Our Work

Chef and edible insect ambassador Joseph Yoon is trying to normalize eating edible insects around the world.

Farrell Monaco is an experimental archaeologist that replicates ancient technologies and specific ingredients, even growing her own starters, to bring to life the breads that ancient Pompeiians would have eaten.

Jen Monroe began hosting monochromatic dinner parties after reading about an all-black funeral dinner in a book. Now, the chef and artist creates edible whimsy—from white iPhone sushi to aquarium gelatin molds—for all sorts of fantastical events.

Fork 2 Farmer explores the connections between local restaurants and farmers. In this episodes we meet the women behind Chickadee Farms—a small, organic farm in Clayton, N.C.— and Fiction Kitchen—a vegan and vegetarian restaurant in downtown Raleigh that serves their produce.

Kyle Frey and Creighton McNeil share a passion for oysters—growing them and cooking them. The Fork 2 Farmer project highlights the connections between local restaurants and the farmers that supply them.

Joe Merrell’s family has been farming in southeast N.C. since 1734. Fabian Bota runs Ruddy Duck Tavern in Morehead City and serves Joe’s produce. This short film shows the connections between two, independent businesses in Carteret Co., N.C.

The New York City-based non-profit Read Alliance has developed a unique approach to promoting literacy that benefits both student and tutor.

The UNC Addiction Medicine program is tackling the opioid epidemic head-on and provide lifesaving care to patients throughout North Carolina.

Senior PharmAssist promotes healthier living for Durham seniors by helping them obtain and better manage needed medications, and by providing health education, Medicare insurance counseling, community referral and advocacy.

James Beard Award–winning author Michael W. Twitty in Virginia's 18th-century time capsule known as Colonial Williamsburg, where the legacy of millions of African Atlantic people survives in food.

Kate MacDonald’s dream is that Cincinnati will one day be thought of as a great wine-producing region along the lines of Bordeaux or Napa. In her winery, she creates unique wines from American heritage grape varieties grown in the Ohio River Valley.

Join writer, cook, documentarian and Texan Adán Medrano as he forages and cooks with quelitre native to Texas and northeastern Mexico, an edible leafy green, that connects his past with the present, using recipes and ingredients from his mother.

Priya Krishna is a food reporter for the New York Times and a the author of the popular cookbooks Indianish and Cooking at Home. She traces the roots of her successful career back to a recipe from a kids cookbook that opened her eyes and “sparked” her unique perspective in the food world.

Located in the South Bronx, N.Y., The Bronx Academy of Letters is dedicated to developing the authentic voices of its students.

Glenn Spencer now runs the most exclusive barber shop in the small, Kentucky town, Mt. Sterling—from his garage.

Sasha D’Jamoos and Sasha Pohilko climb Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, on prosthetic legs.

LabCorp may be known for laboratories that conduct medical diagnostic testing, but behind-the-scenes, there are IT professionals that help patients get the results they need.

When breakdancing first emerged on the streets of New York City in the 1970s, few, if any, women were accepted into the male-dominated sport.

To launch their Diverse Books Project, — an initiative designed to fill students’ shelves with brand new and diverse books—Reading Partners South Carolina partnered with Charleston’s Chris Singleton, author of Your Life Matters.

StepUp Durham provides employment readiness training for people with challenges to getting a job.

Will Jackson is the leader of Durham’s Village of Wisdom, which strives to protect Black Genius. Jackson was interviewed for the PBS Newshour series, Brief But Spectacular.

StandUp-SpeakOut of North Carolina fights to end sexual assault and domestic violence through advocacy, prevention training, group therapy, mentoring and a fundamental concept for survivors called Healing Thru Art.

Nadine and Mike Mohney’s journey to get cochlear implants for their young son James.

The Durham Public Schools Hub Farm teaches environmental education and gardening to students from Kindergarten to high school.

Since 1970, Project U.S.E. has inspired personal growth through connected Newark, N.J. students with the outdoors.

Graig Kreindler is a talented, classically trained painter who has devoted his talents and passion to bringing baseball history to life through fine art.

In a short time, Ankura has staked a claim in the consulting industry by building a firm that focuses on its people, culture and how they solve challenges.

Photographer George Lange is guided by one simple truth: An unforgettable photograph is not about what the subject looks like, but what it feels like.

Tandem Cycle leaves riders empowered with its high-intensity, cardiovascular, muscle-toning workout set to beat-driven choreography.