Author: Karen Spies

Hayden Dansky (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is a Co-Founder and the current Executive Director of Boulder Food Rescue, a nonprofit that works to create a more just and less wasteful food system through sustainable redistribution of healthy food and working to decrease…

A Dartmouth College and University of Colorado School of Law graduate, Clay Fong began writing about food in 2006 by co-authoring a guide book, “The Gyro’s Journey: Affordable Ethnic Eateries along the Front Range.” That same year, he also became…

Master Puppeteer Cory Gilstrap has 27 years of experience working in television and theater. He is “Denver’s premier puppet builder,” according to The Denver Post. His award-winning creations have been seen on countless stages nationwide and on broadcast commercial television.…

Formerly a vegetarian, Kate Kavanaugh co-owns Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe in Denver. Its meat is grass-fed and pasture-raised within 250 miles of Denver. The shop’s butchers break down the entire animal into cuts for customers. She is committed to changing…

David Kay is the Senior Manager of Communications & Operations and first employee at Memphis Meats, a food company developing a way to produce real meat, poultry and seafood by growing animal cells without the need to raise full animals.…

David Laskarzewski is co-founder and co-director of UpRoot Colorado (UpRoot), as well as coordinator of the Farm & Food Mobile Workforce pilot project, a collaborative effort working to bring on-demand and efficient labor to Colorado farmers and ranchers. Dave was…

One of the leads of First Cow, Orion Lee worked in the finance industry as a fund manager before retraining as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. A transformative actor working across theater, film, and…

John Lehndorff has written and talked about food in Colorado since 1978. For more than 20 years he has hosted Radio Nibbles weekly on KGNU. John is the former Food Editor and columnist of the Daily Camera, Dining Critic of…

Alan Lewis navigates food and agriculture policy at Natural Grocers while developing the supply chain for regenerative producers and products. He will moderate the discussion and Q&A after Sacred Cow.

Liz Marshall is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker. Since the 1990s, she has written, produced, directed, and filmed diverse international and socially conscious documentaries. Her work has been released theatrically and online, broadcast globally, and has screened for hundreds of grassroots…