WATCH: The Great American Food (Road) Trip
We heard stories of Americans from generations past and others just off the boat. We were inspired and sadened by what we saw, heard and experienced.
We heard stories of Americans from generations past and others just off the boat. We were inspired and sadened by what we saw, heard and experienced.
Daniel Klein | Posted 05.08.2012
We met with a fisherman on the Peoria River who was tackling the very fish who could soon be invading your nearest river.
Daniel Klein | Posted 05.02.2012
The ideas of cooperative work are central to many movements in Latin America. Nelson Escobar has brought those ideas from his home in El Salvador to Louisville, Kentucky.
Daniel Klein | Posted 04.24.2012
It's not often that you look out your suburban backyard to find a man herding goats, but that is what people in one neighborhood in Louisville experie...
Daniel Klein | Posted 04.17.2012
The backyard chicken trend is becoming more and more prevalent these days. But in many North American cities, keeping a flock of hens is still illegal.
Daniel Klein | Posted 04.10.2012
In the event of a nuclear disaster, zombies taking over the planet, or industrial food collapse -- the subject of our latest film is who you'd want to be friends with.
Daniel Klein | Posted 04.03.2012
Over the course of 30 years, the island of Boca Grande in Florida went from having zero iguanas to over 10,000. This invasive species was making it im...
Daniel Klein | Posted 05.27.2012
Cheap food is not really cheap. We made this short film in Immokalee Florida, where a third of the tomatoes in our grocery stores are grown.
Daniel Klein | Posted 05.13.2012
On our way through South Carolina, we cooked and collaborated on a multi-course dinner with Sean Brock (of Husk and McCrady's) consisting entirely of ...
Daniel Klein | Posted 05.06.2012
When our road trip took us through South Carolina, we asked Sean Brock (the Chef at Husk) about farmers to check out near Charleston, he recommended ...
Daniel Klein | Posted 04.29.2012
In this week's episode we visit a school garden and take a class on radishes with Ashley Rouse of Georgia Organics. Kids are in a lot of our videos - ...
Daniel Klein | Posted 04.16.2012
I'd known about Prince Charles' organic farm since I was a kid. But I always thought because he was royalty, the farm was more of a fun pastime as opposed to a step in the fight to change the system.
Daniel Klein | Posted 04.08.2012
On our way through Atlanta we stopped at a very diverse community garden run by Friends of Refugees. It's home to the vegetable patches of Iraqis, Bu...
Daniel Klein | Posted 03.25.2012
On our way across North Carolina, we stopped to chat with some Native American Farmers trying to change the food and work situation in their communities.
Daniel Klein | Posted 03.04.2012
Apparently Canadian Geese aren't supposed to be hanging out in Virginia in huge numbers -- eating wine makers' grapes.
Daniel Klein | Posted 02.26.2012
Culled from dozens of entries followed by four finalists, this is the winner of our First Perennial Plate Video Competition.
Daniel Klein | Posted 02.20.2012
After putting out over 80 episodes about real food in America, we wanted to give our viewers a chance to share their work. And so we launched our Perennial Plate Video Competition.
Daniel Klein | Posted 02.08.2012
The people you love shouldn't try to change you. They should just take you on a six month road trip around the U.S., have you meet random people from the internet who kill things at a swamp in the middle of the night.
Daniel Klein | Posted 12.27.2011
Taco Bell has agreed to join the plight for farm workers, as have 9 other major corporations including McDonald's, Subway, Burger King, and Whole Foods. But guess who wont: Chipotle and Trader Joe's.
Daniel Klein | Posted 11.27.2011
We are interrupting our trip's linear flow to bring you an episode of The Perennial Plate from upstate New York. We felt like the immediacy of this is...
Ellen Kanner | Posted 06.18.2011
Not every Perennial Plate episode is a thrill kill special. Many feature "small farmers who are trying really hard and struggling."
Daniel Klein | Posted 05.22.2012