Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Sustainable food activist and sales/marketing/pr workaholic who believes in the value of land, farming and real food and celebrates those people behind the plow!

Work History

• Lion's Tooth Media
• Founder
• January 2003 to Present

• Lion’s Tooth Media exists to tell the stories of the people behind the sustainable food movement via online publishing and marketing. LTM seeks to promote, celebrate and bring awareness to sustainable agricultural campaigns, local food producers, farmers, chefs, restaurateurs, non-profit organizations, and everyone in between who is currently pushing the Real Food movement forward. We do advocacy, not just public relations, we build community and trust in our clients’ products, whether it’s a gallon of milk or an online farmers market. We not only work to expand our clients’ online and traditional print media presence with the goal of increasing brand recognition with consumers but we also create selling opportunities for our clients in the New York City retail marketplace and beyond as well.

• WNYC
• Contributing Producer
• January 2003 to Present

• Currently producer of segments featuring sustainable food advocates on New York City's public radio show, The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC. Formerly the Contributing Producer of a monthly series with Gourmet magazine’s Editor-in Chief Ruth Reichl with special guests like Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle, Dan Barber. Often tackled controversial topics like childhood obesity, GMOs, and factory farming. Also a producer of segments on world/political issues with guests such as journalists Seymour Hersh, Fareed Zakaria, and international photographer Sebastiao Salgado, among others. Winner of the 2006 James Beard Foundation/Viking King Range Broadcast Media Award for Best Radio Food Show.

• Fertile Ground USA
• Editor and Publisher
• March 2008 to Present

• Creator of an online e-zine that “investigates the sustainability of sustainable agriculture” and “celebrates the people behind the plow.” Following the latest in farming trends and current events in the world of local, seasonal, organic and healthy foods, this zine publishes commentaries by experts in the field along with featuring original articles. Special column written last season by a young farmer Sara Franklin called “Breaking Ground: Musings of a New Farmer” which explored the gaining interest in returning back to the land for the latest generation of college grads. Original articles often re-posted on the CT Green Scene and Civil Eats [Slow Food] blogs.

Education

• University of Memphis
• Master of Arts, Communication, Documentary Production
• 1989 - 1992

• Indiana University
• Bachelor of Arts, TV Production, Comparative Literature, Theatre
• 1983 - 1987

• Originally attended university to study voice.