The New Jersey Farm to School Network is delighted to welcome Joshua Viertel as keynote speaker to our inaugural conference in April. Josh is the new president of Slow Food USA and, according to Gourmet.com, has “a quiet reputation for mixing a refined palate with grassroots sensibilities.”
Prior to becoming Slow Food USA’s first President in October of 2008, Josh made significant contributions to the sustainable food movement as an educator, organic farmer, activist, and board member of Slow Food USA and its subsidiary organization, Slow Food Nation. Along with spearheading SFUSA’s work with youth and student activists, he is credited with co-founding and co-directing the Yale Sustainable Food Project, which has evolved into being a leader in the international sustainable food movement. An avid eater and cook since childhood, Josh discovered how to combine pleasure with responsibility while earning his degree in philosophy and literature at Harvard. Other passions include grassroots organizing, artisanal charcuterie, and social justice.
Read More about Viertel from Gourmet.com