Welcome to the website of Dan Saladino, journalist, writer and broadcaster. Here you will find articles and audio linked to his book Eating to Extinction, The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them, as well as follow-ups to stories in the book and the latest research and ideas on food biodiversity and indigenous food systems.
This is the personal website of Dan Saladino dedicated to Eating to Extinction. For BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme click here.
I recommend taking a look at Food Revolution, an impressive series on the major global food issues, produced by the Financial Times. A few months ago I was invited to contribute to the film in the series which focuses on growing calls for crop diversity and to add some of the ideas and stories featured in Eating to Extinction. The FT’s idea for the film is that, ‘Mass agriculture has embraced uniform, monoculture crops that can produce greater yields, but can also be more susceptible to disease. Now researchers and some growers are warning that diversity must be encouraged, to make the food system more resilient to threats like pests and climate change.’ As you’ll see, the FT's Neville Hawcock picks up the story. As well as me, there are appearances from Katie Hastings (Wales coordinator for the Gaia Foundation’s seed sovereignty programme), the brilliant Dr Catherine Howarth (Aberystwyth University) and the inspirational farmer, Gerald Miles (on bringing back endangered and rare black oats).
