Heritage Radio Network On Tour

Julie Schaffer is the newly elected co-chair of Slow Food USA and Heritage Foods USA. Julie is also the liaison to the Network of Governors. Having lived in Georgia for 35 years, Julie founded Slow Food Atlanta in 2000. She served as leader of the Atlanta chapter for ten years, and went on to serve as regional governor for the SE region before being elected to the board of directors of SFUSA. Heri...

Andrea Spacht is a sustainable food systems specialist for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). NRDC works to make America’s food system more efficient and less wasteful. Andrea focuses on making our food system more efficient, sustainable, and equitable. She is working to create strategies that can be implemented at various stages throughout the supply chain, including on farms, within c...

Kate Cox is the editor for The New Food Economy. She has written extensively about end-of-life issues, elder incarceration, and the plight of living organ donors. In 2014, she reported and produced The Hidden Crisis, a three-part radio documentary about the nation’s first emergency shelter for victims of elder abuse. Kate has been a contributor to The Nation and Huffington Post and co-created and...

John was raised on a small dairy farm in southwest Missouri and received his BS, MS, and Ph. D. degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri. He worked in private industry for a time and spent thirty years in various professorial positions at North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University, University of Georgia, and the University of Missouri before retiring in ear...

Executive Chef Chris Starkus helms Urban Farmer, Sage Restaurant Group's modern farm-to-table steakhouse, in lower downtown Denver. At Urban farmer, Chris focuses on in-house whole animal butchering and sustainable practices like his rooftop bees and window-grown micro greens, along with soul nourishing sides, soups and salads inspired by each season's abundance. Chef Chris also operates his own m...

Alon Shaya really loves food. He loves cooking it, being around it, learning about it, and teaching others about it. Born in Israel and raised on cheesesteaks in Philadelphia, Alon now calls New Orleans his home. In 2017, Alon formed Pomegranate Hospitality to create a space where meaningful, lasting relationships are created, community engagement prospers, and cultural differences are celebrated....

Adrian Miller is a food writer, attorney and certified barbecue judge based in Denver. Adrian served as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton and a senior policy analyst for Colorado governor Bill Ritter Jr. He has also been a board member of the Southern Foodways Alliance. His first book, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time won the James Beard Found...

Christa Cotton is the owner of El Guapo Bitters in New Orleans. She stopped by the HRN tent at Slow Food Nations with her dog, Winston, to talk about the history of El Guapo and share how her team's getting ready for the upcoming Tales of the Cocktail. Prohibition era cocktail ingredients made by hand with love in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally founded by a local bartender at a popular upscale...

David Shields is known throughout the American South as the “Flavor Saver.” Chairman of the Board of the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation, he undertook the historical research that enabled the restoration of many of the region’s historic crops. Author of Southern Provisions; the Creation and Revival of a Cuisine (2015) and The Culinarians; Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining...

Mitchell Davis is the Executive Vice President of the James Beard Foundation, a cookbook author, a journalist, and a scholar with a Ph. D. in Food Studies from NYU. With the Beard Foundation for almost 24 years, Davis has created and overseen many of the organization’s most impactful initiatives, including the JBF Annual Food Conference and the JBF Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change. In 2013, D...

For the past eleven years, Michael Hurwitz has served as the Director of Greenmarket, a program of GrowNYC that operates 51 producer-only farmers markets throughout New York City. In 2011, he created the FARMRoots Technical Assistance Program, providing marketing, business, and succession planning assistance to Greenmarket growers. Michael was also integral in forming Greenmarket Co., New York Cit...

Carrie Balkcom Is the Executive Director of the American Grassfed Association. AGA is the National, multispecies entity organized to protect and promote Grassfed and pasture based farmers and ranchers. AGA is the leader in pasture based production and the oldest grassfed certification in the United States. AGA certifies ruminants and dairy. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast S...

Paolo Di Croce, graduated in Environmental Engineering at the University of Turin and began working for Slow Food in 1998 to coordinate its projects – such as the Ark of Taste and Presidia – in defense of the environment and biodiversity. From 2003 to 2006 Paolo served as the General Secretary of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity. In 2004 Paolo served as the President of the Committee for...

