Farm-to-table chefs from the Berkshires and Hudson Valley come together in the kitchen to showcase and celebrate their shared food community. Leah Eden of HeritageRadioNetwork.org attended the first ChefX dinner, a unique culinary exchange that brings chefs and food lovers together from Berkshire County and Hudson Valley. Tune in as Leah speaks with several of the Berkshire-based chefs who made the trek to Hudson to share their regional cuisine and cooking philosophy with Hudson customers.

To learn more about ChefX events, check out Berkshire Farm & Table, a non-profit that works to cultivate regional economic development by creating fun food events. On Monday, April 29, Allium Restaurant + Bar in Great Barrington will host the next culinary collaboration - five esteemed chefs from the Hudson Valley will be cooking up a great meal in the Berkshires. Get your tickets today!

Heritage talks with Eric Rapp of the Rare Hare Barn in Leonn, Kansas. Eric raises rare breed Heritage Rabbits. The second guest is Charlotte Swancy, a young Heritage Berkshire pig farmer of Riverview Farms in Georgia.

Annual porkfest, Cochon 555, kicks off its 5th anniversary of celebrating heritage breeds in New York on February 10, with all female chefs: Alex Guarnaschelli (Butter, The Derby), Missy Robbins (A Voce), Shanna Pacifico (Back Forty West), Elizabeth Falkner (Krescendo) and Leah Cohen (Pig and Khao) will compete to be named Princess of Pork. Sue Torres (Suenos) will prepare the BBQ family feast; Sara Bigelow (The Meat Hook) will demo whole-pig butchering. Tickets start at $125 and include local wines, mezcal and bourbon tastings, pork-spiked desserts and more. Tune in as Erin Fairbanks chats with founder Brady Lowe about what's in store this year and what goes behind throwing the event.

"This event is always about team and camaraderie. It's the chef's team that pressures the chef into doing it." [13:30]

--Brady Lowe of Cochon555 on HeritageRadioNetwork.org