Lori Ann Thrupp

Lori Ann Thrupp, PhD is Executive Director of the Berkeley Food Institute, University of California (UC) Berkeley, which is aims to catalyze and support the transformation of food and agriculture systems, to promote sustainability, justice, diversity, resilience and health. Ann has extensive experience in sustainable and organic agriculture and food systems, in the United States and internationally. For over 25 years, she has been a pioneer in this field – i.e., actively involved in pursuing sustainability in agricultural development and agroecology, through research, education, public service, and in farming business – long before the topic became popular. She has held leadership positions in non-profit organizations, government, academia, and as a practitioner and educator in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, and in environmental/food justice.