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Cannabis
Episode 4
Roy visits Chris Yang’s Pop Cultivate to explore the emergence of a new culinary landscape since the advent of legalized recreational marijuana. He then tackles the gentrification of cannabis culture by visiting Med Men, the leader in upscale legal weed retailers in Los Angeles. An interview with Virgil Grant, a formerly incarcerated weed dealer now seeking to run a legal distribution business, sheds light on efforts to build cannabis equity for those hit hardest by the War on Drugs. The episode also features interviews with actor/activist Cheech Marin and Shep Gordon.
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Virgil Grant: Promoting Cannabis Entrepreneurship for All
Entrepreneur and activist Virgil Grant has helped pave the way for legal cannabis sales in Los Angeles. Now, he's at the forefront of the movement for social equity in the industry.
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Virgil Grant: Promoting Cannabis Entrepreneurship for All
Entrepreneur and activist Virgil Grant has helped pave the way for legal cannabis sales in Los Angeles. Now, he's at the forefront of the movement for social equity in the industry.
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What You Should Know About Cannabis
Marijuana. Pot. Weed. Ganja. Mary Jane. The cannabis plant has many names. Here are four things you should know about its history, use and criminalization over the years.
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How Teaching Your Kids About Marijuana May Help Them Be Better Citizens
Legal cannibis is here and, if you're a parent, that means it's more important than ever to get the facts and talk honestly with your children about marijuana. Here's why opening this can of worms is good and how to talk about it with your children.
Full Episodes
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E1: Transformation
Episode 1
Roy explores the power of cooking to rehabilitate those on the margins of society and the organizations taking a chance on those who need it most.
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E2: Access
Episode 2
Roy meets the individuals bringing healthy and affordable food options into South L.A. communities that lack access to fresh food.
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E3: Future
Episode 3
Roy explores future culinary landscapes looking forward to a world affected by climate change.
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E4: Cannabis
Episode 4
Roy explores the issues of equality and the emergence of a new culinary landscape since the advent of legalized recreational marijuana.
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E5: Waste
Episode 5
Roy journeys from L.A. to Orange County to discover how non-profit innovators are tackling the problem of food waste.
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Clips & Segments
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Some organizations, including Bracken's Kitchen, are taking food donations and repurposing them into healthy meals for those who need it most.
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Prior to its closure, LA Kitchen received daily truck loads of food rejected by grocery stores due to cosmetic defects or overstock.
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From criminalization to creative entrepreneurship, the culture around marijuana has changed drastically over the years.
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Cream of miso soup, herb-crusted tri-tip with mint chimichurri, gnocchi with mussels — these are some of the dishes you might encounter on one of PopCultivate's cannabis-infused menus.
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Future
Episode 3
Roy explores future culinary landscapes looking forward to a world affected by climate change. He spends an evening with chefs Henry Fischer and Anna Rose Hopkins from Hank and Bean who make a surprising plant-forward dinner featuring non-traditional protein sources like crickets and jellyfish. Roy also visits with Ethan Brown of Beyond Meat, a company pioneering the plant-based replacements for our favorite burgers and sausages, and Vegan Hooligans, a pop-up restaurant in eastside LA’s Eagle Rock making classic American diner food out of entirely plant-based ingredients.
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Articles
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Watts Coffee House has been open for more than 50 years, but since Desiree Edwards took over in 1997, the restaurant has become a community gathering place and driver for a more positive future for locals.
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Aqeela Sherrills is a Watts native who grew up around street gangs. As an adult, he decided to team up with other community members to build a more peaceful, prosperous Watts.
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A chaotic riot narrative may have plagued Watts for the last five decades, but these long-running organizations show the community’s deep and lasting legacy of political and cultural organizing.
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It’s hard to eat, drink, and be merry when you think about just how much our food system contributes to climate change around the world. But it also means there’s plenty you can do to help mitigate the effects of climate change right from your kitchen.
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One-third of the food produced each year never gets eaten — that’s enough food to feed undernourished people worldwide twice over. Here are a few things you should know about food waste.
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Bracken's Kitchen is a Garden Grove-based non-profit that provides meals to organizations that help feed people in need.
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