Join us as we talk all things land, historic properties, hunting and everything that makes the Chesapeake Region so special. Chesapeake Dirt is brought to you by The Land Group.

A collection of WHRO feature news including WHRO stories, interviews and in-depth reporting from Southeastern Virginia.

ORIGINS: A Speaker Series aims to elevate the conversation about food, its origins and what we are doing with food and food systems on this planet. The focus for this series is the food of the mid-Atlantic region, centered around Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The series is held within the intimate confines of Artifact Coffee, one of the restaurants owned by Spike and Amy Gjerde and their partner, Corey Polyoka. Spike Gjerde recently received the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award ...

For the last decade as a chef in Baltimore, Spike Gjerde has cooked with an unwavering commitment to the Mid-Atlantic—its land and waters and its community of growers. Choosing to work within his region meant that when life gave him lemons he bought verjus instead. Through this work, Spike has returned millions of dollars back to area farms and in turn discovered a distinctive Chesapeake terroir that he’s on a mission to preserve and advance. With ORIGINS, Spike presents the story of this fo ...

The official podcast of Fly Fishers International. Join us each season as we explore the incredible people and places of the sport of fly-fishing. In Season I, we will travel across the varied landscapes of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Covering over 64,000 square miles, with more than 100,000 streams, creeks and rivers, the watershed stretches from central New York to southern Virginia and boasts an incredible diversity of species to target on the fly. Over the season's 20 episodes we will ...