On episode 1 of Foodstuffs, we shared a part of our interview with photographer Connie Tsang.

This was only one interesting section of the interview, so here we include the uncut version, where we discuss growing up in an immigrant family in small town Canada and the lengths it took for her parents to create this life, among many other brilliant Connie observations. 

Have a listen!

Extrastuffs - Connie Tsang Full Interview

With unabashed confidence that only our friends will listen to our first episode, we foray in to Episode 1 of Foodstuffs, fully forgetting to identify ourselves. For our maiden voyage, we consider Canadian identity, question authenticity, and value emotions that get expressed through the eyes.

Do you notice how you can always find a Chinese restaurant, no matter what small town you visit in Canada? We speak with a photographer whose parents owned the only Chinese Canadian restaurant in their town growing up. 

And then we head to downtown Toronto, to a community centre that's messing with a Canadian tradition and giving school children (and beyond!) the opportunity to learn where their dinner comes from. 

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THANKS!

Thanks this week to Connie Tsang (www.connietsangphotos.com) and Kevin Lee; Taste of China and Scadding Court. 

Thanks also to Erik Betlem and CIUT for recording facilities.

And a big thank you for Chris Foster (www.chrisfoster.ca) for our Foodstuffs logo. We adore it.

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Episodes to be released every second Wednesday.

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Episode 1 - On Identity, Authenticity & the City

We spend Episode 2 of Foodstuffs considering plants, community & space.

Bryan speaks with Jacob Kearey-Moreland, one of the people at the helm of the Wiki Farm in Orillia, Ontario. We learn about the way Jacob is creating an alternative to what makes an "ideal" community gardening location and how he's harnessing the power of the Internet to help him do it.

Jessica heads in to the woods with her employer/friend, Geoff Hopgood, a chef and forager with a particular affinity for ramps (a.k.a. wild leeks). We hear about how to find them and also how foraging shaped the course of Chef Hopgood’s career. 

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THANKS!

Thanks this week to Jacob Kearey-Moreland of the Orillia Wiki Farm. You can see more about the farm here: www.facebook.com/Wikifarm.

Thanks also to Chef Geoff Hopgood and an undisclosed suburban forest in Oshawa. 

Thanks always to Erik Betlem and CIUT for recording facilities.

And a big thank-you for Chris Foster (www.chrisfoster.ca) for our Foodstuffs logo. It’s our favourite.

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Episodes to be released every second Wednesday.

www.foodstuffs.life


Episode 2- Wiki-Leeks

Jessica talks to John Polanyi CI business students Sara, Hilary and Aditya about the role the PACT garden has played in their school and how their using the harvest to make a change in their neighbourhood.

Post-2015 SAGE Global World Cup Update:

JCPI's C.I.T.Y. student delegation did an incredible job in Seoul: they brought home the award for meeting the UN Millennium Development Goal of developing a global partnership for development at the 2015 SAGE World Cup. Congrats to Mr. Essabhai's Rotman's 2014-15 group.  

For more info: http://www.sagecanada.com/sage-canada-visits-2015-world-competition-in-seoul-south-korea/

Extrastuffs - JPCI C.I.T.Y.

On Episode 3 of Foodstuffs, we look at how a meaningful relationship with food is best seeded early in life.

We talk to David Lockett, founder and volunteer president of the PACT Urban Peace Program, about PACT's Grow to Learn curriculum at John Polanyi Collegiate Institute, and about how he's looking to change the world by engaging local business talent and harnessing their resources for the good of those in need.

And then Bryan goes to Elmvale, Ontario, to speak with Wade Stamp, owner of The Saucey Pig near Wasaga Beach, and makes everyone jealous by talking to about- and then eating- one of his incredible pulled pork sandwiches.

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THANKS!

Thanks this week to David Lockett of the PACT Urban Peace Program (pactprogram.ca) and Ben Marshall for connecting us; Adam Dirks who oversees the PACT Grow 2 Learn Garden at John Polanyi Collegiate Institute; Rahim Essabhai of the 2014-15 Rotman Business Program at JCPI and his students, Sara, Hilary and Aditya. Be sure to listen to Extrastuffs to hear more about the impact the garden had on the JCPI business class last school year.

Big thanks to Wade Stamp from The Saucey Pig in Elmvale, Ontario. Check out their Facebook page (on.fb.me/1JUDIX6), if you're in the mood to drool.

Thanks always to Erik Betlem, Ken Stowar and Sam Petite and CIUT for recording facilities.

And a big thank-you for Chris Foster (www.chrisfoster.ca) for our Foodstuffs logo. It’s so beautiful!

