The future of food is here, and it’s decidedly female. The editors of Food & Wine and Fortune magazines teamed up to spotlight women entrepreneurs, activists and leaders in the food world who’ve worked in the past year to transform the way people dine. Twenty earned a spot on their Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink 2016 list.
Here are five standouts from the report by Food & Wine and Fortune (which, like TIME, are owned by Time Inc.).
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Emily Broad Leib
At the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, Leib is tackling the enormous problem of wasted food, which crowds landfills and leaves many hungry, by trying to change legislation around the way food is labeled. “We want to make labeling laws clearer, so when people pick up a yogurt, they know when it’s OK to eat it and when to throw it out,” she tells Food & Wine and Fortine. It may also make perfectly fine food easier to donate.
The 5 Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink
The future of food is here, and it’s decidedly female. The editors of Food & Wine and Fortune magazines teamed up to spotlight women entrepreneurs, activists and leaders in the food world who’ve worked in the past year to transform the way people dine. Twenty earned a spot on their Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink 2016 list.
Here are five standouts from the report by Food & Wine and Fortune (which, like TIME, are owned by Time Inc.).
Mackenzie Barth & Sarah Adler
The two college pals founded Spoon University, a recipe website and digital media training program for young people who want to make good food—and good content around it.