Raising Kale Audacy

This week’s episode features Lisa Gross from League of Kitchens. As the daughter of a Korean immigrant and a Jewish New Yorker, Lisa Gross was raised on one grandmother's denjang-guk and the other's matzoh ball soup. Her company, The League of Kitchens, which employs immigrant women as in-home cooking instructors, is borne out of her passion for New York City, her love of cooking, and her connection to the immigrant experience. Lisa is an artist, educator, and social entrepreneur.

This week, I speak with Kara Heckert, a regional director at the nonprofit American Farmland Trust. Its mission is to save America’s farms and ranches.

Michael Bosworth is a rice farmer and founder and CEO of Next Generation Foods. He also co-founded his newest venture, True Origin Foods, an artisan rice and pantry staple food brand. He’s a California farmer, born and raised!

In this episode we learn about dates from Joan Smith, who runs Rancho Meladuco Date Farm in Coachella Valley, California. She’s a CPA who shifted her career to date farming. She’s a mother, a home cook, and a backyard gardener. Her dates have been featured in Bon Appetite and Oprah magazines!

Tess Masters is an actor, lifestyle personality, and cookbook author. She’s been featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, Glamour, and more. She was recently the spokesperson for KitchenAid. She runs the popular website, The Blender Girl.

Melissa Lanz is a former marketing executive who gave up her corporate life to inspire families to eat better after confronting her own habit of relying on too many frozen burritos. She shares her tips for making healthy cooking at home easier. I loved this conversation, and I know you will, too!