Kirby Barth, Author at Food Tank

Kirby Barth

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Kirby is a passionate food researcher and a former Fellow on the Food Tank team. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2016 with a degree in Anthropology, and minors in Psychology and Spanish. After writing her undergraduate thesis about food culture in Seville, Spain, one of her favorite places on earth, she has continued to pursue learning more about food culture in everyday life. She organizes food-themed events for Atlas Obscura Society Chicago, and spends her free time volunteering, rock climbing, traveling, and biking. She's especially interested in reducing food waste and solving hunger and malnutrition.

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