Nicola Gryczka

Nicola Gryczka, Social entrepreneur, food activist and change-maker

Gryczka is currently the CEO of GASTROMOTIVA, a Brazilian social enterprise, founded by chef David Hertz, that works with food as a tool for transformation, offering gastronomy training towards employment, food entrepreneurship classes and nutrition education for under privileged communities, as well as food waste solutions in four countries.

She is also a co-founder of the global Social Gastronomy Movement that aims at making our food system more inclusive.

Her passion lies at the cross road of grass route activism and policy making, especially in fields of food, agriculture and education, at the intersection with technology and innovation.

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