The money raised will support From the Ground Up an initiative to fully equip DIG’s Local Facilitators as they grow and adapt our programs in Kenya, Uganda, and Senegal.
These women and men are preparing the most marginalized members of society to become key contributors to resilient local food systems.
Maurietta Amos – Good Sugar
Mitchel Anderson – MetroFresh
Tiffanie Barriere – The Drinking Coach mixologist
Jennifer Hill Booker – James Beard Food Waste Advisory Council – Southern Divas of the New South
Angus Brown – 8 Arm
Anne Bryn – The Cake Doctor
Erika Council – Southern Soufflé
Kevin Clark – Home Grown GA
Meridith Ford – Cremalosa Gelato
Seth Freedman – PeachDish
Kamal Grant – Sublime Donuts
Linda Harrell – Cibo e Beve
Jason Hill – Wisteria
Linton Hopkins – James Beard Winner – H&F Burger, Restaurant Eugene, Holeman & Finch
Yoshifusa Kinjo – Nakato Japanese Restaurant
Terry Koval -Wrecking Bar Brewpub
Zach Meloy – Pulpit Suppers, Better Half
Pat Pascarella – The White Bull & Grana
Daniel Peach – Chai Pani
Mark Phillips – Southern Temptations
Russ Pysell – Yummy Street
Savannah Sasser – Hampton + Hudson
Steven Satterfield – James Beard Winner – Miller Union,
Brian So – James Beard Nominated – Spring
Zeb Stevenson – Watershed
David Sweeney
Deborah VanTrece – Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours
Suzanne Vizethann – Buttermilk Kitchen
Joey Ward – Gunshow, Southern Belle, Georgia Boy
Chef Zu – Kings Apron
Francesca Arniotes – Castles and Kitchens
Tom Becker – Castles and Kitchens
Katrina Brink – The Empowered Kitchen
Ethan Brown – Bird and Jim, (Estes Park, CO)
Ryan Crane -Mixologist
Brandon Engel – private chef
Andrew Ray
Sara Crissman – Mixologist
Pierre Thiam – Yolele Foods & Teranga
Phillip Ashley – Phillip Ashley Choclates