When we first came up with the idea for WBUR's new newsletter "Cooked: the search for sustainable eats," the goal was to help New Englanders better understand their local food system, its role in climate change, and our role in both.
We knew the process was going to be complex, useful, tasty and (hopefully) fun! We never expected it would also be beautiful.
WBUR photographer Jesse Costa captured dozens of vivid shots showcasing the spirit and people (and animals) of our local food community. Here are just a few of our favorites:
Appleton Farms Farm manager Andrew Lawson adjusts the Minuet lettuce plantings. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Narragansett flint corn. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)WBUR’s Barbara Moran listens as Christopher Walker, general manager of Savenor’s in Cambridge, explains not a single part of the pig will be wasted, including the head. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Sea scallops waiting to be processed and shipped at Red’s Best in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)A shipping container holding a greenhouse is lifted into Eastie Farm in East Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Ronald Kay checks the evaporator in the maple sugar shack at Maynard Maple to process sap he’s collected to make locally-sourced maple syrup. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Nahdra Ra Kiros prepares a veggie korma bowl for a patron at Oasis Vegan Veggie Parlor in Dorchester. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Calves at University of New Hampshire's Burley-Demeritt Organic Dairy Research Farm. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)Mei Li prepares the batter for okonomiyaki, while Irene Li chops vegetables. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Mei Li’s daughter, Kira, smooshes Irene Li’s face as they play in the kitchen. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Tristram Keefe transfers Cherokee tomato seedlings from germination flats into planting trays at Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Seedlings in the greenhouse at the ReVision Urban Farm in Mattapan. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Pregnant cows feed on hay at Appleton Farms in Ipswich. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Andrea Stanley, co-owner of Valley Grain Milling in Hadley, uses a shovel to turn grain in the germination tank. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Mia Cleary, Alyssa Clark and Cedric Merle feed Black Summer bok choy seedlings into the mechanical transplanter at Appleton Farms. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Baby pigs at Round the Bend Farm. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Dawn Spears checks on the seedlings she has started in her house for Ashawaug Heritage Farm in Rhode Island. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Tristram Keefe lays down a mix of compost and fertilizer on a cucumber bed at Fowler Clark Epstein Farm. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Cows graze on the pasture at Round the Bend Farm in Dartmouth. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Aaron Knight looks out into the empty grazing fields at Appleton Farms in Ipswich. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Farmer Josh Louro holds eggs he has just collected from the chicken coop at Round the Bend Farm. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Cooked: The search for sustainable eats
