A cheese place One of the pioneers who made West Cork a centre of fine cheeses
A trip to the Sheep’s Head peninsula in West Cork and one of the pioneer cheesemakers there, Jeffa Gill.
Category: Podcasts
Rethinking the folk history of American agriculture Earl Butz is not the central villain of the piece
Many of the things you might believe about the history of agriculture in America just aren’t true.
Ireland’s apple collection A visit to the Irish Seedsavers Association yields history and modern science
Apples picked to perfume a room. Undocumented apples and apples with false papers. Foundlings that could give a supermarket apple a run for its money. Others that don’t taste too good but are catnip to blackbirds. A heritage orchard in County Clare, Ireland.
Antibiotics and agriculture Tackling the problem of antibiotic resistance at (one) source
Antibiotic resistance is one consequence of feeding animals large amounts of antibiotics — about three times the amount given to people in the US. Why is it so hard to regulate the use of antibiotics in agriculture, and how else might we tackle the problem?
1000 days of noodle soup Ken Albala shares his obsession and some of its lessons
How an empty kitchen in Boston triggered a breakfast obsession and a new book on noodle soup.