Food For You and the Planet

José Campos, PhD is the Executive Director of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN).   Dr. Campos has almost 40 years of experience in international development, science, and education, combining technical, senior management and governance expertise with international cooperation, technical, academic, and scientific organizations, and NGO´s. He has strong technical expertise in sustainable man...

Elisa Demichelis is the Global North Director of Slow Food International.   Elisa Demichelis serves as the Global North Director at Slow Food, where she leads initiatives to promote sustainable food systems and biodiversity in Europe, North America and the Pacific. With a background in languages science and international relations, Elisa has dedicated her career to fostering local food traditions...

André Leu, DSc, is the International Director of Regeneration International.   André Leu, DSc, was named International Director of Regeneration International in 2017. Prior to then, he was president of IFOAM—Organics International, the international umbrella organization for the organic sector. During his tenure as president of IFOAM, Andre served on the Regeneration International steering committ...

Walter Willett, MD and DrPH is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and served as Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard for 25 years. Much of Walter Willett's work has focused on the effects of diet on the occurrence of major diseases among nearly 300,000 men and women who he has followed for up to 40 years. He has published over 2,000...

Francesco Tubiello, PhD is a Senior Statistician and Team Leader, Environment Statistics at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.   Francesco received his PhD in Earth Systems and Agriculture from New York University. At the FAO, his responsibilities include: Oversight, maintenance and development of FAO corporate agri-environmental databases, including Fertilizers, Pestici...

Frances Moore Lappé is the co-founder of the Small Planet Institute, which she founded with her daughter, Anna Lappé.   Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of 20 books, many focusing on themes of "living democracy"—suggesting not only a government accountable to citizens but a way of living aligned with the deep human need for connection, meaning, and power. She has received 20 honorary...

Evrett Lunquist is the Director of Certification at Demeter USA, part of the Biodynamic Demeter Alliance.   Born and raised in Minnesota, Evrett Lunquist discovered his love of agriculture in college. He went on to complete a self-designed bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in Sustainable Food and Agriculture Systems where he studied food science, agronomy, and infrastructures and...

Sarada Krishnan, PhD is the Director of Programs at the Crop Trust. Sarada has an undergraduate degree in Horticulture, master's degree in Horticulture, and PhD in Conservation Biology. Before joining the Crop Trust, she served as the Director of Horticulture and Center for Global Initiatives at Denver Botanic Gardens for 16 years. Sarada is responsible for providing oversight on the implementatio...

Colin Khoury, PhD is the Senior Director of Science and Conservation at the San Diego Botanic Garden. Colin was born and raised in the coastal sage scrub and the avocado and citrus orchards of San Diego County. He obtained a Master of Science in plant genetic resource conservation from the University of Birmingham, UK, and a PhD in production ecology and resource conservation from Wageningen Unive...

Professor David Montgomery and Anne Bikle are Dig2Grow, a husband and wife and a pair of writers.   David Montgomery is an Earth and Space Sciences Professor at the University of Washington. He is a geomorphologist who looks at the process shaping Earth's surface and how they affect ecological systems—and human societies. His book, Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life focuses on th...

Alexis Temkin, PhD is a Senior Toxicologist at the Environmental Working Group (EWG).   Alexis Temkin, PhD supports EWG's consumer databases, policy and research in the areas of personal care and cleaning products, pesticides and tap water. She began her research career at Columbia University Medical Center, working as a lab technician studying the molecular mechanisms responsible for environmenta...

Orsi Dezsi is the Executive Director of the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI). Orsi holds a B.A. in History and Russian & Eastern European Studies, and a Master's in Public Administration, with a focus in Nonprofit Management. For the past 20 years, she has worked closely with the regulatory community, industry stakeholders, and clients to navigate the evolving global regulatory landscape...

Kestrel Burcham is the Policy Director at the Cornucopia Institute. Kestrel has a background in Animal Science and English from the University of California, Davis. They have worked as an animal technician in both research and industry settings and have experience with different types of livestock. Organic and environmentally conscious food production is part of their background, having grown up o...

Jason Haas is a Partner and General Manager at Tablas Creek Vineyard. Jason Haas is the second-generation proprietor of Tablas Creek. He learned the wine business at an early age, accompanying his father Robert Haas on European wine-buying trips and spending two summers working at a winery in France. Tablas Creek is a pioneer of California's Rhone movement. Founded in 1989, it is the culmination o...

Alexis Andiman is a Senior Attorney at Earthjustice. Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. It wields the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. Earthjustice is here because the earth needs a good lawyer. Alexis Andiman...

Corbett Nash is the Seafood Watch Outreach Manager at Monterey Bay Aquarium. The Monterey Bay Aquarium launched Seafood Watch in 1999 as a special exhibit about the impacts of seafood. People found the information useful, so it was made a permanent conservation program. The original mission was to help people navigate purchasing sustainable seafood through the seafood ratings and tools like the po...

Elizabeth Whitlow is the Executive Director of the Regenerative Organic Alliance.  Elizabeth has been working in the field of organic agriculture for over 20 years. She began her career as an advocate for shade-grown, fair-trade, and organic coffee growers in Central America. Since then, she has worked across the spectrum of elevated certifications, both in farming and ranching, earning high-level...

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD directed the Heart Disease Prevention and Reversal Program at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute where nearly 2,000 patients have participated in his program. Brian Hart is the Executive Director of the Esselstyn Foundation. The Esselstyn Foundation is committed to healing the world through the promotion of whole food, plant-based nutrition.   TOPICS EXPLORED 0:...

Kourtney Houk is the Food Business Manager at Compassion in World Farming. Compassion in World Farming was founded in 1967 in England by Peter Roberts, a British farmer who became horrified by the development of intensive factory farming. Compassion in World Farming is dedicated to reforming a broken food and farming system and introducing a more humane, fair, and sustainable one.   TOPICS EXPLORE...

Andrew Smith, PhD is the Chief Operating Officer at the Rodale Institute. The Rodale Institute has been conducting groundbreaking research on regenerative organic agriculture since 1947.   TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 1:16 – Introduction 1:16 – 5:14 – What is the Rodale Institute and what type of work does it do? 5:14 – 9:32 – Why is transitioning to organic agriculture critical? 9:32 – 17:53 – What is...