Josh Viertel

Josh Viertel has been a farmer, activist, bow hunter, fisherman and educator in the sustainable food movement for over 20 years. He served as president of Slow Food USA, the US branch of the global Slow Food movement, during which time he contributed pieces to The Atlantic magazine’s online edition. A founding director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project, he earned his AB in Philosophy and Literature from Harvard and has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Josh has been listed as one of the seven most powerful voices in the food movement by Forbes and Michael Pollan. He lives in the Harlem Valley where he grows, forages, catches or hunts nearly all of what he eats.

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