Chesapeake Ag Innovation Center: Recent Episodes
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The mission of the Chesapeake Agriculture Innovation Center (CAIC) is to provide value-added food and fish producers in Maryland and Delaware with the advice, guidance, technology, and other resources that they need to scale their businesses to a viable level of success. This will ensure a secure living for producers and sufficient nutritious, local food that is readily available to consumers.
Botanicals offer natural ingredients for herbal teas, body care products, natural products for your home and garden, and many other items for people looking for products that are free from man-made chemical ingredients. Natalie Beneventi grows many of the ingredients she uses in her Beneventi Botanical products, and she sources the rest as locally as possible. Natalie discusses her products and future plans with PODCAST host Muphen Whitney.
Bourbon is, by law, America’s drink – and it all started....no, not in Kentucky, but right here in Maryland in St. Mary’s county. Join host Muphen Whitney as she discusses the history, present activities, and plans for the future with two of the partners of the award-winning Tobacco Barn Distillery. Scott Sanders and Dan Dawson tell about the journey this former tobacco farm – that dates back to the 1600s – has made to now growing the corn that is the basis for its boutique beverages.
Kombucha has made its mark on the wellness world for several years. Now it is becoming popular with consumers at all levels...and it has made its way to bars, coffee houses, breweries, distilleries, and wineries. Liz Dodson, the Kombucha Lady, sits down with Emiliano Espinosa and host Muphen Whitney at Liz’s beautiful farm and impressive kombucha production facility to tell us all about this delicious and healthful drink and her journey to produce and sell it.
Savage Acres Farm produces several types of meats and cheeses in one of the remaining protected areas for agriculture and farming in Montgomery County, Maryland. Come discover Savage Acres Farm as Laurie Savage, host Muphen Whitney, and Emiliano Espinosa discuss all the products produced on the Farm and at Laurie’s Brown Cow Creamery. You will also hear about the Farm’s history and its legacy.
Spirulina may hold one of the keys to food insufficiency. This green alga has shown remarkable results in many scientific studies, and NASA uses it for astronauts’ nutrition in space. Find out more about this nutritious – and delicious – gift from the sea and how Tom and Tina Cropper are growing it in Maryland. The Croppers discuss Spirulina and their innovations for producing it in this CAIC PODCAST with host Muphen Whitney and CAIC’s Emiliano Espinosa.
Welcome to the Chesapeake Agricultural Innovation Center's first podcast. We're excited to introduce Grow & Fortify, one of Chesapeake Agricultural Innovation Center's first mentors.