On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Joanna James, Founder & CEO of MAPP (Mentorship, Advocacy, Pandemic relief, and the Power of women), a non-profit supporting women-led food organizations, empowering women to lead through mentorship and advocacy, which is having its first MAPP Restaurant Reset...

When Soleil Ho was hired to be the new restaurant critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, she was replacing someone who had held the role for 32 years. She took it upon herself to totally reinvent the job, working to create a sight of exploration, representation, and equity. Listen in...

This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes chef Erick Williams of Virtue Restaurant & Bar in Chicago. Todd and Erick discuss how Virtue is navigating these turbulent times and how true hospitality can help us on the path to greater equality. Plus, Erick shares his Julia Moment...

Join cohosts Vallery and Ethan for a conversation with Jesse Szewczyk, food writer and author of the cookbook Tasty Pride! We'll discuss his career in food media, his thoughts on the ongoing shifts in the industry and the complicated history of Queer advocacy and allyship in the larger struggle for...

This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black. They discuss making the American food system more just and bringing more people of color back to farming. Plus, as always, Leah shares her Julia Moment. HRN...

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about mentorship, fostering it as a business owner and finding it as a cook. We are joined today by Chef Ed Lee and Lindsey Ofcacek, co-Founders of the LEE Initiative, which stands for Lets Empower Employment, the initiative which works to bring...

Not many chefs can boast a degree in Russian language and literature, but that was just one of the many accomplishments Tanya Holland achieved before gravitating to chefdom and gaining acclaim at her beloved Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland. While in Brooklyn for Star Chefs, Tanya found an hour to...

In this last portion of the James Beard Foundation Food Summit, facilitator Mitch Baranowski chats with Olivier DeSchutter (International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems), Phil Jones (City Food), Pamela Koch (Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy), Peggy Neu (The Monday Campaigns), and Hari Pulapaka (Stetson...

8th Annual Chefs Collaborative Summit 2017 “Growing Community, Owning the Future” Part Two Tamara Jones, Southeast African American Farmers Organic Network – by Erik Meadows Photography Chefs Collaborative was founded in 1993 as a non-profit network focused on inspiring, educating and celebrating chefs and food professionals dedicated to working towards...

Professor Angela Harris of UC Davis School of Law joins longtime civil rights activist, farmer and Terra Madre delegate Jim Embry in an exploration of the history of American agriculture as a site of citizenship and racialization. Angela Harris’ essay, “(Re)Integrating Spaces: The Color of Farming,” in the Savannah Law...