Slow Food was the inspiration for Heritage Foods and the Founder, Carlo Petrini, has died. He will be deeply missed. He was a titan — a once in a generation or century trailblazer whose message was to slow down and experience the pleasure of the table. His speeches would rise to a crescendo with calls for justice for artisans producing quality food, and outrage at the mediocre effects of monoculture on our lives and palates. “Ours is a pleasure movement”, he would say and “…since we all end up in the same place anyway, we might as well get there slowly.”
For the past 20 years journalists have supported the movement to preserve biodiversity on family farms, including heritage breed livestock and poultry. We are proud to share this list of articles about the Heritage Foods network over the years. Heritage Foods is not just a business, its a movement with a mission! 100% of what Heritage Foods sells come from 100% heritage breeds with genetic roots that can be traced to before the Industrial Revolution and the advent of factory farming that forever changed the biology of almost all livestock!
Across cultures and time, the breed of pig that today goes by the name Red Wattle, but which has existed in some form for centuries by other names, has been taken around the world by foot, boat, train, and truck! Red Wattles are known for their hardiness, foraging activity, and rapid growth rate, but many pigs boast these traits. What was it about this pig that made it such a celebrity?
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