Michaele Weissman is the author of God in a Cup.
Andy Crouch is the author of GREAT AMERICAN CRAFT BEER: A Guide to the Nation's Finest Beers and Breweries.
The Perennial Plate is an online documentary series dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous eating. The episodes follow the culinary, agricultural and hunting explorations of chef and activist Daniel Klein and filmmaker Mirra Fine.
Michel Richard is a chef, restaurateur and author. He has received several James Beard awards and is the author of Home Cooking with a French Accent and Happy in the Kitchen.
Julia Reed is an author and writer. She is a contributing editor for Newsweek, where she writes the monthly “Food and Drink” column, and has written for Vogue, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times, The Spectator and Southern Accents. She is the author of Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena, Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns and Other Southern Specialties and The House on First Street.
Chris Fair is an assistant professor in the Center for Peace and Security Studies within Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and a senior fellow with the Counter Terrorism Center at West Point. She previously served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer to the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and as a senior research associate in USIP's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. She is the author of Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States.
Padma Lakshmi is an actress, model, writer and host of the television show "Top Chef." She has written two cookbooks: Easy Exotic, which won the International Versailles Prize for Best First Cookbook, and Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet. She has appeared in "30 Rock," "The Ten Commandments," "Sharpe's Challenge," "Mistress of Spices," and modeled for Ralph Lauren, Emmanuel Ungaro, Alberta Ferretti, Versus and Roberto Cavalli.
Steven Hopp is the founder and director of the Meadowview Farmers Guild. He is the co-author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and has published papers in bioacoustics, ornithology, animal behavior and sustainable agriculture. He is an adjunct professor of environmental studies at Emory & Henry College.
Camille Kingsolver is an advocate for the local-food movement and co-author of the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
Barbara Kingsolver is an author and freelance writer. She has written numerous novels, including The Poisonwood Bible (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Orange Prize, and winner of the national book award of South Africa), Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (winner of the James Beard award), and The Lacuna (winner of the Orange Prize). She has contributed to more than 50 literary anthologies, and has had reviews and articles published in major newspapers and magazines. Kingsolver was named one the most important writers of the 20th Century by Writers Digest, received the National Humanities Medal in 2000, and was awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2011. She established the PEN / Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.