This year's Food is Medicine convenings brought together the people doing the work—from community orgs to indigenous health leaders. Thanks to the Ardmore Institute of Health for partnering with us to host these important convenings. www.aspenfood.org/fim #FoodIsMedicine #HealthEquity

May your panettone be light! @ckummer.bsky.social reveals the wonders of this holiday bread with Margery & Jim on Boston Public Radio. More: aspenfood.org/2025/12/23/m...

This year's Food is Medicine convenings brought together the people doing the work—from community orgs to indigenous health leaders. Thanks to the Ardmore Institute of Health for partnering with us to host these important convenings. www.aspenfood.org/fim #FoodIsMedicine #HealthEquity

2025 marked our first multi-cohort Food Leaders Fellows reunion! Beyond networking events, fellowship seminars lay the foundation of a lifelong movement of leaders working together to build a more fair, sustainable, and healthy future. More: ow.ly/SAQh50XLCHj

Some good news for a welcome change. On #BostonPublicRadio, @ckummer.bsky.social shared a @bostonglobe.com story about a Watertown restauranteur who gave away 400 meals to folks on SNAP. No questions asked. "If they came in, they needed it." Listen to this clip and more: ow.ly/8jxM50XKBrY

@ckummer.bsky.social in the wild!

@ckummer.bsky.social discusses a recent @nytimes.com story on decaf, and his research writing The Joy of Coffee. Final word: Give those beans a chance—your sleep schedule might thank you! Listen: aspenfood.org/2025/12/08/2... #DecafDoneRight #CoffeeCulture

🚨 FINAL DAY: Food Leaders Fellowship applications close at MIDNIGHT Pacific Time If you're an emerging food system leader ready to think bigger, this is your last chance to join our fifth cohort. Apply now: aspenfoodleaders.org #FoodLeaders #ApplicationDeadline

Listen to the entire segment with @ckummer.bsky.social: aspenfood.org/2025/12/03/b...

Our Food Leaders fellows come from everywhere: Corporate sustainability managers, nonprofit directors, farmers, policy experts, entrepreneurs. What unites them? A commitment to food system transformation. Applications to our 2026 cohort will close on December 5th. More: aspenfoodleaders.org

The Food Leaders Fellowship unites emerging leaders across sectors to ignite personal transformation and scalable change. Drawing on @aspeninstitute.bsky.social's legacy of leadership fellowships, we're building a community of food system innovators. Applications open: aspenfood.org/food-leaders...

Transforming food systems starts with transforming the people leading them 🌱 John Wang from the food project joined our 2025 food & society fellowship—connecting leaders from general mills to national young farmers. what's happening? real transformation. "We got to know each other as people first"

Just spoke with @aspenfood.bsky.social Fellow Seanicaa Herron, whose Freedmen Heirs Foundation is diverting funds to feed farmers during the SNAP crisis. Seanicaa's message: Our farmers need to know somebody cares about them. www.freedmenheirs.org/donate/#dona... aspenfood.org/fellow/seani...

We're thrilled to open applications Friday, November 7th for our FIFTH Food Leaders Fellowship cohort. Visit www.foodleadersfellows.org to meet our fellows, learn about the fellowship, and more. #foodleadersfellows #aspeninstitute #fellowship #leadership

🛡️ Everyone can help protect their communities from cyber threats. Join @aspenpolicyacademy.bsky.social’s new #CyberCivicEngagement training, developed with support from @CraigNewmarkPhilanthropies. #Take9. 📅 Oct 23 & Nov 20 | Free & Virtual 🔗 Register: aspenpolicyacademy.org/cyber-civic-...

