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INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED
Eugene Ahn, Forage Restaurant, September 16, 2013
Kate Berridge, author, February 26, 2014
Elizabeth Bowen, Altadena Farmers Market, October 15, 2013
Kevin Carney, Mohawk Botique, September 16, 2013
Nancy Chin, professor, Department of Public Health and Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, May 29, 2014
Paula Daniels, Los Angeles Food Policy Council, February 24, 2016
Juan Gerscovich, Industry of All Nations, October 9, 2013
Andrew Wallace Hadrill, professor of Roman Studies, University of Cambridge, March 17, 2014
Corky Harvey, The Pump Station, November 30, 2012
Marian MacDorman, senior statistician, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; editor-in-chief, Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, May 28, 2014
Laura and Jason O’Dell, Bucks and Does, October 23, 2013
Geoff Watts, Intelligentsia, October 30, 2013
Essie Weingarten, founder, Essie Cosmetics Ltd, December 1, 2012
Jen Williams and Derec Williams, founders, Pop Physique, July 9, 2015
Mark Zambito, Intelligentsia, October 2, 2013