Food Tank’s Refresh Working Group
The Refresh Working Group (RWG) brings together food, agriculture, and technology experts to ensure the positive application and responsible use of emerging technologies and data across these sectors. The group represents multisector stakeholders from across the agriculture, food, and technology industries, including distribution, retail, and consumer goods. RWG strives to ensure robust and healthy agriculture, and food marketplaces where innovation thrives and where small and big players alike can drive positive improvements throughout the global food system.
To join or for more information about Food Tank’s Refresh Working Group please email Food Tank Co-founder Bernard Pollack at bernard@foodtank.com
Refresh Working Group Publications
Refresh Working Group Members
Founder, Executive Director
Little Herds
Head of Research
Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition
VP, Operations, Membership & Belonging
One Step Closer
Founder & Chief Revenue Officer
HerdDogg
Owner
Santa Cruz Farm
CEO
MyAgData
Founder and CEO
The Cook's Nook
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Principal
Ice Miller LLP
Senior Research Analyst
Euromonitor International
Founder and CEO
Bowery Farming
Founder and CEO
Farmwave
Managing Partner
Bluestein Ventures
Founder and CEO
Swell Creative Group
Head of Innovation Strategy and Partnerships
American Family Insurance
Founder and Partner
Envisible
CEO and Founder
Helaina
Global Vending Solutions Manager
Facebook
Privacy Manager
Google
Professor of Biological Systems Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
CEO; Co-Owner
Farm Generations Coop; Hearty Roots Farm
SVP and Market Leader
New Hope Network
Associate Director
University of Wisconsin Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Director of Data Science
HerdDogg
Vice President of Impact Strategy
Iron Ox
Founder
Sankofa Cooperatives
Founder
The Female Farmer Project
Co-Founder, Executive Director
Zero Footprint
Founder and President
Wholesome Wave
Senior Director of Programs
Fair Food Network
Managing Director, Hunger Solutions Institute
Auburn University
Risk Assessment Lead, Plant Health
Bayer Crop Science
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Informatics Lab, Purdue University
Head of Sustainability
Aleph Farms
Co-Founder
New Barn
Co-Founder and CEO
EarthSense
Executive Director
Tufts Food & Nutrition Institute
Founder and CEO
Cooks Venture
Co-Owner and Organic Grower
Rise & Root Farm
Nutrition Innovation and Implementation Director
Boston Medical Center
President and CEO
U.S. Hunger
CEO
AgriSource Data
President
Wright’s Market
Founder & Chief Content Director
From Farms to Incubators
Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator
University of California, Merced
