Talks & Demos

The Ethnographic Diet: Transform Your Life While Eating Foods You Love!

TED Countdown Dilemma Series (2024)
”Our savory, spicy, significant relationship with food”

National Agriculture in the Classroom (2024)
“Telling Stories about Food and Farming ”
Workshop: “Connecting Science and Agriculture Literacy”

ReFed (2024)
“A Fusion of Flavors: The Cultural Footprint of What We Eat and Don’t Eat”

Natural Products Expo West (2024)
Keynote: ”Gen Z Foodlife Study: Nourishing Modern Hungers”

CJ Foods Summit (2024)
”Global Trends and Fermentation”

Open Book and FoodPrint (2024)
“Kimchi, Kraut-chi and Storytime” at DC Public Schools

DC MLK Library (2024)
“Kimchi, Kraut-chi and Storytime: Sandor Katz and The Tiny Wild”

San Francisco Public Library (2024)
The Ethnographic Diet: “Nourishing Modern Hungers”
Fermentation: “Kimchi, Kraut-chi and Storytime”

American Library Association (2023)
”Diversity and Inclusion through Food Literacy and Stories about our Food Cultures”

NYC Public Schools (2023)
”Connecting Science and Culture...with a Little Bit of Dazzle and Tiny Wild”

California Agriculture in the Classroom (2023)
Fermentation Workshop: “Kimchi, Kraut-chi and Storytime”
and Author panel “Telling Stories about Food”

The Good Food Conference (2023)
”Bridging the gap between food tech and food culture”

Food Tank (2023)
“Climate Change and the Taste of Umami”

Google Food Lab (2023)
“Taste of Space - Signals from Zoomers, Futurists and Foodlife Ethnography”

California Agriculture in the Classroom (2022)
Celebrating Food Heroes through Picture Book Biographies and other stories

Foodwise Cooking Demo (2022)
”Food Literacy”

Niman Ranch Hog Farmers Appreciation Dinner (2022)
“Gen Z Foodlife Cohort”

Colgate Naturals Workshop (2019)
“Higher Quality Experiences / For All”

JET / Walmart Labs Workshop (2018)
“Re-routing Lines of Future Fresh”

Bread Lab Grain Gathering (2017)
“Power of Foodcare in a Salvage Economy”

Monterey Bay Aquarium Sustainable Food Institute (2016)
“Trends in Food: A conversation with June Jo Lee”

Nutrition & Health Conference (2016)
“In Pursuit of Fresh, Flavor and Soulfulness”

PepsiCo Bioactives Summit (2016)
“The Magical Power of Bioactives in Personalized Beverages and Snacks”

Barilla Influencers Summit (2016)
“Trends in Fresh, Flavorful and Soulful and the Role of Grains”

Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (2016)
“Gen Z: Understanding and Engaging Students”

Bunge Nutrition Influencers Workshop (2015)
”Eating Culture: Why Culture Matters”

CIA Worlds of Flavor (2015)
“Asian Flavors, Consumer Perspective”

AmorePacific Workshop (2014)
“Health & Wellness Trends in U.S.: A Cultural Approach”

Oldways Whole Grains Council (2014)
“Whole Grain Trends and Consumer Attitudes”

CIA Healthy Kitchens (2014)
“Healthy Eating: A Peek Into Your Patients’ Homes & Refrigerators”

CIA Worlds of Flavor (2013)
“Millennials in Focus: The Emerging Food Culture of the Young & Restless”

CIA Menu of Change (2013)
“The Next Seating: How Changing Demographics Affect Consumer Demands”

In the news

NYT, Is Your Salad Habit Good for the Planet? (2018)

Green Book, What is Ethnographic Research? Really?

NYT, Failure to Lunch (2016)

Ideas in Health & Fitness, Bending American Food Culture (2013)