Lisa Held is the host of the Farm Report here on HRN. She's also a journalist covering Food Policy in Washington and beyond. To say that she knows about food and the big picture would be an understatement.

Tom Dennen and his Wife Natalie met in Business School and landed in Rhode Island as the midpoint between their respective childhood homes in Philadelphia and Maine.

Karl Schatz and Margaret Hathaway were liviing in New York in 2003 when they traveled the country to learn everything they could about raising goats and making cheese.

For 26 years Peter Hoffman presided over the kitchen (and everything else) at Savoy, Back Forty and Back Forty West.

Peter Kim grew up in the midwest with his Korean born parents, that meant having a whole fridge dedicated to Kimchi (sounds pretty great) Later he lived in rural Cameroon among other places.

Shannie McCabe is an educator writer and farmer with Baker Creek Heirloom seeds.

Kaleena Teoh and Sum Ngai were friends in school back in Malaysia, but it wasn't until years later in NY that they decided to start Coffee Project NY.

Ted Dennard got interested in bees when we have 13 years old and a neighbor placed a few hives on his families property. He fell in love with honey first, and his love affair has only increased more and more over the last 42 years.

In 2010 when Matt Cohen started Off the Grid there weren't that many events or places for food trucks and small pop-up retaurants to operate, and connect with customers.

Suzy Karadsheh started themediterraneandish.com as a way to store her families recipes for her children in 2014. It's since become a major resource for people looking to the mediterranean diet or looking for a falafel recipe.