World Food Crisis Conference with Solomon Katz

Report on a conference with Solomon Katz on the food crisis held at the University of Gastronomic Sciences.

Fishing in Puglia

Description of a week’s field trip in Puglia, Italy with the University of Gastronomic Sciences to study the fishing industry.

India trip and Navdanya

A description of my field trip with the University of Gastronomic Sciences to India where we spent much of our time seeing the work of Navdanya, an organisation promoting environmentally and economically sustainable practices for small farmers.

Po Valley Rice Production

This is a piece I wrote as a university report about rice production after our field trip on rice in May 2007 when we visited two producers in the province of Vercelli, Piemonte, Italy…

The Recovery of Sicilian Wine

This is a piece I wrote as a university report on our field trip in Sicily in February 2007…

From Parmigiano-Reggiano to Grana Padano

This is from a university report I wrote after field trips covering these two cheeses…

Salumi Field Trip

Last week I had my first field trip with the University of Gastronomic Sciences, a thematic stage looking at salumi (cured meats). I was very lucky to be allocated to the group going to the Antica Macelleria Falorni in Greve, Tuscany where we were accommodated very generously and luxuriously by the Folonari family at their [...]