Josh Viertel is president of Slow Food USA, a member-based nonprofit organization that works to create a world in which everyone can eat food that is good for them, good for the people who grow it, and good for the planet. Long a proponent of a good, clean, fair food system, Viertel has made significant contributions to the sustainable food movement in the past as a teacher, farmer, and activist. He co-founded and co-directed the Yale Sustainable Food Project, which brought local organic food to Yale University’s dining halls, established a working farm on campus, and built educational and academic programming around food and agriculture.

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