The image of Ireland in most people’s minds—whether you’ve been there or not—is likely to be a landscape of lush green rolling hills and farmland. But when it comes to sustainability and biodiversity, how “green” is Ireland really? Our guest this week is author and environmental campaigner Pádraic Fogarty. Pádraic...

[audio mp3="https://heritageradionetwork.org/sites/default/files/wp-uploads/2015/12/Meat-Fish-Not-Wild-About-GMO-Salmon.mp3"][/audio] While Alaska’s wild seafood industry opposed GMO salmon being sold without a label, commercial fisherman Matt Alward tries to find a silver lining. On Episode 245 of Greenhorns Radio, host Severine von Tscharner Fleming dives deep into the economic and political issues facing Alaska’s salmon fishery. Listen to...

[audio mp3="https://heritageradionetwork.org/sites/default/files/wp-uploads/2015/12/Meat-Fish-Salmon-Spawns-Statehood.mp3"][/audio] Alaskans sure do get fired up over fish. Matt Alward, commercial sockeye fisherman, gives a little history lesson on the relationship between salmon, statehood, and sustainable fisheries on Episode 245 of Greenhorns Radio with Severine von Tscharner Fleming. Listen to the full episode here.

This week on The Main Course, Patrick interviews Marian Burros, food columnist for The New York Times about her life's work and many accomplishments as a journalist. Patrick and Marian discuss regulations in food production and how they need to change throughout the country. Later, Marian takes us through the...

This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda talks to Nic Mink, professor at the Center for Urban Ecology at Butler University, President and co-founder of Sitka Salmon Shares, and author of Salmon, A Global History. Nic tells us about the various evolutionary mechanisms that salmon have developed to...

We're continuing our coverage on GMO's in the food supply with Patty Lovera, Assistant Director of Food Water Watch. Food Water Watch is an organization that works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. Tune in to this special program...

Welcome to the final episode of Hot Grease's National Ice Cream Month Celebration. On today's episode, Nicole Taylor is joined by Jack Inslee to discuss this week's food headlines. Do you think Gwyneth Paltrow would make a good Gabrielle Hamilton? Later, Nicole sits down with Walter Youngblood of KingLeche Cremes...

Everyone knows that fish are a healthy alternative to meat, right? This week on Let's Get Real, Erica Wides talks about some of the common misconceptions about our favorite oily fish, salmon and tuna. Do you know the differences between omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids? And did you...

This week's episode of The Main Course sees hosts Patrick Martins Katy Keiffer host a salon-style roundtable discussion with Jeffrey Steingarten, author and food critic at Vogue Magazine, Nils Noren, chef and culinary educator, and Chris Carpenter, chairman of the board of Slow Food USA and Napa winemaker. The...

This week on Why We Cook Erica talks urban foraging and flavored honeys. A recent trip out to the northwest found Chef Erica in a wonderland of wild blackberries. These "Queens of the Berry World" grow like weeds out there, literally--many residents of Portland consider them to be thorny pests...