Fany Gerson of La Newyorkina lost everything at her Red Hook, Brooklyn production kitchen during Hurricane Sandy. Tune into this special segment to hear Erin Fairbanks catch up with Fany, and see how she's been recuperating her business since the storm. How have crowdsourcing outlets like Kickstarter helped Fany connect with like-minded ...
We spoke with Chef John Besh, Chef, TV personality, cookbook author and restaurateur in New Orleans. Chef Besh spoke about his work to feed people in New Orleans after the storm struck and how the food community adapted to life post-Katrina."It will be awhile before normal returns and normal may bechanged forever."--John Besh
Chef Sue Zemanick took over Gautreau in New Orleans 3 weeks before Katrina hit the region. Chef Zemanick spoke about the aftermath of Katrina and her advice for local restaurants and businesses. She also spoke about various routes that food workers took to make a living while restaurants remained closed. "A lot of chefs did private ...
We spoke with Lane Sanders co-owner of The Drink and co-founder of Renegade Sandy Relief. Lane spoke about the overwhelmingresponse of people who wanted to get involved with ongoing relief effortsand how grassroots organizations are working together. "There is no one out there except for the grassroots efforts."--Lane Sanders of Renegade ...
HRN on Sandy – Rockaway Relief / Alessanda Maria Iavarone
November 9, 2012
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We spoke with Alessanda Maria Iavarone, former HRN host of Growing Good, about her volunteer efforts as a car owner in the Rockaways. Alessanda talks about the challenges of organizing volunteer efforts without communication or enough manpower. "The priority today is hands. They need man help. They need peopleto get out there in cars to ...
We spoke with Shane Welch of Sixpoint Brewery in Red Hookabout their recovery efforts. A week and a half after the storm, the breweryis still not operational. Shane speaks about the on-the-ground relief efforts in the Red Hook community. "Most people don't know how hard we had to work to just get to here.So it would be silly to let ...
We spoke with Frank Cisneros about his efforts to coordinatethe bar community to help bars remain open without power and offer thepublic a warm place to come together and have a drink. An upcomingBartenders Bash will raise fund for the Hurricane relief efforts. "They got ahold of some Sterno stoves and they were makinghot water so they ...
HRN on Sandy – Bar Community / Ivy Mix & Jason Litrell
November 8, 2012
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We spoke with Ivy Mix about the ins and outs of volunteering in an emergency situation. Ivy talked about local efforts to help out of work food workers to take over shifts in restaurants and bars that are able to open. We also spoke with Jason Litrell, NYC chapter leader of a nonprofit organization that helps bartenders get back to work after ...
