Heritage Radio Network On Tour

For the first of HRN’s live interviews at the Culinary Village at Charleston Wine + Food, Eli Sussman sits down with Kaley Laird, executive pastry chef of Rhubarb , The Rhu , and Benne on Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina. They discuss her career path from the Culinary Institute of America in New York to Bouchon Bakery in California and how she uses her own dietary restrictions as inspiration to...

Recorded live at Brooklyn Botanic Garden during Plant-O-Rama: Lessons in Built Ecology by Rebecca McMackin . The director of horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park , offers ecological strategies and management techniques for attracting birds, bees, and beneficial wildlife to gardens we design and maintain, based on her hands-on urban park experiences. HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast . See Priva...

Recorded live at Brooklyn Botanic Garden during Plant-O-Rama: Tree Jazz by Bill Logan . Planting trees is one of the best ways to mitigate climate change, but we need to stop treating trees as furniture and decoration and think about them as living beings (whos) rather than things (whats). HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Hannah finishes up the day’s interviews with a dessert course of cheese talk. Mary Tuthill is a member of the Vermont Cheese Council , one of less than 1,000 Certified Cheese Professionals in the U.S., and the product curator at Taste Place. They delve into terroir, history, and how to train a great cheese monger.  HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv...

Kat Johnson and Hannah Fordin catch up with Claire Alsup, a former HRN intern and the current director of business development at Yolélé Foods , a company with a mission to introduce West African ingredients to a broader audience and create opportunity for smallholder farmers. Halley Crane, another HRN conversation sits down with them too. They exchange thoughts on ancient grains, regenerative far...

Patricia King, the executive director of the California Olive Oil Council is joined by her marketing manager, Wendy Winters. Together they discuss what the COOC seal means, the role of guilds in empowering small farmers, and whether olive oil has terroir.  HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priva...

Jeff Pillet-Shore sits down to talk with Hannah Fordin and Luke Schmueker of Shacksbury Cider . Jeff shares his expertise in defining the Allagash brand and enlightens listeners as to what Belgian beer brewed in Maine tastes like, as well as what makes it special. He also discusses the company’s sustainability campaign and its charitable partners who help maintain its status as a B Corporation.  ...

Emily Pearson and Patrick Martins of The Main Course O.G. host several guests for a discussion about moving the good food movement forward through diversity, building greater systems of support for farmers, and balancing tradition and innovation. Hear from Sarah Weiner the executive director of the Good Food Foundation ; Chris Eley, the owner of Indianapolis restaurant, Smoking Goose ; Cristina Sa...

Hannah Fordin interviews David Yourd of Philosophy Foods and Sam Suchoff of Lady Edison . David co-founded Philosophy Foods to help small producers who were creating superior products but didn’t have the means to effectively promote themselves. Now he works with several business owners including Sam Suchoff, who produces the Good Food award-winning Lady Edison Extra Fancy Country Ham. They provide...

Hannah chats with Adam Chinchiolo of the Far West Cider Company . They are also joined by Caitlin Braam of Caitlin Braam Creative and Luke Schmuecker of Shacksbury Cider . Adam shares stories from his upbringing growing apples and cherries in the San Joaquin Valley to opening his taproom. HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Hannah Fordin sits down with Beatrice Uighi and Mariangela Montanari. Beatrice started Gustiamo 20 plus years ago in The Bronx with the goal of introducing New Yorkers to “real” Italian food. Mariangela lives in Modena, Italy and works in La Cà dal Nôn , the vinegar factory her family has owned for generations. She is among very few balsamic vinegar producers who owns the grapes from which she mak...

Heritage Radio Network is bringing you the full, unedited ceremony of the 10th Good Food Awards recorded at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco on January 17, 2020.  The evening’s speakers in order of appearance were as follows: Opening Remarks Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers Keynote Speaker (Introduced by Alice Waters) Michael Pollan Greg Johnsman, Geechie Boy Mill Briana Warner, Atlantic Sea...

HRN’s Katy Keiffer and Lisa Held are joined by food media all stars Kate Cox of The New Food Economy and Tom Philpott and Maddie Oatman of Mother Jones . They talked about their highlights from the Young Farmers Conference and share stories from the heart of the food world. The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support for food radio by becoming a...

Lisa Held spoke with three farmers from three different parts of the country about forging your own path and experimenting with crops.  David Bohlen is the owner of Bohlen Family Farms in Florissant, Missouri. He is working with seed savers to and plant breeders to cultivate the best produce his region has to offer.  Jovan Sage is the founder of Sage’s Larder , where she uses edible plants for med...

