Founder Patrick Martins | Headquarters Brooklyn, NY | |
Key people Erin Fairbanks, Executive Director, Jack Inslee, Executive Producer | ||
Heritage Radio Network is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit covering the world of food, drink and agriculture. The member-supported radio station has more than one million monthly listeners in over 200 countries.
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History
In 2009, largely inspired by Carlo Petrini and his pirate radio station in Italy, Radio Bra Onde Rosse, Patrick Martins founded the Heritage Radio Network in the back of Roberta's in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The radio studio was built using two re-purposed twenty-foot shipping containers.
Since its inception, Heritage Radio Network has broadcast more than 4,000 shows and produced more than 30 regular weekly programs about such topics as food technology, beer, cheese, food history and politics, and cocktails. Shows feature guests ranging from chefs, food policy analysts, farmers, restaurateurs, musicians and artists. Previous guests have included Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, Joan Dye Gussow, Éric Ripert, Florence Fabricant, Marion Nestle and more. All shows are archived and accessible on the Heritage Radio Network website and through iTunes and Stitcher Radio.
In February 2013, Heritage Radio Network was named one of Saveur 100 Favorite things of 2013. Heritage Radio Network is the recipient of a grant from The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and Culinary Arts.
Programming
Heritage Radio Network produces over 30 shows including the following:
Cooking Issues
Host Dave Arnold answers questions about food science and technology, unusual ingredients and cooking techniques, culinary culture, and kitchen myths. Dave Arnold is the Founder and President of the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), an owner of Booker and Dax, a food and drink research lab that operates a cocktail bar in New York City, a food science writer and editor, and an innovator in the field of culinary technology.
The Main Course
Host Patrick Martins interviews chefs, farmers and food luminaries. Patrick Martins is the founder of Slow Food USA and Heritage Foods USA, an American heritage meat distribution company with offices in Brooklyn, New York.
Let's Get Real
Host Chef Erica Wides separates the food from the foodiness™. Erica Wides is a national media veteran.
Chef's Story
Host Dorothy Cann Hamilton interviews chefs about special memories, beliefs, inspiration and the passions that made them the success they are today. Dorothy Cann Hamilton is the founder and CEO of the International Culinary Center, founded as The French Culinary Institute.
The Food Seen
Host Michael Harlan Turkell discusses the intersection of food and art with photographers, food stylists, interior architects for restaurants, industrial designers. Michael Harlan Turkell is a photographer who captures the inner workings of kitchens for his Back of the House project, which documents the lives of chefs in their restaurant world.
Greenhorns Radio
Host Severine von Tscharner Fleming interviews the next generation of farmers and ranchers, surveying the issues critical to their success. Severine von Tscharner Fleming is the co-founder of the Greenhorns project and farmer based in the Champlain Valley, NY.