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In the Weeds PodcastFrom Music Dreams to Food Equity: Chef Michel Nischan’s Unexpected PathOn episode 16, chef and food equity advocate, Michel Nischan gets In The Weeds with Spike Mendelsohn. From truck stop cook to James Beard Award-winning chef, Michel Nischan’s journey to the kitchen was anything but planned. He sits down with Spike Mendelsohn to talk about his unexpected path, cooking for the Dalai Lama, partnering with Paul Newman, and his dedication to food equity. Tune in as he shares inspiring stories and discusses his advocacy work, including his efforts to create lasting change in food policy.Michel Nischan is a chef and long-standing leader in the local, organic, su...2025-03-141h 11
Against the Grain: The Farm Aid PodcastHow Chefs and Farmers are Building the Good Food MovementAgainst the Grain is heading back to the Luck Reunion festival, held on Farm Aid president Willie Nelson's ranch outside of Austin, Texas. The night before the festival, the Luck Family Foundation puts on a PotLuck dinner, bringing chefs from across the country to prepare a regionally-sourced meal that is cooked over an open fire. Proceeds from this dinner benefit Farm Aid and the Texas Food and Wine Alliance. In past podcast episodes, we featured interviews with chefs we met there last year - folks like Rick Bayless, Bleu Adams and Michel Nischan. In this episode, we highlight some...2025-03-1113 min
Yard To TableOur Guide from Farm to Market to Table - Lori Cochran-DougallIn this episode of Yard to Table Trevor and Ellen talk with the trail blazer Lori Cochran-Dougall, Executive Director of the Westport Farmers Market (WFM) in Westport CT. Lori is the current force behind WFM, first envisioned by actor Paul Newman and Chef Michel Nischan in 2006. The WFM is rated the best Farmers Market in Connecticut and plays a huge role in fostering community while supporting small businesses and local farmers. Listeners will hear how Lori makes all that come together with her expertise and passion while also learning how to shop at a m...2024-12-011h 05
Titans of FoodserviceConnecticut: 4x James Beard Award Winner, Michel Nischan on Building a Wildly Successful Culinary CareerThis week on the Titans of Food Service podcast, Nick Portillo speaks with Michel Nischan, a four-time James Beard Award Winner and chef. Michel shares his journey from working on his grandfather's farm to becoming a celebrated chef and influential advocate for food equity and sustainability. Michel talks about co-founding Wholesome Wave and Wholesome Crave, and working with the late actor Paul Newman on the Dressing Room restaurant. Nick and Michel discuss the importance of being curious about other cultures' cuisines and Michel’s commitment to using food as a tool for positive social change. Quotes"You...2024-10-0938 minAgainst the Grain: The Farm Aid PodcastEP 6: Connecting Farmers and EatersOn this episode of Against the Grain, we’re bringing you as close as possible to an actual taste of the Farm Aid festival... We're talking about the mind-blowing, family farm food that festivalgoers eat each year at Farm Aid! Our guests are Farm Aid's Associate Director, Glenda Yoder and our Culinary Director, Sonya Dagovitz who, together, established HOMEGROWN Concessions® in 2007. As Farm Aid moves around the country every year, they swap out the food normally served at the venue for food sourced from family farmers who follow specific ecological standards and who get paid a fair price. The foo...2024-09-1825 min
Feast + HarmonyLuck Reunion's "Potluck" 2024It's not everyday you get to visit Willie Nelson's ranch, and it's even more rare to partake in a chef curated feast in his own backyard. A conversation with Chef Michel Nischan, Luck Reunion Co-Founder Scott Marsh, and singer-songwriter Jon Muq proves that music and food set the stage for "gathering around the table" in support of putting a little extra good in the world.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast + Harmony by becoming a member!Feast + Harmony is Powered by Simplecast.
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All Over AgainDishing Up Food Advocacy with Chef Michel Nischan“When you're a chef, you know that what you're doing is going to have a profound impact on the people that you are feeding. I'm always very aware of that.” - Chef Michel Nischan When Michel’s older son was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes, he realized he had to change the way he fed his family, which soon led to him changing the way he fed the customers in his restaurant. Later, when Michel realized that many low-income households struggle to feed their families, let alone with healthy food, he knew he had to take...2023-06-061h 11
The Healthy MenuA Conversation with Chef Michel Nischan, Founder of Wholesome Wave & Wholesome CraveWelcome to a very special episode with The Healthy Menu x Devour! Food Film Fest. Hosted by Sonia Couto, today's guest is award-winning chef and food advocate, Michel Nischan. Four-time James Beard Award-winner Chef Michel Nischan has been dubbed the “Godfather” of advocacy in the culinary world, maintaining the longest-standing record fighting for a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable food system through policy change. Michel is Co-Founder of the James Beard Foundation Chef Boot Camp for Policy and Change, and the only chef in America to change the Federal Farm Bill, twice, through his non-profit organization Wholesome Wave. Wholesome Wave...2022-10-2144 min