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Foodstuffs is a podcast about food and culture, and their intersections. It is the brainchild of Jessica Walker and Bryan Goman.
Episodes released every second Wednesday.

www.foodstuffs.life

Episode 3- Slow Growing

On this Extrastuffs, we hang out with Alberto Deleon and Bryan (and his wife Simal!) as they continue their discussion of indegenous the Central Mexican boozy beverage, pulque, pre-hispanic Mexican cuisine and Mexican politics.

Episode 6 of Foodstuffs comes out Wednesday, October, 21.

Extrastuffs: Pulque and Pre-Hispanic Mexican Culture

Episode 7 looks at two examples of what it takes to get communities to come together to feed their people.

First, Bryan heads to the Dixie Gurdwara to understand how an amorphous group of volunteers ensure that a hot meal is available to anyone- Sikh or non-Sikh- 24/7.

And then we peek inside the process involved in getting six communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality a Mobile Food Market.

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THANKS!

Big thanks this week to Jaswant Singh, volunteer for the Ontario Khalsa Darbar (http://dixiegurdwara.com/). 

And thanks to Heather Monahan and Ali Shaver from Nova Scotia Public Health and Josh Bates from the Mayor's Office for talking with Jess about the proposed Mobile Market for Halifax. We will keep everyone posted on the initiative's progress come Spring.

Thanks always to Erik Betlem, Ken Stowar and Sam Petite and CIUT for the use of their recording facilities. If you would like to donate to the CIUT Funding Drive, you can do so here (http://ciut.fm).

And thanks very much to Chris Foster (www.chrisfoster.ca) for our Foodstuffs logo.

Cheers!

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Episode 7- Free Kitchens & Government Process

Episode 8 has us talking a lot about the different health benefits of liquid diets and juicing. 

First, Jess catches up with someone who virtually wasn't able to swallow for nine months straight; not food, not water, not even his own spit.

Then we phone the west coast and Bryan speaks with an expert about the non-psychoactive & health benefits of a new form of cannabis for managing pain. 

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THANKS!

Thanks this week to Greg Milo for sharing his experience with achalasia. If you're curious about the treatment that relieved Greg of his symptoms, googling P.O.E.M.- or Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy- will provide all the information you might need.

Thanks also to Dieter MacPherson from Cannabis Digest (http://cannabisdigest.ca/juicing-raw-cannabis/) for meeting with Bryan over the phone.

Thanks always to Erik Betlem, Ken Stowar and Sam Petite and CIUT for the use of their recording facilities. The CIUT Funding Drive is over, but you can always donate to the station here (http://ciut.fm).

And thanks very much to Chris Foster (www.chrisfoster.ca) for our Foodstuffs logo.

Cheers!

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Episode 8- Juicing for Health: Achalasia & Cannabis

On Episode 11, there's two stories of how food made two chefs elevate themselves, even outside of the kitchen.

In the first, Jess talks to Chef Christine Flynn, AKA Instagram's @chefjacqueslamerde, about what her alter ego taught her about herself and chefdom.

Then Bryan meets up with Chef Eran Marom to learn how he's combining his French training with Jewish dietary restrictions, for the benefit of all Kosher diners.

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Ep 11: @chefjacqueslamerde & The New Kosher

This episode, we speak with two women about how they're addressing inequality in the food spaces they occupy. 

First, Bryan speaks with the Director of the Black Creek Community Farm- Toronto's largest urban farm- and finds out how this urban agriculture project is making the most of their seven acres, by creating meaningful programming for the community surrounding Jane & Finch.

Then Jess makes her way to the east end of Toronto to learn about Third Wave Coffee, how the professionalization of the industry is threatening to leave some of its workers out of the progress, and how one woman hopes to facilitate a shift in thinking that would include a wider array of voices.

Ep 16- Black Creek Farm & Third Wave Coffee

Episode 18 has us waking up to the many barriers new food entrepreneurs face in Toronto, and then we figure out how to fix ourselves the right stiff drink for the occasion.

First, Jess speaks with Vanessa Ling Yu about how to demystify the process of starting a food business for marginalized Torontonians.

And then Mark Bylok helps Bryan craft the perfect whisky collection and gives us all a greater vocabulary to find what we want in a brown liquor.

Ep 18-caterToronto & The Whisky Cabinet

On Episode 19, we hear how Tero Isokauppila of Four Sigmatic is dedicating his life to extolling the powers of the mushroom kingdom. And then we learn more about how we get one of our most precious and fundamental resources from a water treatment operator who came up in the post-Walkerton e. Coli outbreak era.

