Grow it, Cook it, Eat it.The freshest, healthiest, tastiest food is what you grow and eat yourself!

For starters this program hears from Richard Burton who is a nutritional therapist based in Bray.  Richard explains how important diet and lifestyle are in staying healthy and explains that our genes perhaps aren’t as important in determining health as was once thought. Richard gives us some basic tips on what plants to grow in the garden that are healthy for us to eat. Richard is a director and founder of The Irish Institute of Nutrition and Health which is a clinic and also a college offering courses in the field of holistic nutrition. www.iinh.net

Richard’s interview establishes one of the pillars of this series in terms of thinking of food as medicine and not just something tasty to fill a big hungry void.

So go and buy some seeds instead of pills!

If you just want to hear Richard Burton’s piece: Richard Burton, Nutritional Therapist

Then for the main course we visit FEAST which is a “growing, cooking and eating project” happening in St Annes School, Fettercairn in Tallaght.

The enthusiastic 9 year olds of 4th class are going to grow all the veggies organically for a big feast they are going to have when they come back after the summer in September.  Its the perfect project to visit for this series what with all the growing, cooking, and eating and more veggies than you can shake a big shtick at!!!

We hear from some of the school children as well as their teacher in the garden Phil Wheal and from Tony Fagan, director of Tallaght Community Arts.

You can hear just the Feast piece here: FEAST, St Anne’s Primary School

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And for desert?
Well that course is you! We have built this website to show some of the things we are talking about on the radio but also we want to hear from you the listener!!

We are very interested in getting feedback from you so please feel free to leave a comment or perhaps some suggestions for food stories in upcoming shows?!

You can download the whole of Program 1 here: “Grow it, Cook it, Eat it” Program 1

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Bon appetit!