for employment in the food industry and beyond.
Youth Farmworks helps young people explore digital media, publishing their magazine & farming their small lot.
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