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Our annual American Food Heroes list honors the people doing extraordinary things to make food better in our country.
Aubrey Gordon
Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes—the Hosts of the Podcast 'Maintenance Phase'—Will Make You Rethink Everything You Know About Nutrition
2022 American Food Heroes
Timothy Harlan
This Doctor Is Prescribing Food as Medicine, and It's Making Patients Healthier
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MLB All-Star Curtis Granderson Is Working to Strike Out Child Hunger
Daniela Ibarra-Howell
Can Regenerative Agriculture Save the World's Grasslands? This Rancher Says Yes
Stephen Satterfield
Stephen Satterfield is Changing the Way We Tell Stories About Food
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How Patagonia Is Reshaping Sustainable Food Through Their Provisions Line
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Anthony Bourdain Brought Cultures and People Together Through Food
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How Guy Fieri Went From Flavortown to Feeding Frontline Workers
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Meet Sean Sherman—the Sioux Chef Making Healthy Indigenous Food Accessible & Restoring Community Traditions
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2021 American Food Heroes
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COVID-19 Almost Shut Down America's Chinatowns. Grace Young Is Fighting to Keep Them in Business
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This Company Is Scaling Up Humanely Raised Pork
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Meet the Innovator Behind the Plant-Based Meat Movement
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Chipotle Set New Standards for Sustainability on a Massive Scale—Here's How
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Leafy Greens Are the Biggest Contributors to Food Waste in America, But This Man Is Here to Change That
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Meet the Woman Empowering Black Farmers to Fight Against Land Loss
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Call for Nominations: EatingWell's American Food Heroes
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Meet the Man Bringing One Billion Oysters to NYC
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Make Food Not War: A Growing Network of Businesses is Empowering Women and Refugees in Lebanon
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Meet the Woman Greening Up the Ocean & Atmosphere with Kelp
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Meet the Couple Using Their Company to Fund Climate Change Innovations
This Chef Is Working with Doctors to Prescribe Food As Medicine, And It's Making Patients Healthier
This Chef Is Working with Doctors to Prescribe Food as Medicine, and It's Making Patients Healthier
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How One Woman Is Solving the Urban Food Desert Problem with a Grocery Store on Wheels
Meet the Man Responsible for Getting Trans Fats Out of Our Food
Meet the Man Responsible for Getting Trans Fats Out of Our Food
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How One Woman Is Advocating for the Health, Safety & Rights of Migrant Farm Workers
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How A Single Mom Used Coupons to Feed the Hungry More Than 100,000 Meals
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This Woman Left Her Job to Start a CSA for Farm-Fresh Eggs
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How this CEO Is Creating Equal Access to Healthy Foods
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Meet the Woman Fighting Hunger in 60,000 Food Pantries Across the U.S.
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How One CSA Is Nourishing Underserved Communities & Supporting Black Woman-Owned Businesses
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How Listening to Consumers Helped Perdue Chicken Go Antibiotic Free
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Bees Help Grow Over 35 Percent of Our Food Crops. Meet the Woman Trying to Save Them.
Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
Meet Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree: An Organic Farmer with a Mission
Suzy DeYoung La Soupe
This Woman Is Turning Food Waste Into Meals for Hungry Kids
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How Taco Bell Is Making Drive-Thru Better for You
Leah Penniman
Farming While Black: How One Woman Is Improving Access to Healthy Food for Black Families
Joann Lo & Jose Oliva
Meet the People Giving a Voice to Food Industry Workers
Slavery Plagues the Seafood Industry, Here's How One Woman Is Making a Difference
Slavery Plagues the Seafood Industry; Here's How One Woman Is Making a Difference
Beth Ford
Why Land O'Lakes Is Turning to the Internet to Help Farmers Grow
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2019 EatingWell American Food Heroes
American Food Heroes
2017 American Food Heroes
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How This Man Is Helping Cut Down On Food Waste, One Avocado at a Time
Celebrity Chef Tom Colicchio Is on a Mission to End Hunger for Veterans
Celebrity Chef Tom Colicchio Is on a Mission to End Hunger for Veterans
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2020 American Food Heroes
Healthy Dirt? According to One Sustainabilty Expert, Our Future Depends On It
Why Our Future Depends on Healthy Soil
2018 EatingWell American Food Heroes
2018 EatingWell American Food Heroes
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This CEO Is on a Mission to Eradicate Single-Use Packaging
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How One Company Is Incentivizing Sustainable Farming
EPIC Founders Are Changing the Meat Industry One Protein Bar At a Time
EPIC Founders Are Changing the Meat Industry One Protein Bar at a Time
Unilever's Plan to Curb Wasteful Packaging Impacts All of Us—for the Better
Unilever's Plan to Curb Wasteful Packaging Impacts All of Us—for the Better