Jim Ryugo's guest appearances

Jim Ryugo

Delicious Revolution

Severine Von Tscharner Fleming

Sandor Katz

Saru Jayaraman

David Burns

Austin Young

Nikki Silvestri

Simran Sethi

Sana Javeri Kadri

Maya Shiroyama

Michaela Leslie-Rule

Anna Lappé

Heidi Herrmann

Jonah Raskin

Emma Rosenbush

Antonio Roman-Alcala

OwlTail

Maya Shiroyama and Jim Ryugo run Kitazawa Seeds, a 100-year-old seed distributor based in California that specializes in Asian vegetables.  The company was started by Gijiu Kitazawa in 1917, serving mostly Japanese-American gardeners on the West Coast.  It closed for four years when the United States government sent Kitazawa and most of his customers to concentration camps during World War Two, and re-opened in 1945 shortly after their release.  Maya and Jim had planted the company’s seeds in their home garden for years when a missing seed order led to them buying the company from Kitazawa’s granddaughter in 2000. In this episode, Maya and Jim talk with Devon about the 100-year history of the seed company, the global network of growers that supply their unique inventory of seeds, and the new and old varieties dear to asian-americas gardeners and farmers around the country. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maya Shiroyama and Jim Ryugo run Kitazawa Seeds, a 100-year-old seed distributor based in California that specializes in Asian vegetables.  The company was started by Gijiu Kitazawa in 1917, serving mostly Japanese-American gardeners on the West Coast.  It closed for four years when the United States government sent Kitazawa and most of his customers to concentration camps during World War Two, and re-opened in 1945 shortly after their release.  Maya and Jim had planted the company’s seeds in their home garden for years when a missing seed order led to them buying the company from Kitazawa’s granddaughter in 2000. In this episode, Maya and Jim talk with Devon about the 100-year history of the seed company, the global network of growers that supply their unique inventory of seeds, and the new and old varieties dear to asian-americas gardeners and farmers around the country.<br/><p> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

#46 Kitazawa Seeds - Maya Shiroyama and Jim Ryugo on 100 years of selling Asian vegetable seeds