Katy Keiffer
Katy Keiffer has worked in and around the food industry for over thirty years. First as a cook, then a butcher, a cookbook publicist, and finally, a food writer, Katy has been present for the massive transformation of the food industry in America. Growing up in a rural New England town where gardening, composting, bread baking and scratch cooking were part of daily life gave her a lifelong appreciation of how important good food is for body and soul. A host at Heritage for over six years, she has spent the time engaging with a vast cohort of informed experts who have contributed enormous stores of knowledge about how our food system works, and how it doesn1t.
The first show to ever air on Heritage Radio Network, The Main Course, has hosted the most interesting chefs, farmers, and food luminaries—from Michael Pollan and Alice Waters, to Wylie Durfresne, Joan Dye Gussow, Mark Ladner and Marion Nestle—since 2009. The Main Course is the brainchild of Heritage Radio Network founder Patrick Martins. Over the years, The Main Course has been home to many different cohosts, but Patrick has always remained active as a producer and host. Over the years, The Main Course has been home to many different cohorts including Katy Keiffer, Mark Marabella, and the charismatic duo Phillip Gilmour, restaurateur extraordinaire (Momo Sushi Shack, Hi Hello, Moku Moku), and Alexes McLaughlin, but Patrick has always remained active as a producer and co-host.
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Food production is a curious business; it's nuanced, layered, complex, and political. In What Doesn’t Kill You, host Katy Keiffer endeavors to identify and explain some of the key issues in our food system through interviews with journalists, authors, scientists, activists, and industry experts. Water rights, meat and agricultural production, food waste, labor issues, and new technologies are just some of the topics explored so we can better understand how to feed the future.
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