Richard McCarthy (activist)

Richard McCarthy is the co-founder of the Crescent City Farmers Market[1] and the executive director of Slow Food USA.[2] He was the founder of Market Umbrella and the Farmers Market Coalition. In 2012, he was named a "Hero of the New South" by Southern Living magazine.[3] He is a graduate of the London School of Economics. A small selection of McCarthy's personal papers are archived at Loyola University New Orleans.[4]

References
  1. http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/new-leader-for-slow-food-usa/
  2. http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/about_us/details/staff_bios/ Slow Food USA Staff Bios
  3. http://www.southernliving.com/travel/1203-heroes-mccarthy-00417000077368/ Southern Living Magazine
  4. "New Orleans Social Justice and Activism 1980s-1990s Collection Finding Aid" (PDF). Special Collections & Archives, Loyola University New Orleans, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library.


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