About the Show
The Host
Produced at KGNU Community Radio in Boulder, Colorado, Crop To Cuisine reminds people that improving our communities and our world should be a pleasurable, affordable, and delicious experience. While the program is designed to educate the public about the problems of safety, sustainability, and the economics surrounding the food we eat, it's emphasis is to provide our listeners with easy and accessible solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into daily life.
For people all over the world, food is the most unique aspects of daily
life. Without even knowing it, food plays a central role in defining our
professions, traditions, lifestyles, and beliefs. It is the next best
thing to a time machine, capturing age-old family traditions, and
determining the future health of our planet.
Reconnecting with our food through localism leads to better choices, a
healthier community, environmental sustainability, and
stronger economies.
The best part about it is, there are many easy ways of incorporating
localism into your food choices. And that is what Crop To Cuisine is
here to help with.
We reports on what local farmers, ranchers, activists, and
movements are doing in the way of providing healthy, sustainable, and
humanely raised delicious food in your community. And even goes so far
as to provide cooking ideas and recipes for the average consumer.
Locally
produced food is the freshest, tastiest, and least harmful to the
environment. Supporting localization keeps money circulating in our
communities, and ensures the safety of our food supply. By supporting food based localism, we can eat our way
towards economic stability, human health, and delicious delicious
environmental sustainability. Join us on radio stations around Colorado,
and on the internet, to find out why for once our stomachs should be doing the
work for us.
Crop To Cuisine is
produced around food issues specifically pertaining to Colorado, and
therefore is primarily broadcast on radio stations in the Rocky Mountain
region. The program is also featured through
Global Public Media - a
media distribution effort designed for a "Post Carbon World",
and is available for podcasting and download.
Creator and host of Crop to Cuisine is
Dov Hirsch.
Dov made his way to Boulder, Colorado from Washington D.C., where he
attended college, worked in Communications Law, and volunteered for WAMU, an
NPR affiliate station.
His
entry into radio journalism and production fueled his pursuit of a Masters
Degree in Media Studies at The University of Colorado.
Finding his way to KGNU
Community Radio in Boulder, like so many others, Dov began producing
content for the station. It wasn't long before he was teaching radio
journalism skills to adolescents in the community, and joined the
Overdub youth program as a mentor and instructor. His commitment to
youth and community engagement through media can be seen in a number
of publications, and lectures and speeches given both in the U.S.
and abroad. Today, he sits on the board of Mile High Youth
Media, an organization committed to improving the youth experience
in the Denver Metro area through the power of media.
Dov is not a trained chef, nor does he have
extensive experience working in the food industry. It is a lifelong passion
for every aspect of food, coupled with a commitment to community development
that brings him to Crop To Cuisine.