In this episode, Katy Keiffer sat down with Caitlin Arnold who is the National Chapter Manager at the Young Farmers Coalition . They spoke about the work that the Coalition does to empower farmers and connect them with useful resources to strengthen their businesses and ease the burden that Student Loan debt can have on the new generation of American farmers. The holiday season is all about food a...

Lisa Held spoke with Ariana Taylor-Stanley is the co-owner of Here We Are Farm in Trumansburg, NY. Their conversation focused on the resources available to young farmers through advocacy groups like the National Association of Sustainable Agriculture and the young Farmers Coalition. The holiday season is all about food and community. There’s no better time to show your support for food radio by be...

Katy Keiffer sits down with Anthony Myint, food industry veteran and founder of ZeroFoodprint about that organizations work with restaurants and their diners to invest in soil health in an effort to take powerful climate solution. Together with the state of California, ZeroFoodprint is enlisting those who eat to help revitalize our soil by contributing one percent of the cost of their meal to supp...

In this episode, Lisa Held speaks with Connor Stedman and Christine Su. Stedman is an ecological designer at the regenerative design consultancy, Terra Genesis International . His areas of expertise include agroecology and carbon farming. Su is similarly rooted in the worlds of carbon farming and regenerative agriculture. As the CEO and co-founder of PastureMap , she is the brains behind the compa...

This talk was recorded by Heritage Radio Network as a part of RAW Wine NYC 2019's Speakers' Corner - with Iago Bitarishvili ( Iago’s Winery ) and Taylor Parsons (WholeCluster) Does shape matter? Why? Is there terroir in clay? What about the beeswax used to seal the pores of the clay? How do the grapes move differently during fermentation in a qvevri because of the shape? Are qvevri the most “neutr...

This talk was recorded by Heritage Radio Network as a part of RAW Wine NYC 2019's Speakers' Corner - with Stephanie and Eduard Tscheppe-Eselböck ( Gut Oggau ), Matthias Hager & Johannes Zillinger , in conversation with Amanda Smeltz (Estela and Cafe Altro Paradiso) Get to grips with the fundamentals of this Austrian farming philosophy that has, over the last century, literally taken the wine w...

This talk was recorded by Heritage Radio Network as a part of RAW Wine NYC 2019's Speakers' Corner -with Lorenzo Corino , in conversation with Sam Benrubi ( Heritage Radio Network ). A talk-tasting. Lorenzo is the epitome of a (living!) Legend – extremely knowledgeable, he creates wines of immense beauty (in fact his bottles have achieved cult status in the Far East), while also managing to be hum...

This talk was recorded by Heritage Radio Network as a part of RAW Wine NYC 2019's Speakers' Corner - with Saša Radikon ( Radikon ), Stanko’s son, in conversation with Sam Benrubi ( Heritage Radio Network ). A talk-tasting. After a eureka moment in 1995 when he decided to macerate his ribolla grapes on their skins (to reproduce his grandfather’s methodology), Stanko Radikon never looked back. So pl...

This talk was recorded by Heritage Radio Network as a part of RAW Wine NYC 2019's Speakers' Corner - with Lewis Dickson ( La Cruz de Comal ), Deirdre Heekin ( La Garagista Farm & Winery ) & Ryan Stirm ( Stirm Wine Company ) in conversation with Alice Feiring ( The Feiring Line ) Hybrid grapes are on the verge of shedding their vile reputation. We’re not just talking acceptance, we’re talki...

This talk was recorded by Heritage Radio Network as a part of RAW Wine NYC 2019's Speakers' Corner - with Megan Bell ( Margins Wine ), Alex Pomerantz ( Subject to Change ), Chad Hardesty ( Hardesty Cellars ) & Cole Thomas ( Madson Wines ), in conversation with Chloe Sorvino ( Forbes Magazine ) From hidden startup costs to inventory management, young winemakers talk about the challenges of goin...

This talk was recorded by Heritage Radio Network as a part of RAW Wine NYC 2019's Speakers' Corner - with Ilaria Bellotti ( Cascina degli Ulivi ), Stefano’s daughter, in conversation with Alessandro Trezza ( Have & Meyer ). A talk-tasting. Ask anyone in the natural wine world and they will probably know of the celebrated contadino, Stefano Bellotti. He started making wine in earnest back in 19...