Live & Other Media
IGTV
I conduct regular interviews with food and farming industry leaders on Forbes’ Instagram account, with 5 million followers.
Chef and hunger advocate Sophia Roe
Momofuku CEO Marguerite Mariscal
Aqua-Spark Cofounder Amy Novogratz on the day the cover story launched
Briogeo Hair Founder and CEO Nancy Twine
Bakers Against Racism cofounder Paola Velez
Simple Mills Founder and CEO Kaitlin Smith
Daily Harvest Founder and CEO Rachel Drori
Vital Farms Chairman and Founder Matt O’Hayer minutes after IPO
YouTube
Burger King And The Evolution Of The Impossible Whopper | Forbes Year In Review (December 2019)
The Cost Of Being 'Essential' From Inside America's Poultry Plants | Forbes (April 2020)
Waffle House’s Struggles Highlight How Coronavirus Is Killing Restaurants | Forbes (March 2020)
The Frozen Food Startup Innovating Subscription Meal Delivery In The Time Of Coronavirus | Forbes (March 2020)
Steph Curry Is Helping Families In Need Get Access To Food During The Pandemic | Forbes (March 2020)
Press & Podcasts
Startup CPG Podcast | Build A Food Business With Teeth (August 2020)
Brand Secrets And Strategies Podcast | Fixing Our Broken Food System Beginning With Natural And Local (September 2020)
iHeart Radio interview on restaurants reopening and Waffle House (May 2020)
Heritage Radio Network | Interview on 30 Under 30 food entrepreneurs for the show Tech Bites (March 2020)
NPR Marketplace | There’s A Pizza Cheese Empire You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (June 2017)
Colorado Public Radio | The Willy Wonka of Cheese Is A Reclusive Colorado Billionaire (June 2017)
Virtual Panels & Interviews
A U.S. Policy Roadmap: The Intersection of Food and Tech
I co-moderated a week of panels with Food Tank and the Refresh Working Group (February 2021)
Supply Chain Transparency Can Support a Stronger Food System
Developing Equitable Technology for Food Security
Harnessing the Power of Data for the Food System
Broadband Expansion Benefits a More Resilient Food System
The Food System Needs More than a Digitally Skilled Workforce, Experts Say
Forbes CMO Next: Fireside Chat with Impossible Foods CMO Jessie Becker (February 2021)
Future Food Tech New York City
I moderated the closing panel on investing for the future, and making sense of all the mergers, acquisitions and IPOs in food tech. (December 2020)
Food Tank Summit: Resetting The Food System
I joined Jose Andres, Leah Penniman, Dan Barber, Mark Hyman and more to discuss where food and farming goes from here. I moderated a panel on the intersection of food and emerging technologies. (December 2020)
Sustainable Ag Summit: Beyond 2020
I hosted this two-day summit as the EmCee, in addition to moderating the summit’s first panel, on Feeding A World In Crisis. (November 2020)
Ag Tech Under 30 Hackathon Series of Keynote Fireside Chats (Fall 2020)
Eat Just Founder and CEO Josh Tetrick
Daily Harvest Founder and CEO Rachel Drori
Cooks Venture Founder and CEO Matt Wadiak
NYC post-COVID Food Justice Report
I moderated a panel that introduced a comprehensive report on the state of post-pandemic food policy in New York City with three of New York’s leading food policy research centers, which collaborated to monitor and assess New York City’s food system response to COVID-19. (September 2020)
CPG Brand Responsibility in the Age of Covid
A panel in which I was interviewed alongside Oatly North America President Mike Messersmith and Handsome Brook Farms CMO Matt Sherman (April 2020)
Posthoc Salon panel where I sat alongside James Beard Foundation CEO Clare Reichenbach (April 2020)
In-Person Event Highlights
Fancy Food Show San Francisco January 2020
During the Specialty Food Association’s annual expo, Momofuku CEO Marguerite Mariscal and I were interviewed for a keynote conversation.
Under 30 Summit 2019
A Self-Made Story: an interview on the main stage with Olympian Adam Rippon and entrepreneur Jessica Iclisoy
Forbes Summits
I’ve led programming for Forbes’ Ag Tech Summits in Salinas and Indianapolis, as well as the food and ag tech stages at the signature Under 30 Summit, which in 2019 saw nearly 10,000 attendees in Detroit from 70 countries across four days. Other on-stage highlights include interviews with chef Kwame Onwuachi and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream founder Jeni Britton Bauer.
Raw Wine New York October 2019 | Young, Gifted & Natural
A conversation about the challenges of going solo for young natural winemakers that was later uploaded to Heritage Radio Network as a podcast.
Food Tank Summit November 2019
I kicked off the second day of Food Tank’s annual conference, interviewing the borough presidents of New York City about food policy and sustainability.
Food Tank Fireside Chat May 2019
I interviewed Ray Figueroa, who leads a youth alternatives to incarceration program in community gardens in the South Bronx for a night of discussion at NYU Steinhardt titled Can We Afford To Eat In New York City?