Ep 19- Mushroom Coffee & Tap Water

For this week's instalment of Extrastuffs, we've got the extended version of our chat with YouTuber and Vegan vlogger, Lauren Toyota. In this longer cut, we include more of our conversation about working in media and what it takes to create a successful brand in this day and age, along with learning about Lauren's transition to veganism.

Leading up to Season 3 of Foodstuffs, we're bring you weekly instalments of bonus content: extended cuts, bonus interviews and panel discussions on a range of topics we covered last season.

Stay tuned for more #tbt Extrastuffs every Thursday leading up to Season 3, kicking off this November!

Extrastuffs: Lauren Toyota & Hot for Food

(Extended cut)Glenford Jameson, food lawyer and host of the podcast "Welcome to the Food Court" discusses ethical labeling and food marketing practices, and how he (and we) can affect change.

Extrastuffs - Glenford Jameson & Food Law

For our last instalment of Extrastuffs, we head to Bar Lisa Marie on May 2, 2016. On this night, restauranteur & food photographer Kyla Zanardi and chef & instagram star Christine Flynn brought together a diverse cross section of women working in the food industry to discuss what it means to be female in this line of work. What resulted was the start of a productive discussion on how women can support themselves and each other while trying to grow their careers. 

Have a listen to hear thoughts from Ren Navarro, beer rep & co-founder of the Society of Beer Drinking Ladies, Jennfier Commins, tea sommelier & founder/CEO of Pluck Tea Inc, Johanna Lowe, food & prop stylist, and Hassel Aviles, food entrepreneur & founder of the former Toronto Underground Market. Hosted by Pay Chen, this is a great glimpse into the beauty and the difficulty of being female in a business that traditionally favours men.

Foodstuffs Season 3 kicks off November 2! 
Subscribe to iTunes, Stitcher or anywhere else that hosts podcasts to hear what's up next!

Extrastuffs: Live Women's Hospitality League Panel

Foodstuffs is back for Season 3! 

This season, we're bringing you a brand new interview every week. We're excited, because this lets us be with you more often and go deeper on the topics we share with you. 

For our first interview of the season, we go to Royale's Luncheonette on Dundas West in Toronto to speak with a 20 year kitchen vet about why he left a life of late nights behind and what greater balance is worth in this industry. 

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Ep 21: Working Alone with Mark Dufort

This week, we speak with a fish farmer who has a lot to say about how the public views his industry. What do you do when your country chooses a stance on your livelihood and doesn't question it?

Thanks to Gord Cole of Aquacage Fisheries in Parry Sound, ON for appearing on the show. 

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Ep 22: Gord Cole Stands Up for Fish Farming

In collaboration with a lab at Trent University, one company is learning to harness DNA sequencing technology for the benefit of us all.

Thanks to Geoff Lumby, President of Sterisense (http://www.sterisense.com/), for speaking with us.

Please consider donating to the CIUT funding drive: http://www.ciut.fm/

They are a huge reason that we are able to do what we do.
Show them some love and let them know we sent you!

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Ep 23: Geoff Lumby Explains DNA Food Testing

Joe Dorgan of Seacow Pond, Prince Edward Island, knew that his cows loved eating local seaweed, but he never thought about why. We talk to the farmer that inspired research that could help save the planet.

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Ep 25- Seaweed FTW with Farmer Joe Dorgan

This week, we get dispatches from the front lines of internet dating: once known as a partier, Dawn Ayre knew it was time to settle down and look for true love, so- naturally- she turned to Tinder. What's it like to start a new chapter, when you've got a reputation for answering late night calls? And how difficult is it to let go of old, often self-destructive, patterns? All that, plus dating advice for the modern era. Hint: It's better when you both go for the donair; then everyone has garlic breath!

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Ep 26: Online Dating with the @donairfairy

How is it that one of the most essential skills for life is so rarely discussed? This week, we chat with a lactation consultant about why first time moms rarely know what it takes to breastfeed their child. And then we get really philosophical about life and the human experience.

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Ep 27: The Original Superfood with Jennifer Vaughan

In the last few years, the way we plan to dine out has changed drastically. While technology has improved visibility for restaurants and made connecting with them much easier, their are some negative side effects impacting small business owners who have chosen one of the riskiest businesses out there.

This week we speak with restaurateur, Darcy MacDonell, about what he's doing to improve the situation for all parties involved. 

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Ep 29- How to #RespectTheRestaurant with Darcy MacDonell

In the last few months, it feels like a lot has changed, leaving some of us feeling pretty overwhelmed about the world around us. 

