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2020 American Food Heroes

Meet the Woman Greening Up the Ocean & Atmosphere with Kelp

Meet the Woman Greening Up the Ocean & Atmosphere with Kelp

President & CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, Briana Warner, is using an unlikely plant to help clean up the ocean and more.

Meet the Woman Fighting Hunger in 60,000 Food Pantries Across the U.S.

Meet the Woman Fighting Hunger in 60,000 Food Pantries Across the U.S.

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, is on a mission to eradicate hunger in the U.S.

More 2020 American Food Heroes

How Taco Bell Is Making Drive-Thru Better for You

How Taco Bell Is Making Drive-Thru Better for You

This registered dietitian is determined to give the well-loved chain a healthy upgrade.

This Company Is Scaling Up Humanely Raised Pork

This Company Is Scaling Up Humanely Raised Pork

See how one rancher took sustainable pork raising to a macro scale.

This CEO Is on a Mission to Eradicate Single-Use Packaging

This CEO Is on a Mission to Eradicate Single-Use Packaging

How One Company Is Incentivizing Sustainable Farming

How One Company Is Incentivizing Sustainable Farming

How this CEO Is Creating Equal Access to Healthy Foods

How this CEO Is Creating Equal Access to Healthy Foods

Meet the Couple Using Their Company to Fund Climate Change Innovations

Meet the Couple Using Their Company to Fund Climate Change Innovations

Tyson Is Taking Plant-Based Mainstream—Here’s How

Justin Whitmore, Executive Vice President at Tyson, saw alternative proteins as an opportunity for the meat producing giant.

All American Food Heroes

Jason Mraz: The Accidental Avocado Farmer

Jason Mraz: The Accidental Avocado Farmer

I’m Sorry, Michael Pollan

I’m Sorry, Michael Pollan

Leah Penniman's Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY is cultivating a fairer food system for all.

Farming While Black: How One Woman Is Improving Access to Healthy Food for Black Families

Learn how he's helping save NYC, one oyster shell at a time.

Meet the Man Bringing One Billion Oysters to NYC

Anthony Bourdain Brought Cultures and People Together Through Food

Anthony Bourdain Brought Cultures and People Together Through Food

Our annual American Food Heroes list honors 10 people doing amazing things to make food better in our country.

2019 EatingWell American Food Heroes

Harvard professor Walter Willett, M.D., has been crusading against harmful trans fats for two decades.

Meet the Man Responsible for Getting Trans Fats Out of Our Food

Spotlight on 5 Sustainable U.S. Shellfish Farms that are Getting It Right

Spotlight on 5 Sustainable U.S. Shellfish Farms that are Getting It Right

American Food Heroes is our annual list of people making food in America better right now. Help us choose next year's winners!

Call for Nominations: EatingWell's American Food Heroes

José Andrés' World Central Kitchen Is on the Ground Helping Flood Victims in Nebraska and Iowa

José Andrés' World Central Kitchen Is on the Ground Helping Flood Victims in Nebraska and Iowa

What Is Quinoa? How Quinoa Became America's Hottest Whole Grain and Brought New Income to Bolivian Farmers

What Is Quinoa? How Quinoa Became America's Hottest Whole Grain and Brought New Income to Bolivian Farmers

Organic Farming Success Story: Growing Organic Strawberries in California

Organic Farming Success Story: Growing Organic Strawberries in California

There is so much more than delicious food being served at this string of restaurants, inns and farm markets.

Make Food Not War: A Growing Network of Businesses is Empowering Women and Refugees in Lebanon

Pulling for Pollinators

Pulling for Pollinators

EatingWell Interviews Author Michael Pollan About His Book, "Cooked"

EatingWell Interviews Author Michael Pollan About His Book, "Cooked"

Meet the Farmer: Hawaii Pineapple Farmer Ken Love

Meet the Farmer: Hawaii Pineapple Farmer Ken Love

Pingree is pushing to up organic standards and get more funding for organic programs in the farm bill.

Meet Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree: An Organic Farmer with a Mission

Guy Fieri Cooked Dinner for First Responders of the Camp Fire

Guy Fieri Cooked Dinner for First Responders of the Camp Fire

EatingWell Interviews Robert Lustig on America's Obesity Epidemic

EatingWell Interviews Robert Lustig on America's Obesity Epidemic

One Woman's Campaign to Feed the Hungry in Her Community

One Woman's Campaign to Feed the Hungry in Her Community

This Man Thinks We Should Be Eating More Fermented Foods

This Man Thinks We Should Be Eating More Fermented Foods

Great Job: Healthy Workplaces

Great Job: Healthy Workplaces

Jamie Oliver’s New Food Revolution

Jamie Oliver’s New Food Revolution

“[N]o person should have to go through the pain of not knowing what to feed the children,” the chef said in a video tweet from Puerto Rico.

José Andrés Opens Kitchen in D.C. to Feed Federal Workers

Katie Forrest & Taylor Collins are championing regenerative agriculture and the nose-to-tail movement in an epic way.

EPIC Founders Are Changing the Meat Industry One Protein Bar at a Time