Anya Fernald
| Anya Fernald | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1975 (age 40–41) Germany |
| Residence | Oakland, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation | Co-founder & CEO, Belcampo |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Renato Sardo (m. 2004–12)[1] |
| Website |
belcampoinc |
Anya Fernald (born 1975) is a sustainable food expert and the co-founder and CEO of Belcampo. She has appeared as a judge on the Food Network's Iron Chef America and The Next Iron Chef.
Early life and education
Fernald was born on a farm outside Munich, Germany, while her parents were teaching and researching abroad. When she was 3 years old, her family moved back to the United States, eventually settling in Palo Alto, California.[2] After graduating from Wesleyan University with a degree in political science,[3] she received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, leading to work as an itinerant cheesemaker in Europe and North Africa.[2]
Career
Europe (2000-05)
From 2000 to 2001, Fernald developed and implemented business and marketing plans for small-scale cheese makers in Sicily for a European Union-funded rural development initiative, CoRFiLaC. She then moved on to direct the International Presidia program at Slow Food in Bra, Italy, where she devised and instigated a micro-investment program that managed business planning and marketing for small-scale artisan food producers in countries such as Madagascar, Sweden, Ecuador and Bosnia between 2001 and 2005.[4][5]
United States (2006-present)
Soon after returning to California in 2006, Fernald began working with Alice Waters as executive director of Slow Food Nation to organize and direct a statewide farm-to-school and farm-to-hospital initiative in over 100 low income schools and hospitals,.[2][6][7]
In 2007, Fernald founded Live Culture Co., a business and marketing consulting firm that, in its three years of activity, helped for-profit and nonprofit companies create sustainable food businesses and develop events to showcase sustainable foods.[2][5][8] In 2009, she created the Eat Real Festival, an annual, two-day food festival that takes place in Oakland, California, and is attended by over 100,000 people each year. The festival focuses on food and drinks produced locally, sustainably and organically.[3][9] In 2011, she founded the nonprofit Food Craft Institute, and currently serves as its board chair.[9]
To further advocate sustainable agriculture, Fernald frequently delivers keynotes and appears on panels, including the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colorado, alongside Mario Batali.[10] She authored the book A World Of Presidia: Food, Culture & Community for Slow Food, and contributed to various other Slow Food books, including Slow Food Nation's Come to the Table: The Slow Food Way of Living.
Belcampo
In November 2012, the Belcampo Meat Co. storefront opened its doors in Marin County, California, following the opening of Belcampo Butchery, a 10,000 square foot, USDA-approved multi-species slaughter facility designed by animal welfare expert Temple Grandin, and a nearby 20,000-acre farm. Belcampo also has an eco-lodge and a 23,000-acre farm in Belize.[3][4][7][11] It has butcher shops and restaurants in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Palo Alto, Marin and San Francisco. In December 2015, Belcampo launched Belcampo by Mario Batali - a line of slow-cured salumi products - in partnership with Mario Batali.[12][13] Fernald co-founded the company and serves as its CEO.[11]
Television
Fernald has made frequent appearances as a judge on the Food Network's Iron Chef America, and was a judge on the second season of The Next Iron Chef.[5]
Honors
In 2010, Fernald was named one of 40 Big Food Thinkers 40 and Under by Food & Wine magazine,[14] and one of the New York Times' Nifty 50, recognizing America's up-and-coming talent.[8]
Personal life
Fernald resides in Oakland, California.[7]
References
- ↑ Carol Ness, "Down to a Science," San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, 2006.
- 1 2 3 4 Tara Duggan, "Anya Fernald brings sustainable food to masses," San Francisco Chronicle, May 30, 2010.
- 1 2 3 Emily Kaiser Thelin, "The Locavore Empire of Anya Fernald," Food & Wine, January 2013.
- 1 2 Josh Sens, "Anya Fernald's Empire of Meat," San Francisco, March 26, 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Anya Fernald: Getting Real with Sustainability," Archived January 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Organic Connections. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ Carol Ness, "Chez Kaiser's food revolution / Hospital experiment putting locally grown produce on patients' plates," San Francisco Chronicle, August 6, 2006.
- 1 2 3 Richard Bradley, "Fields of Green," Worth, February/March 2013.
- 1 2 Christine Muhlke, "The Nifty 50: Anya Fernald, Food Consultant," New York Times Magazine, January 12, 2010.
- 1 2 Renée Frojo, "Anya Fernald brings fresh food to Oakland," San Francisco Business Times, September 17, 2012.
- ↑ Hayley Bosch, "Insider's Guide To Food And Wine Classic In Aspen," Forbes, June 12, 2013.
- 1 2 Dana Goodyear, "Elite Meat," The New Yorker, November 3, 2014.
- ↑ Belcampo by Mario Batali http://www.belcampobymariobatali.com/. Retrieved 29 December 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Eater SF http://sf.eater.com/2015/12/15/10232108/mario-batali-belcampo-meat-co-salumi. Retrieved 12 December 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Anya Fernald: Slow-Food Activist," Food & Wine, November 2010.