Download the full Advances in the Food is Medicine Field Report to explore the priorities for action: www.healthcarexfood.org/en/science-o... Watch the panel: heart.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 2/2

Honored to moderate a panel on scaling food waste solutions with Elliott Wolf (LineageLogistics), Harry Chrispin (Hilton), Lorena Lourido Gomez (IKEAUSA) & David Rogers (WRAP_UK) at #ClimateWeekNYC. Watch, take notes & take action! aspenfood.org/2025/09/23/2... #FoodWaste #ClimateAction

From Boston Public Radio: we closed out with the concern of AI-generated content changing how we consume culinary information. What to do? Turn on the sound for our surprising solution! More: aspenfood.org/corby-kummer/ Source: Alexa Gagosz for @bostonglobe.com #FoodMedia #SupportJournalism

"They provide jobs, produce foot traffic, have lighted parking lots, are perceived as safe. They fill community needs beyond just filling shopping carts" - Ken Kolb, inaugural @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellow to @npr.org. More: www.npr.org/transcripts/... #CommunityDevelopment

Last night, Lidia Bastianich captivated a full house with her story of “Food, Family, and Tradition” hosted by the #aspeninstitute Society of Fellows.

Key takeaway from Boston Public Radio: While promising "healthier food for all," the administration has actually CUT over $1B in fresh food funding for schools & SNAP recipients. Listen here: aspenfood.org/2025/08/04/s...

Corby shared how our Food Leaders Fellowship transforms doubt into determination. #FoodSystems #Leadership #Community #Philanthropy #Sustainability

Thrilled to have moderated an incredible panel at Aspen Ideas Climate with: Michelle Egger @GriffithFoods, Melanie Chow Li @danonenorthamerica, and Ilana Braverman at Greener by Default shared powerful insights on transforming our food system. #FoodInnovation #ClimateAction #SustainableFood

In-person gatherings create a sense of community, breaking down isolation and sparking positive conflict that can lead to groundbreaking solutions. Grateful for partners Ardmore Institute of Health and Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine! More: aspenfood.org/fim/shaper-d... #FoodisMedicine

At 1 AM, after another day of kitchen abuse, Chef @ericripert of @LeBernardinNY tried to imagine a field of flowers. He couldn't. "I was in the dark." Watch @CKummer's full @AspenIdeas interview → youtu.be/K67QREzHZ40?... #Leadership #Vulnerability #FoodAndSociety

The most talked-about Culinary Conversation at #AspenIdeas: Chef Eric Ripert's transformation story. He's as open and soulful as he is gifted—which is why Le Bernardin NY is reserved for life's most special moments. Watch: youtu.be/K67QREzHZ40?... #FoodAndSociety #Leadership

When Food Leaders Fellows conspired to bring their cohort to Starkville, MS, the first cross-cohort reunion walked rain-soaked sweet potato fields, watched a robot pick raspberries, and returned full of ideas for the future of food. Subscribe: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/BECCA040...

Proud to spotlight the incredible work of our Food Leaders Fellowship! 🌟 These emerging leaders are building the future of food through connection, collaboration, and shared commitment to positive change. Their stories from Mississippi are truly inspiring. aspenfood.org/food-leaders...

As a result of the @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellowship, Jon Muth followed his dream to start a coffee roaster that would feature and support smallholder coffee growers. He showed Aspen Ideas goers how professionals cup coffee cupping using his special #AspenIdeas blend.

Grateful to have Sam Landercasper, Jon Muth, and Eden Vardy join me at #AspenIdeas for our first ever roundtable sessions! Meet Sam, Jon, Eden and all their fellow fellows: aspenfood.org/our-fellows #FoodLeadersFellows #AspenIdeas #FoodSystemsLeadership

Transformative leadership in food justice 🌟 New essay from Dion Dawson, Food Leaders Fellow & founder of Dion's Chicago Dream, on his "food is medicine" work delivering produce boxes to South Chicago families who need them most. ow.ly/SjuX50WhJy5 #FoodJustice #FoodIsMedicine

Christina Tosi was a basket of sunshine at our #AspenIdeas Culinary Conversation, making every single person want #Milkbar cereal ice cream and cookies on the spot. But they did get a taste of her five-ingredient, who’d-think-it-was vegan chocolate peanut butter crunch pie! @aspenfood.bsky.social

🌟 DREAM BIG, TEMECULA VALLEY! Remember that food idea you've been thinking about? It's time to make it real. Open Access Temecula Valley is now available for food entrepreneurs! Check it out: ow.ly/gnOm50Wh1ah

Thrilled to discuss #FoodIsMedicine at Aspen Ideas Health with amazing panelists: Hilary Seligman, John Lumpkin, and Wendy Slusser. Envisioning accessible good food for all! Watch: aspenfood.org/corby-kummer... #PublicHealth #FoodAccess

Required nutrition ed has long been high on wish lists, including ours @aspenfood.bsky.social. If #FoodIsMedicine, who better to help patients avoid food-related illnesses than frontline doctors? The problem is the disconnected patchwork of good programs now in place. abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk...

