The Tasty Thread from New Seasons Market

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The Tasty Thread is a podcast from New Seasons Market that explores the connections in our local food economy and how we all play a part. We'll visit Oregon farmers, chat with PNW food producers, and follow the journey of how delicious things make their way to your grocery basket.

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New Seasons Market Partner Brand = Private Label with a Purpose!

Since 2013, the New Seasons Market Partner Brand has collaborated with local vendors to bring you hundreds of delicious products, while also supporting our regional food economy. And unlike traditional private label programs, they want you to know who makes the products! So much so, that it’s right on the front of every package. Think of it as ‘private label’ with a purpose. In this episode, we'll chat with a longtime Partner Brand chip and tortilla producer Don Pancho Mexican Foods and hear abo...

Oct 11, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Pandemic Partnerships - How New Seasons Is Helping Their Local Vendors

For the last four months, people around the country have seen their lives change during the global pandemic. With national supply chain disruptions and the breakdown in parts of the food system, New Seasons Market quickly realized how crucial their support would be in uplifting the food economy in Portland. In this episode, we’re highlighting three Portland vendors who've had to transition their business in the wake of the pandemic. From a new relationship created with the iconic Portland restau...

Jun 23, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 3

The History of Hood Strawberries with Unger Farms

More than 65 years ago, a sweet and jam-like strawberry was bred at Oregon State University. Their deep red color and high sugar content made them perfect for food producers, but being highly perishable, other varieties soon replaced them. And that could have been the end of the story for the Hood Strawberry . That is, if it weren't for Unger Farms . Now iconic in the Pacific Northwest, Kathy Unger joins us on this episode of The Tasty Thread to talk Hood history, the three-week growing season, ...

Jun 02, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 2

As Good As It Gets - Talkin' PNW Produce with Jeff Fairchild

After being in the biz for 40 years, Jeff Fairchild knows a thing or two about delicious Pacific Northwest produce. As the Produce Buyer at New Seasons Market , and employee number 12, Fairchild is the perfect guide for our very first episode of The Tasty Thread. He'll walk us through Willamette Valley berries, Northwest cherries, and explain what makes the food grown in Oregon and Washington "as good as it gets".

May 14, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Introducing The Tasty Thread

Welcome to The Tasty Thread, a podcast from New Seasons Market . This season we'll meet Oregon farmers, chat with food producers from the Pacific Northwest, and explore all the ways we each play a part in our local food economy. Stay hungry and we'll talk to you soon!

May 09, 2020•1 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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