We kick off Season 4 by hearing why- and how- one Toronto bartender uses her off time to volunteer.  Christina Veira is a long time food & beverage vet, known for making a killer cocktail and also just being really nice (something that is not always said about servers in Toronto). For the last year and a half, she's been working closely with a local shelter, but not in the way we view traditional "volunteering".

Ep 31- Christina Veira, The Bartender Philanthropist

This week, we talk institutional food. In particular food in hospitals: what are the challenges with feeding people in this setting, how food is viewed by the medical community, how we can introduce healthier foods into this system and what the impact might be. 

Lulu Cohen-Farnell and David Farnell, owners of a "healthy catering company for child care centres", regularly speak out about the ways we can better feed vulnerable groups- from children to patients- and how their childcare catering company can inform a change in the way serve food to those who can't serve themselves.

Ep 32: Real Talk on Institutional Food

This week, we talk to a former financial advisor about the decision he made to forget the money and pursue his dream to own his own restaurant. Normally, this would mean forfeiting time with family, but not for Bruce Le. 

We head to B's Banh Mi to learn how opening a sandwich shop in the suburbs allows him to express his heritage, his taste and his passion, all the while making it home to spend quality time with his family.

Ep 33: The Family First Banh Mi Shop

Discussions of safe space and equal treatment are popping up across an array of industries right now, but identification of the need for safe space is an easy place for the discussion to end. 

This week, we talk to a long-time Toronto service industry vet about growing up in restaurants during a rougher time and how this informs the way he runs his establishment today. *Plus* added bonus stories of kitchen stories from 80s & 90s Toronto restaurant life.

Thanks to Giuseppe Anile of Midfield Wine Bar & Tavern for speaking with us.

Ep 34: Giuseppe Anile Took Sh*t but Doesn't Want to Give It

What is the best way to get more people eating healthy food? We've seen a lot of work in this area, since the advent of the slow food movement, with community gardens popping up in urban settings everywhere. 

But what makes someone value locally grown and sourced goods? And how do we take healthy & local foods from being regarded as the exception to being treated as the norm?

This and more with Fresh City Farms' CEO & Founder Ran Goel.

Ep 35: Ran Goel is Bringing Urban Ag to the Mainstream

When life handed Michaela Kutaj a diagnosis that kept her close to home, she prescribed herself backyard chickens.

This week, Jess takes a trip to the Mississauga to visit a woman who is reaping more than just the obvious- albeit illegal- rewards (i.e. local food, healthy compost, active lifestyle) of backyard chicken farming.

Ep 36: Nesting with (Sub)urban Chickens

How access to food, water and the Internet shapes one northern community; the people of Attawapiskat First Nation cope with the high cost of living on reserve. 

We chat with Kathy and Stephen Stoney- a teacher and a minister- about the barriers that currently exist and what they hope to see for the future of eating in their subarctic First Nation.

Ep 37: The Meaning of Access in Attawapiskat

Workplace safety is known as a basic right in our country, however political collective Justice for Migrant Workers is working hard to spread awareness of the realities of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program for some of Canada's migrant farmworker population.

On this week's episode, we speak to one of the J4MW organizers, Tzazná Miranda Leal, about the range of efforts the group has taken to spread the issue of substandard working and living conditions for Canada's migrant worker population. 

J4MW's campaign ramped up last year, culminating as the Harvesting Freedom Caravan that crossed Southern Ontario. This work is currently on display in the form of three concurrent art exhibitions, 'Art and Tomatoes,' taking place as a part of the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts in Toronto. 

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Ep 38: The Art of Fighting for Migrant Farmworkers' Rights

This week we talk to the son of a farmer about his photographic homage to his upbringing, currently on display at Toronto's St Lawrence Market. Fittingly for one of Canada's oldest farmers' markets, Andrew McGill's work displays scenes from his hometown: farm life, county fairs and local characters.

What happens when you book most of your work in the city, but draw some of your greatest inspiration from your rural farming town? How Andrew McGill reconciles his past and present, and tries to envision his future.

To hear our chat with Andrew's father, Larry McGill, download "Ep 14: The Homegrown Dinner Project & A Farmer's Perspective."

Ep 39: A Farmer's Son's Perspective

This week, we learn what the elements that give beer flavour, just in time to cheers to the end of another season.

Matt Park is the Operations manager at Toronto's Burdock Brewery and he loves yeast. We learn how yeast impacts the taste of beer and how to maintain flavour when brewing low alcohol beers. Yum!

Ep 40: Matt Park Brews Crushable Craft Beers

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