A FIRST! All four cohorts of Food Leaders Fellows together at Good Food for All Summit 2025 by Partnership for a Healthier America! The energy is electric seeing cohorts 1-4 connecting & collaborating. Shoutout to Stacy Dean always compelling & on point! #FoodLeadersFellows #GoodFoodForAll

🎧 Our @ckummer.bsky.social joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the Dirty Dozen & pesticide safety. Key takeaways: choose organic for high-residue produce & wash everything thoroughly. Listen to his insights: aspenfood.org/2025/06/13/c... #DirtyDozen #FoodSafety

🧵 THREAD: Why 90% of food businesses fail in their first year (and how we're changing that) Access to capital is the #1 barrier for food entrepreneurs - especially for people of color and first-time owners. Here's what we built to fix it 👇

What does the future of food look like? Let's start with these 72 @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellows who are showing us the way! Meet the full cohort: aspenfood.org/food-leaders... #aspeninstitute #FoodLeadersFellowship

Never a dull moment when @ckummer.bsky.social is on #bostonpublicradio!

I may have been diplomatically outnumbered 2-1 on air, but I'm standing firm on my pro tip on office microwave etiquette. Spray cleaner + paper towels = your salvation That fishy smell isn't just lingering, it's ADHERING to surfaces like barnacles #bostonpublicradio aspenfood.org/2025/06/05/f...

Join The Culinary Institute of America's Menus of Change featuring @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellows: Anne McBride (The James Beard Foundation) Tariq Sheriff (DC food policy innovator) Rebecca Chesney (regenerative food systems expert) Watch: menusofchange.org/webcast #MenusOfChange

Food & Society at the AspenInstitute welcomes its fourth cohort of 18 emerging leaders to the Food Leaders Fellowship community! Among them are fellows combating nutritional insecurity, spearheading regenerative agriculture strategies, and more. More: aspenfood.org/food-leaders...

With the use of Ozempic, dining out has transformed into a delicate dance of portion control and social dynamics—where the plate may NOT be smaller, but fellow diners might be eyeing a great opportunity. From Boston Public Radio More: aspenfood.org/2025/05/19/f...

🌟 A heartfelt thank you to our incredible panelists for sharing their insights and expertise at the recent MFSN Summit hosted by our co-producers, Share Our Strength! Watch now: aspenfood.org/video/conver... #FoodJustice #MFSNSummit #NonprofitCollaboration #FoodIsMedicine

Caree Cotwright, in a Conversation on Food Justice that @aspenfood at @AspenInstitute is lucky to co-sponsor with @ShareStrength, calls Food Leaders Fellow Dion Dawson Food is Medicine produce delivery a national model for others. More: aspenfood.org/conversation...

TODAY: Conversations on Food Justice @aspenfood.bsky.social with our partners Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry, we will dive into "The Role of SNAP and WIC in the Food is Medicine Spectrum" — an essential conversation. 📅 4-5 p.m. ET 🔗 Register: aspenfood.org/2025/04/22/c...

Join @aspenfood.bsky.social & Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry on May 7th for Conversations on Food Justice – The Role of SNAP and WIC in the Food is Medicine Spectrum. Discover how programs like SNAP and WIC are tools to ensure access to nutritious food for all. Register: ow.ly/9K0N50VGErX

🍽️ Small food businesses build communities! Through our Open Access initiative, cities like Baltimore now offer web portals guiding entrepreneurs from concept to thriving food business. Partner with us to strengthen your local food economy: aspenfood.org/open-access/ #FoodEntrepreneurs