Best Chesapeake Bay Foundation Podcasts (2025)

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Mind of a Chocolate Maker 1:06:34

5y ago1:06:34

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This evening’s conversation is with Jinji Fraser, the founder and owner of Pure Chocolate by Jinji. Pure Chocolate by Jinji was started by Jinji and her father, Guy, in 2012 with the mission of helping people navigate their own wellness and nutrition. From there, the business took a shape of its own, becoming a vessel for Jinji and her team to crea…

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Bernie Herman 1:18:04

5y ago1:18:04

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Our featured panelist tonight, Bernie Herman, is one of the co-founders of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Foodways. Bernie is the author of the recently published book, A South You Never Ate: Savoring Flavors and Stories from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The book brings together over 100 recorded interviews on the foodways of Virginia's Eastern Sh…

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Episode 31: Citrus...Local??? Yes! 1:13:27

5+ y ago1:13:27

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Episode 30: Is It Now Or Never For Local Farms? 1:28:13

5+ y ago1:28:13

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Thanks for joining us tonight for a very important topic –our local farms. Today we learned that a local institution, Trickling Springs Creamery is closing. Two of our farmers from prior ORIGINS events have ceased operations. While it’s all not doom and gloom, I think this highlights the urgency of this conversation about our local farms. What can …

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Saving The Bay: Tristan and Eden and Caden 1:47

6y ago1:47

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Caden asks about how and why the chesapeake bay foundation needs funding. While tristan and Eden respond to his questions.The role are reversed and Eden and tristan ask questions about Caden’s eulogy discussing the terrible future if the bay is not saved.

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Episode 29: Building a Healthy Food Retail Environment: Strategies to Improve Food Insecurity 1:13:47

6y ago1:13:47

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Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. Food-insecure households are not necessarily food insecure all the time. Food insecurity may reflect a household’s need to make trade-offs b…

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Episode 28: Medical Marijuana 1:19:57

6+ y ago1:19:57

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This episode of ORIGINS features three representatives from the Evermore Cannabis Company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014 and has been available to the public since December of 2017. This is a discussion of the nascent industry in the state. Our panelists are: Gary Nusinov. Gary is an accomplished…

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Episode 27: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part 2 1:19:24

6+ y ago1:19:24

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This episode of ORIGINS continues the conversation we started on Thursday, September 20th about the economic impact of buying and sourcing food locally. Last week we heard from Scott Nash, the CEO and Founder of Mom’s Organic Market and Tracy Ward, the Director of a new food hub in Easton called Chesapeake Harvest. We’re continuing our look at the …

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Episode 26: The Economics of Sourcing and Buying Locally, Part I 1:19:25

6+ y ago1:19:25

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The intent behind ORIGINS, a speaker series, was to highlight the farmers, fisherman, producers, and makers behind the local food movement in the Mid-Atlantic region. Spike Gjerde started his first restaurant, Woodberry Kitchen, with a commitment to local growers and producers. He and his team have returned more than $2.1 million annually to the lo…

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Worth Repeating: Trees: The Oysters of the Land 27:09

6+ y ago27:09

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(This podcast originally aired January 31, 2017) CBF President Will Baker and Baltimore Tree Trust Executive Director Dan Millender discuss the environmental, economic, and cultural benefits of trees. Photo by Loren BarnettBy Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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Worth Repeating: This Bay Is Going to Set Me Free 17:10

6+ y ago17:10

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(This episode originally aired on June 21, 2016) CBF President Will Baker chats with Ray Langston, longtime resident and former mayor of Highland Beach, Maryland, a Bay-front community with a proud history and a bright future. To tour the museum, call Jean Langston at 410-267-6960. Please call a day or two in advance. For more information about the…

