Join 'All Things Local' with Nicole E. Day Gray on WIOX community radio Tuesday evening, 5/19/2015 from 6pm to 7pm. Tune-in locally to WIOX 91.3FM, MTC Channel 20 or stream the 'wildly diverse' universe on wioxradio.org.
The 'All Things Local' radio show is ALL about creating and sharing connections with food, farms, forests, & people; to the myths and stories that live in the landscapes around us. Speaking to the passions for our local community, friendships, agriculture, entrepreneurship, creativity, and the places we call home where ever that may be by bringing our community to the table. Exploring & Celebrating 'All Things Local'.
On June 16th from 6-7pm (EST) Nicole will be interviewing Dwight Grimm. Dwight is an eighth-generation descendant of one of the founding families of Schoharie and has spend the past twenty years working in film & video production, predominantly in New York City. He has been fortunate enough to work for such entertainment houses as Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop), Jim Henson Productions, Scholastic, HBO and Worldwide Pants.
Dwight and his lovely wife, Leigh Van Swall are the new owners of the Greenville Drive-In Outdoor Cinema (www.drivein32.com) located in Greenville, NY and is the radio show host of the new program, Cinema with a Twist on WIOX Community Radio. They will also be highlighting Dwights' immense passion for craft beverage; discussing botanicals, apertifs, digestifs, vermouth and much more.
Here's a little about Nicole:
Originally from New Hampshire, Nicole enjoyed her childhood on a small farm in Hopkinton. After earning a B.A. in Economics with a focus on Environmental Economics from the University of New Hampshire, and completing graduate work in Finance from Boston University, Nicole began her business career as an Associate at a prestigious Labor Economics firm in NH where she worked for over nine years. Nicole, along with her mother Joan, founded the natural foods manufacturing business, Mediterranean Delights. Mediterranean Delights, based in Southern Vermont, successfully serviced/distributed to retail and foodservice distribution channels nationally (All Natural, Certified Organic, HACCP approved & third party audited). After thirteen years in the food manufacturing business, Nicole moved to the Catskill Mountains and began working with non‐profit organizations providing guidance and technical assistance to value-added food producers, farmers and agricultural infrastructure enterprises.
Currently, Nicole serves as the Owner of AgriForaging, Inc., is the radio show host of "All Things Local" on WIOX 91.3 FM, President of Hickory Advisors, LLC an Endowment Fund Management Firm, serves as a Board Trustee at Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith, NY plus volunteers as the Administrator for the New York State Farmstead & Artisan Cheesemakers Guild. Nicole resides in the midst of the gorgeous Catskill Mountains (Delaware County) with her husband.
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