In our second episode, Melanie Blankenship of "Nature's Neighbor" answers some of the questions she's frequently asked every day at her Templeton seasonal grocery and edible plant nursery, Nature's Touch Nursery & Harvest. Melanie and Rachel Duchak of Central Coast Foodie discuss heirloom produce and heritage animals, family and food system genetics, eating away cancer, and various definitions of "California Central Coast cuisine." 

"I want to franchise through an idea," says Melanie about how we can learn to discover and develop one's local food system and grow our own solutions. "Why do you need me there?" she asks people who want her to come into their communities and replicate her local, seasonal grocery across the country. "I've already planted my seed for the idea in you." Time for action.