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Do You Speak Dolphin? 20:54

6+ y ago20:54

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CBF President Will Baker talks with CBF’s resident dolphin geek Maryland Scientist Doug Myers about the increase of dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay. EPISODE SUMMARY 01:08 Why are we seeing more dolphins in Chesapeake Bay? 04:46 What's the correlation between dolphins and sharks? 06:35 How dolphins communicate. 17:10 What to do if you come across a d…

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Worth Repeating: Eating Local at Gertrude's Restaurant 23:29

7y ago23:29

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(This episode originally aired November 8, 2016) CBF President Will Baker and John Shields—cookbook author, TV chef, and owner of Baltimore's Gertrude's Restaurant—discuss the virtues of eating local in the Chesapeake Bay region. Find out more about CBF's own local farm at cbf.org/ClagettFarm. Local resources for your own vegetable, meat, and dairy…

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Feeling At Home 31:39

7y ago31:39

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CBF President Will Baker welcomes EPA's former Obama-appointed Acting Deputy Administrator Lisa Feldt as CBF's new Vice President for Environmental Protection and Restoration. Photo credit CBF StaffBy Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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Signs of Encouragement 21:51

7y ago21:51

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CBF President Will Baker and Maryland Fisheries Scientist Allison Colden discuss recent news about the state of blue crabs and oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay. EPISODE NOTES: 00:47 Annual stock assesment report for blue crabs and signs we should be watching. 08:30 An update on oysters in Virginia and Maryland. 10:36 Oyster restoration in V…

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Episode 25: Foraging 1:17:41

7y ago1:17:41

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This episode will be on foraging in the mid-Atlantic area and features two longtime foragers, Jeff Long and Tom Mueller. Jeff has been an amateur mycologist for 30 years. He has been foraging mushrooms for 30 years and truffle hunting for almost 8 years now. He is past president of the Mycological Association of Washington, DC and is currently the …

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Learning from Each Other 15:18

7y ago15:18

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CBF President Will Baker talks with Chanté Coleman, Choose Clean Water Coalition Director, about the challenges of running a coalition organization and how members benefit. EPISODE NOTES: 03:55 How the Coalition is helping Chesapeake watershed organizations diversify their environmental outreach and membership. 06:15 What kind of organizations belo…

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Are We On Track? 22:25

7y ago22:25

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At the halfway mark in the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, CBF President Will Baker and Dr. Beth McGee, CBF's Director of Science and Agriculture Policy, assess progress in pollution reduction across the region. EPISODE NOTES 01:28 Overview of midpoint progress 02:35 The impact of sewage treatment plants 03:25 Trends for other sectors 03:55 Progr…

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Worth Repeating: Grasses = Crabs 19:22

7y ago19:22

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(This episode originally aired June 6, 2017) CBF President Will Baker sits down with longtime CBF staffer Bart Jaeger to talk about the relationship between underwater grasses and the Bay’s blue crab population. Watch the Back to Baysics: Underwater Grasses video. Photo courtesy of Bart Jaeger/CBF Staff…

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Episode 24: Aquaculture: Farming our Fish for the Future 1:13:45

7y ago1:13:45

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This ORIGINS episode will be about the future of fish farming as well as its current status. Our panel consists of Jillian Fry, TJ Tate, Mark Ely and Jesse Blom. Jillian Fry directs the Seafood, Public Health & Food Systems Project at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. The project aims to increase awareness, expand the relevant evidence…

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Parachutes for the Planet 26:44

7y ago26:44

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CBF President Will Baker talks with CBF Student Bay Advisory Council Member Kallan Benson about the urgency of climate change and her creative efforts to make a difference. Find out more at the Mother Earth Project. Learn more about the Zero Hour movement. Photo Credit: Megan Fink/CBF StaffBy Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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Clean Water Grows on Trees 16:39

7y ago16:39

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CBF President Will Baker and CBF Pennsylvania Outreach Manager Lane Whigham announce the launch of the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, a group effort to improve water quality in Pennsylvania and the Bay. EPISODE NOTES: 02:00 What 10 million trees can do for water and air quality in Pennsylvania. 04:12 Who is participating. 11:40 Making histo…

