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Applications for Cohort 6 of the Food Leaders Fellowship open Tuesday, Nov 10.
Building something that makes our food system better? Get the people, plan, and partners to go further.
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Jobs aren't enough. Food workers need a stake in what they help build. Mike Brady, CEO of 40 Million Owners, shares why employee ownership is the next frontier of food and economic justice. More: aspenfood.org/conversations-…
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🎥 New recording: 4 leaders on building a fairer food system—employee ownership, farm labor organizing, and why 2 in 3 food workers can't afford to eat the food they help produce.
Watch: ow.ly/rA4y50ZUHoU
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Starting in 30 minutes 🎙️ Tune in at 1 PM ET for "The People Who Feed Us," exploring what it takes to build a food system that works for the people who feed us. Join live below. aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webin…
Today at 1 PM ET 🎙️ Join Food & Society for "The People Who Feed Us," our latest Conversations on Food Justice session on fair pay, stability, and dignity for food workers. Free, virtual, register below. aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webin…
One week away 📅 "The People Who Feed Us" asks a simple but urgent question: who benefits from the food economy and who should? Join our panel of labor, policy, and ownership experts Oct 1 at 1 PM ET. Free, register today. More: aspenfood.org/2026/08/07/con…
Meet the panel: Mike Brady (40 Million Owners), Vanessa García Polanco (National Young Farmers Coalition), Jose Oliva (HEAL Food Alliance), and Emma Scott (Vermont Law's Center for Agriculture & Food Systems), moderated by Ivy Ken (GWU). Oct 1, 1 PM ET. aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webin…
Where is your "cheap" beef actually coming from?
On @BosPublicRadio @CKummer digs into the imported beef controversy. Spoiler: prices aren't even going down. More: ow.ly/LYiS50ZNAKQ
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Who benefits from the food economy and who should? Our Oct 1 panel brings together voices in labor policy, farmworker advocacy, and employee ownership to explore what a fairer food system could look like. Free & open to all, register now. aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webin…
Food & Society at the Aspen Institute retweeted
I was lucky enough to spend the day with Wendell, his wife of 69 years, Tanya, and his daughter, Mary, who has created the extraordinary Berry Center to further his life’s work. I’d visited Wendell and Tanya several times at their kitchen table, and certainly hoped this wouldn’t be my last visit. But just six weeks later he was gone. Here’s an excerpt from part of the day I’m so glad I filmed.
Employee ownership could be the future of food work. Hear from the CEO of 40 Million Owners and other leaders Oct 1 at 1 PM ET on building a food system that works for workers AND businesses. More: aspenfood.org/2026/08/07/con…
Our Oct 1st panel unpacks labor standards, wage policy, and employee-ownership models reshaping the field. A timely conversation for anyone setting grant strategy in this space. Free, virtual, register below. aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webin…
Every meal depends on a long chain of labor, from the fields to your table. Join us Thurs, Oct 1 (1-2 PM ET), part of our Conversations on Food Justice series. Free & open to all. More: aspenfood.org/2026/08/07/con…
Gas loyalists vs. induction converts: Chef Rick Bayless refuses to pick just one. Where do you land? 🔥⚡
Watch the @aspen_climate conversation: aspenfood.org/2026/08/05/foo…
An audience member's husband calls his CSA box "the scary box:" bags of greens but no instructions. We loved this exchange because Chef Sarah Stegner's answer to it was better than ours would have been!
Ever gotten a CSA box and had zero idea what to do with the nine bags of greens? You're not alone but here's why farmers and Chef @SarahStegner love them anyway.
Watch this moment from our @aspenideas Climate conversation: ow.ly/o8Iw50ZEYWU
The science behind why Trenni keeps going back to Taco Bell, explained by @CKummer on @BosPublicRadio
Full segment: aspenfood.org/2026/08/04/ult… #TacoBell #FoodPsychology #BlissPoint
Food & Society at the Aspen Institute retweeted
Food companies are suing countries to block warning labels and it's working. On @BosPublicRadio, I talked about the fight over ultra-processed food regulation. Full segment: aspenfood.org/2026/08/04/ult…
#UltraProcessedFood #FoodPolicy #FDA
Foodborne illness tracing depends on people: inspectors, lab staff, and analysts. On @BosPublicRadio, @CKummer shares that cuts didn't start with this administration.
More: aspenfood.org/2026/07/21/let…
#FoodPolicy #PublicHealthFunding #CDC #FoodSafety
Congratulations, Tom!
Thank you @McNultyFound for honoring one of our Food Leaders Fellows!
Read his story: aspenfood.org/2026/07/23/foo…
We always think @TMcDougall_ is surrounded by a halo—something many of our @AspenFood Food Leaders Fellows have in common. So glad the @McNultyFound agrees! Here he is at today’s McNulty Prize ceremony at the Resnick Aspen Action Forum on the @AspenInstitute campus.
Reposting this clip about SNAP because many of us haven't registered how fast this is moving. Arizona's rolls cut in half in a year. Massachusetts has lost 80,000 households, nearly 50,000 of them children. This isn't abstract policy. It's someone's kitchen table.
New work-requirement rules just raised the bar for who qualifies for SNAP: age thresholds moved from 55 to 62, and childcare exemptions dropped from age 14 to 12. States must now cover up to 75% of admin costs they never paid before. The impact is already visible: Arizona's SNAP rolls have been cut in half in a year; Massachusetts has lost tens of thousands of households, including nearly 50,000 children.
Listen to my conversation with Christina and Shirley on @BosPublicRadio: ow.ly/Kww850ZqVKS
**Suggested hashtags:** #SNAP #FoodInsecurity #HR1 #FoodPolicy #Massachusetts