Former news editor with expertise in software solutions, healthcare, science, technology, hospitality, design, internal communications, CSR, and supply chain. Skilled in helping clients develop content strategies from the ground up.
A Delicate Balance Protecting meat plant workers, food safety standards, and the supply chain during COVID-19
Feature story on how the meatpacking industry was and will be affected during the coronavirus pandemic.
How chefs are making kitchens a better place to work
Restaurateurs recognized for running healthy kitchen environments share their best practices.
In search of social license, new land-based aquaculture ventures confront a familiar foe: NIMBY
Even without fish pens in public waters, social license remains crucial for U.S. recirculating aquaculture farms.
Artist-attorney takes creative approach to informing immigrants of their rights
Alumna Carolina Rubio-MacWright helps would-be Americans.
How a Health Report Became a Wake-Up Call for Healthier Habits
A story about how one man learned about his genetic risk for type 2 diabetes and became motivated to take charge of his health.
How Sweet It Is
Industry group petitions FDA to amend labeling rules for low- and no-calorie sweeteners.
Fish Sorting Technology Firm Aims to Modernize Farms
Israel-based Agam’s automatic, ‘in-habitat’ sorting and counting system reaches second prototype phase.
25 Restaurant Employee Engagement Activities & Ideas
Heads up restaurateurs. There’s a simple way to simultaneously improve employee performance, reduce staff turnover, and increase sales in your restaurant. The secret? Finding the right employee engagement activities to boost staff engagement.
It’s true – when your staff feels more plugged into their work, they’ll be in a better mental space to deliver the best customer service. (Otherwise they might be offering today’s specials with a side of resentment.)
Land of Plenty: Farm at Brush Creek
Feature article on the interior design of a luxury ranch resort.
Taking the Leap Into My DNA: Part I
My blog post about jumping into DNA testing with 23andMe, in which I describe my motivations, the steps to take to give a sample and register her kit, as well as my considerations about privacy and consent.
Passion Projected: Deva Pardue on Designing For All Womankind
Graphic designer's passion project goes viral after women's march.
Food Safety Auditing in the U.S.: An Industry in Transtiion
Cover story on the current challenges of food safety auditing in light of the Food Safety Modernization Act, the most extensive regulatory overhaul of the industry in the last 70 years.
Women In Power
If the current pace of progress continues, men and women won’t have equality in the workplace until 2095, according to the World Economic Forum — which, for perspective, is roughly around the time nanotechnology might make it possible for humans to take an elevator into space.
When farmers own restaurants
Article on Farmers Restaurant Group, a series of concepts that are owned by family farmers and source the majority of their food from independent vs. corporate farms.