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Making Sausage 21:36

7y ago21:36

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CBF President Will Baker and CBF Maryland Executive Director Alison Prost talk about the legislative process and the outcome of this year’s Maryland General Assembly Session. Episode Notes: 01:28 What happened to Maryland's innovation and leadership? 03:38 Good news on the budget front. 04:58 The mystery of the disappearing forest conservation stud…

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No Drill, No Spill 19:04

7y ago19:04

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CBF President Will Baker and CBF Litigation Fellow Brittany Wright discuss the dangers of offshore drilling and the current administration's plan to put the Chesapeake Bay at risk. Program Notes 02:00 The federal government's proposal for offshore oil and gas drilling. 03:00 Why CBF is concerned. 04:30 Why ocean drilling is a concern for blue crabs…

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Breaking Good 25:34

7y ago25:34

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CBF President Will Baker talks to college seniors Kara Adams and Makenzie Koski about their Alternative Spring Break experiences volunteering to help Save the Bay. Find out more about CBF's oyster restoration program and how you can get involved in Maryland and Virginia. Program Notes 02:28 What is Alternative Spring Break? 04:36 Helping the enviro…

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10 Billion Oysters for a Clean Chesapeake Bay 14:44

7y ago14:44

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CBF President Will Baker, National Aquarium President John Racanelli, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science President Emeritus Dr. Don Boesch, and Hoopers Island Oyster Company Founder Johnny Shockley announce a very exciting partnership to place ten billion new oysters in Chesapeake Bay by 2025. Find out more about the partnershi…

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Episode 23: Natural Sweeteners 1:16:49

7y ago1:16:49

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Our discussion tonight will be on natural sweeteners. We are delighted to welcome Joseph and Margaret-Ann Burkholder, who are the owner/farmers of Compass Winds Sorghum, based in Dayton, Virginia, outside of Harrisonberg. Sorghum can be grown either for grain or for crushing into molasses. “Sorghum moved west over the Blue Ridge with the pioneers,”…

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Breaking News: Menhaden Maneuvers 15:42

7y ago15:42

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In an update on "Keep the Cap" (Episode 74), CBF President Will Baker and Maryland Fisheries Scientist Allison Colden discuss Omega Protein's industrial-scale menhaden fishing operation in Virginia and what impact the company's opposition to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Bay cap could have on Bay fish populations, as wel…

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Keep the Cap 19:18

7+ y ago19:18

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CBF President Will Baker and Maryland Fisheries Scientist Allison Colden discuss Virginia's appeal of the cap on the industrial fishing of the Bay's most important fish and what you can do to help protect it. Program Notes 01:33 - A review of the issues and policies addressed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) in November. 0…

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Episode 22: Michael Twitty 1:13:41

7+ y ago1:13:41

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Michael is a noted culinary and cultural historian and the creator of AFROCULINARIA, the first blog devoted to African American historic foodways and their legacies. He has been honored by FIRSTWEFEAST.com as one of the twenty greatest food bloggers of all time and named one of the “Fifty People Who Are Changing the South”, by Southern Living magaz…

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Taking Bets on Innovation 29:12

7+ y ago29:12

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CBF President Will Baker and Quantified Ventures CEO Eric Letsinger discuss a promising new way for municipalities to finance pollution-reducing green infrastructure. Find out more about Environmental Impact Bonds. Photo credit Elliott O'DonovanBy Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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Penn's Woods 24:02

7+ y ago24:02

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CBF President Will Baker talks with Bill Chain, CBF’s Senior Agriculture Program Manager in Pennsylvania, about the role of trees in cleaner water in Pennsylvania streams and the Bay. Program Notes: 01:50 How a 20-year farmer and educator ended up as Senior Agriculture Program Manager at CBF. 04:37 What role trees, where they are, and how they're p…

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