Who: Kate Adamick, president of NYC-based Food Systems Solutions LLC
What She does: A consultant that specializes in institutional meal reform, including “comprehensive farm-to-cafeteria programs as a way to improve institutional food and aid in developing local and sustainable agriculture systems.” Her current clients include Berkeley Unified School District (California), Montecito Union School District (California), Katonah-Lewisboro School District (New York), the Manhattan Country School (New York), St. Francis Hospital (New York) and The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.
One cool thing she has done: As project director of SchoolFood Plus Initiative, she successfully led a multi-agency effort to improve the eating habits, health and education of over 1.1 million NYC students by incorporating locally grown foods into school lunch programs.
Read more about her here and here.
~LTG!
