Food Diversity Day taped talks and more

Terrific talk on Swiss cows move to alpine meadows (CH of Chicago). 11 panels of speakers promoting diversity of cheese, bread, seeds, oceans, lentils and more, developed by Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction).


Cows move to different pastures (transhumance), move up mountains in warmer months, diversify meadows. Cheese.

Mooooving Day – Transhumance and the Impact on Dairy Cultures. Traditions of walking cows to alpine pastures, and follow Gruyere Swiss cheese laws since 1115. Adam Centamore. Culinary Historians of Chicago Jan 2023 HERE. TAPE HERE. Fascinating.

Soil, Pasture & Animal breeds: Why Diversity Matters in Meat and Dairy. panel. “how diverse breeds raised on diverse pastures can produce food with benefits to soil, biodiversity and nutrition.” Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

The Last of Their Kind: Endangered British Cheeses. Patrick McGuigan & panel. “just a handful of farms left in the UK making traditional regional cheeses, such as Red Leicester, Lancashire and Wensleydale… why territorial cheeses matter, the differences between farm and factory cheeses, and the importance of traditional cheesemaking.” Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

Bread

Bread, Baking and the Diversity of Grains. “Wheat is the globe’s third largest commodity. Almost all the varieties grown are hybrids, dependent on pesticides and artificial fertilisers…” Sheila Dillon & panel. Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

Seeds

Seeds: A Guide to Creating Diversity. Alys Fowler & panel. Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

Oceans

Can Diversity Help Save the Oceans? “‘big five’ species: salmon, tuna, cod, haddock and prawns, make up 80 per cent of what we eat…” A marine ecologist, fisherman, retailer and chef. Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

Lentils

The Lentil Underground: The Power of Pulses. Beans, lentils, and peas (pulses) were “among the world’s most important foods. However, in the last century, in many food cultures, they fell into decline as farming animals and meat eating became more widespread.” Speakers: “people in different parts of the world who are reviving lost legumes.” Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

Drinks

Bottling Biodiversity “Hear from leading experts in wine, beer, cider and mescal on saving traditions, flavours and precious ingredients” Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

Food Diversity Day. other talks

11 free 45 min. talks “to celebrate Britain's most endangered foods and to help get more food diversity onto our plates.” Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction, upcoming talk Feb 2) and leading scientists, writers, chefs, farmers, campaigners and entrepreneurs. Jan 2023. Website with all talks on one page HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPES HERE.

Why Food Diversity Matters. opening session on “the stories and themes that’ll be explored across the ten different sessions.” Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) & panel. Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

A Chef’s Guide to the Ark of Taste: Can Restaurants Save Endangered Foods? Slow Food UK and six top chefs “who are using their menus to save endangered foods.” Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

Can Cities Save Food Diversity? Richard McCarthy (Int. Farmers Markets Coalition), Carolyn Steel (Hungry City) & panel. Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE HERE

Food Diversity Day Closing Session: Food Manifesto. Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) & panel. Food Diversity Day. Jan 2023 HERE. Website HERE. Resource links HERE. TAPE . HERE


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Feb 2 Wed 4 Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them. author Dan Saladino; talk with Paul Freedman. Book Passage CA. info and link HERE

Feb 11-12 S-S 10 hours. Seed Gathering 2023. Multiple speakers and panels. Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) keynote speaker. The Gaia Foundation’s Seed Sovereignty Programme. $20-40 Website complete schedule HERE. TAPES may be HERE


Jan 31 Tue 12:30 Why wasn’t there cheese in the Chinese diet? “I propose that dairy products faded from the elite Chinese diet in the eighteenth century for a combination of economic and ecological reasons.” Miranda Brown. IHR HERE TAPE HERE


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