Seeds are the source and symbol of life. In our modern food system, with fewer and fewer people physically involved in the practice of agriculture, it’s easy to forget that our sustenance comes from the heroics of these persistent organisms. 

On this week's HRN Happy Hour, we are joined in-studio by Patrick Martins (HRN and Heritage Foods USA Founder), Emily Pontecorvo (HRN Intern), and Abe Shaw (Founder of Eating Tools).

This week on the Wild Game Domain, Chef Chad Pagano kicks off the show with a recipe for a wild boar stew! What has inspired this recipe? The New York Department of Environmental Conservation! Find out why the D.E.C.

Daniel Delaney is bringing Central Texas barbecue to Brooklyn! This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins introduces the new HeritageRadioNetwork.org "Op Ed" recordings, and invites Daniel into the studio to talk local food, taste, and regional authenticity.

Celebrate Valentine's Day on a special episode of Straight From the Source! Clay Gordon is joined in the studio by Bryan Graham of Fruition Chocolate, and calls Nat Bletter and David Elliott of Madre Chocolate in Hawaii.

Andrew Keys is talking about regional climates and gardening with Alice Marcus Krieg on this week's episode of We Dig Plants. Andrew is the author of the new book Why Grow That When You Can Grow This?, which is about alternatives for less versatile, popular plants.

Jimmy Carbone is back from Belgium Comes to Cooperstown for another episode of Beer Sessions Radio. This week, Jimmy is joined by former co-host Sam Merritt, now of Civilization of Beer. Also in the studio is homebrewer extraordinaire, Chris Cuzme.

This week on The Farm Report, host Erin Fairbanks chats with a group of talented chefs who have also authored two books, Matthew Weingarten and Raquel Pelzel, authors of "Preserving Wild Foods", and Jackson Landers, author of "Eating Aliens".

This week the ladies of We Dig Plants are fresh back from MANTS. What is MANTS you ask?

On a special edition of The Main Course, Patrick Martins sits down with food titan Michel Nischan to celebrate his week as guest editor on Food Republic. Tune in to hear a spirited conversation about our food system and the various ways in which we can improve it.