If you live in the Chicago area and love to learn about how companies' owners build their relationships directly with farmers around the world in order to bring us the finest ingredients in food, here is an event you might be interested in:
On February 7th, Rishi Tea founder Joshua Kaiser will join world-renowned Chef Charlie Trotter and co-owner of Metropolis Coffee Tony Dreyfuss for Behind the Label – from seed to table. Each will share their personal journeys, discuss the concepts of Fair Trade, organic, sustainable, their travels to select the world's finest ingredients and talk about the importance of enduring relationships with farmers and artisans at origin.