Tara is the founder of “El Departamento de la Comida” a project born in 2010 as a multi-farm CSA, then a storefront, then a local-sustainable sourced experimental kitchen, restaurant and workshop space in Puerto Rico. She is also the co-founder/co-director of El Fondo de Resiliencia de Puerto Rico or the Puerto Rico Resilience Fund, born out of the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and María. This 24 m...

As an Associate Director at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Reana works with a team of expert policy and grassroots staff to elevate the voices of family farmers and leverage federal policy as a catalyst through which to make agriculture more sustainable (for farmers, eaters, and for the environment). Reana describes her work primarily as “translation,” helping to make complex agri...

Sara Brito is co-founder and President of the Good Food Media Network, a nonprofit educational organization that produces and publishes the Good Food 100 Restaurants™ list. While serving on the Board of Slow Food NYC, she co-created and launched the Slow Food ‘Snail of Approval’ program. Her work has been featured on the cover of The New York Times Magazine (“Broccoli’s Extreme Makeover”), and in...

To preview of our coverage of Slow Food Nations 2018, Kat Johnson is joined by Kate Cox and Joe Fassler of The New Food Economy, an award-winning non-profit newsroom using independent, deep, and unbiased reporting to investigate the forces shaping how and what we eat. They speak about some of their recent coverage of the 2018 Farm Bill and explain why they're turning their focus to meat in July. H...

Michael Landgarten, owner of the historic Bob's Clam Hut in Kittery, Maine, joins HRN Executive Director Caity Moseman Wadler in studio to chat shellfish, sustainability, and their upcoming expansion to a second location in Portland, ME. The Bob's Clam Hut team is in town to compete in Tasting Table's Lobster Rumble. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast See Privacy Policy at htt...

HRN on Tour returned to Charlotte, North Carolina for the second annual International Symposium on Bread, held at Johnson & Wales University. Listen here for an interview with the Executive Director of the symposium Peter Reinhart and the Communications Manager of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority Kristen Moore. They discuss what’s new in the Charlotte food scene and why it’s a city on...

HRN On Tour was recording live at the James Beard House for a special evening presented by Springer Mountain Farms, highlighting the culinary talent of Knoxville, Tennessee. Join us as we chat with chefs Drew McDonald of The Plaid Apron, Joseph Lenn of J.C. Holdway, Jesse Newmister of Kaizen, and Matt Gallaher of Knox Maison and Emilia. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast See P...

Join some of New York's Irish publicans and Irish food expert Regina Sexton as they discuss one of the hallmarks of Irish American cuisine and culture: corned beef. What makes it so Irish? Why haven't Irish people in Ireland observed this proud tradition? Through examining its history and preparation, we can start to piece together a few answers. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simple...

Mike and Shyretha Sheats are the husband and wife team who run an evolving dinner series called The Plate Sale in Atlanta and Athens Georgia. They previously spent time in Charleston – Mike at McCrady’s and Shyretha at The Gin Joint, and they were both part of the opening team at Staplehouse, the Atlanta gem that was named best new restaurant in 2016 by Bon Appétit. Mike and Shyretha are helping p...

We wrap up our third year of Charleston Wine + Food live coverage the best way we know how: with a very special episode of HRN Happy Hour! Our guests include Robert Stehling (Chef/Owner of Hominy Grill), Gillian Zettler (Executive Director of CHSWFF), and Scott Russ (Founder of Bedlam Vodka). We recap highlights of the weekend and play a rousing round of trivia! Heritage Radio Network On Tour is p...

Our final interview at the Springer Mountain Farms campfire at Charleston Wine + Food 2018 is one of our old friends, Luca Annunziata! He speaks with Eli Sussman, host of The Line. Executive chef and restaurateur Luca Annunziata’s passion for cooking began at an early age. He was born in Torre del Greco, Italy and much of his influence comes from a family with a heritage forged in cuisine and hosp...

Nat Bradford, Dr. Brian Ward, and Chef Forrest Parker join Kat Johnson for a conversation about the Carolina African Runner Peanut (or CARP), a Southern crop that was brought back from the brink of extinction through Brian's work at Clemson University and the support of famers like Nat. Just a few years ago, there were only forty seeds left in existence. Now, the African Runner Peanut has found it...