Tessa Edick

Tessa Edick is a journalist, author, school food activist, philanthropist, food entrepreneur, executive director and founder of the FarmOn! Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and public charity that created a grass roots movement to change food and inspire youth education in agriculture. Edick's first book, Hudson Valley Food and Farming: Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me That?, was published in 2014. Edick writes a bimonthly column, "Meet Your Farmer," and for the national quarterly Modern...See more

Tessa Edick is a journalist, author, school food activist, philanthropist, food entrepreneur, executive director and founder of the FarmOn! Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and public charity that created a grass roots movement to change food and inspire youth education in agriculture. Edick's first book, Hudson Valley Food and Farming: Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me That?, was published in 2014. Edick writes a bimonthly column, "Meet Your Farmer," and for the national quarterly Modern Farmer. She resides in Copake Lake, New York, with her partner, a twelve-year NBA veteran of the Boston Celtics, and an English bulldog and an English mastiff--Ms Ruby Juice and Lady Trudie Astor, respectively. Kathleen Willcox is a journalist who writes about food, wine, beer and popular culture; her work has appeared in Edible: Capital District, Edible: Green Mountains, Hudson Valley Wine magazine, VinePair, on United Stations Radio Network and in many other media. She lives in Saratoga Springs with her husband, Stephen Repsher, and their young twins, Emily and Miles. See less