Sara Eckhouse

Sara Eckhouse is the Executive Director of FoodShot Global, which empowers bold ideas and innovative companies to accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system.

Prior to joining FoodShot, Sara was Senior Advisor to Secretary Tom Vilsack at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she focused on local and regional food systems, organic agriculture, and healthy food access. Sara was very engaged in USDA’s standards work, including through rulemaking in the National Organic Program and by launching new Process Verified Programs in response to consumer demands for verification of claims (e.g., non-GE/GMO and reduced antibiotic use in livestock). In addition, Sara launched and managed programs to support sustainable agriculture, and she has firsthand knowledge of the opportunities and challenges of combining sustainability with profitability in food value chains.

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