Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship. This episode, I'm speaking with one of the hardest working entrepreneurs you'll ever meet. And no, he's not building the next tech unicorn. He's nourishing people around the world with his nutrient rich bites from The Chef's Garden and his infectious personality—it’s Farmer Lee Jones!
Farmer Lee heads up The Chef’s Garden, the Jones family-owned farm in Huron, Ohio, known for the last 40 years as the top source of the most flavorful and nutritious produce for renowned chefs around the world. Lee and his brother Bob Jr. took over the farm from dad Bob Sr., with regenerative farming practices resulting in produce with up to 300% the recommended nutrient levels by the USDA—they even have a lab onsite to test the biochemistry of the soil! Chefs from all over visit The Chef’s Garden’s Culinary Vegetable Institute to test new dishes and work with the most delicious produce you’ll be hard-pressed to find anywhere else.
Farmer Lee has been recognized by the James Beard Foundation, written The Chef’s Garden cookbook with his team, and now stars in The Chef’s Garden show on HOME.MADE.NATION—produced by the one and only Rachael Ray!
I had the best time speaking with Lee about the importance of taking care of our Earth, eating freshly, and how we can take care of each other and our planet for the future—as he says, healthy soil, healthy vegetables, healthy people, healthy environment!
You can visit The Chef’s Garden, the Culinary Vegetable Institute, and the Farm Market in Huron, Ohio. You also can order your own produce boxes from The Chef’s Garden, shipping nationwide, along with your own copy of “The Chef’s Garden” cookbook.
You can watch The Chef’s Garden on HOME.MADE.NATION or Hulu.
Follow Farmer Lee Jones on social media @farmerleejones and The Chef’s Garden at @thechefsgarden_ohio.
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