Corby Kummer
@ckummer.bsky.social
Executive Director, Food & Society at the Aspen Institute, senior editor of The Atlantic, senior lecturer at Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Thrilled that I got to tell Pete Wells what to eat for @nytimes.com. Of course I didn’t tell him what to eat. A question of surrounding yourself with stuff you like and think is good for you.
January 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Thrilled that I got to tell Pete Wells what to eat for @nytimes.com. Of course I didn’t tell him what to eat. A question of surrounding yourself with stuff you like and think is good for you.
Zeke Emanuel's book party for Eat Your Ice Cream at Dolcezza. His new book distills rigorous science into common-sense wellness advice. His key insight? Social engagement for living better & longer. Watch us on Boston Public Radio: https://ow.ly/l7sO50XVHn3
January 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Zeke Emanuel's book party for Eat Your Ice Cream at Dolcezza. His new book distills rigorous science into common-sense wellness advice. His key insight? Social engagement for living better & longer. Watch us on Boston Public Radio: https://ow.ly/l7sO50XVHn3
The youngest member of our adopted Atlanta family, John Henry Collins, was formally made an Eagle Scout at the Court of Honor this afternoon, like his twin uncles--the closest by far I ever came to the Scouts. Their and their families' dedication to service and each other was moving and remarkable.
January 12, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The youngest member of our adopted Atlanta family, John Henry Collins, was formally made an Eagle Scout at the Court of Honor this afternoon, like his twin uncles--the closest by far I ever came to the Scouts. Their and their families' dedication to service and each other was moving and remarkable.
Missed opportunity to recommend and regulate lower sodium, where small regulatory reductions can make huge health improvements.
Still! "Eat Real Food" as a mantra and the poster-sized message on the new pyramid is a change everyone can welcome.
Still! "Eat Real Food" as a mantra and the poster-sized message on the new pyramid is a change everyone can welcome.
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Missed opportunity to recommend and regulate lower sodium, where small regulatory reductions can make huge health improvements.
Still! "Eat Real Food" as a mantra and the poster-sized message on the new pyramid is a change everyone can welcome.
Still! "Eat Real Food" as a mantra and the poster-sized message on the new pyramid is a change everyone can welcome.
The good in today's new Dietary Guidelines: reducing "highly processed" foods, term that seems fine since there's no agreed-on definition of ultra-processed foods: “clear, straightforward, supported by science," says @marionnestle.bsky.social.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/d...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/d...
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The good in today's new Dietary Guidelines: reducing "highly processed" foods, term that seems fine since there's no agreed-on definition of ultra-processed foods: “clear, straightforward, supported by science," says @marionnestle.bsky.social.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/d...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/d...
New year, same mission: fix the food system. But 2026 feels different—have momentum, partnerships, and a community of fellows who are actually making things happen. Grateful to be part of this work. Here's to building more longer tables.
January 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM
New year, same mission: fix the food system. But 2026 feels different—have momentum, partnerships, and a community of fellows who are actually making things happen. Grateful to be part of this work. Here's to building more longer tables.
There will be a quiz at the end! Always fun with Margery & Jim on @BosPublicRadio. More: https://aspenfood.org/2025/12/23/may-your-panettone-be-light/
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
There will be a quiz at the end! Always fun with Margery & Jim on @BosPublicRadio. More: https://aspenfood.org/2025/12/23/may-your-panettone-be-light/
My piece on panettone and pandoro in @theatlantic.com, in which I call pandoro a "star-shaped golden mountain of rich, buttery bread without raisins or candied fruit and with a finer, denser crumb than panettone’s."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My piece on panettone and pandoro in @theatlantic.com, in which I call pandoro a "star-shaped golden mountain of rich, buttery bread without raisins or candied fruit and with a finer, denser crumb than panettone’s."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
2025 Recap: 18 brilliant food leaders finished their fellowship journey Food & Society at the Aspen Institute They started as impressive individuals. They left as a force!
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
2025 Recap: 18 brilliant food leaders finished their fellowship journey Food & Society at the Aspen Institute They started as impressive individuals. They left as a force!
Friend and colleague @healthcareactually.bsky.social (read her Substack) found this staring at her in the meat case of @wholefoods, thanks to Bobby Flay. If I'm anyplace, want to say I love it!
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Friend and colleague @healthcareactually.bsky.social (read her Substack) found this staring at her in the meat case of @wholefoods, thanks to Bobby Flay. If I'm anyplace, want to say I love it!
🚨 FINAL DAY: Food Leaders Fellowship applications close at MIDNIGHT Pacific Time
If you're an emerging food system leader ready to think bigger, this is your last chance to join our fifth cohort.
Apply now: aspenfoodleaders.org
#FoodLeaders #ApplicationDeadline
If you're an emerging food system leader ready to think bigger, this is your last chance to join our fifth cohort.
Apply now: aspenfoodleaders.org
#FoodLeaders #ApplicationDeadline
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🚨 FINAL DAY: Food Leaders Fellowship applications close at MIDNIGHT Pacific Time
If you're an emerging food system leader ready to think bigger, this is your last chance to join our fifth cohort.
Apply now: aspenfoodleaders.org
#FoodLeaders #ApplicationDeadline
If you're an emerging food system leader ready to think bigger, this is your last chance to join our fifth cohort.
Apply now: aspenfoodleaders.org
#FoodLeaders #ApplicationDeadline
Our Food Leaders fellows come from everywhere: Corporate sustainability managers, nonprofit directors, farmers, policy experts, entrepreneurs. What unites them? A commitment to food system transformation. Applications to our 2026 cohort will close on December 5th.
More: aspenfoodleaders.org
More: aspenfoodleaders.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our Food Leaders fellows come from everywhere: Corporate sustainability managers, nonprofit directors, farmers, policy experts, entrepreneurs. What unites them? A commitment to food system transformation. Applications to our 2026 cohort will close on December 5th.
More: aspenfoodleaders.org
More: aspenfoodleaders.org
RESTAURANT EMPIRE RISES & FALLS
Drew Nieporent's memoir "I'm Not Trying to Be Difficult" tells the story of the restaurateur who built 45+ restaurants including Tribeca Grill and Nobu with Robert De Niro. I talkws about the recent @nytimes.com review and the memoir on #bostonpublicradio
Drew Nieporent's memoir "I'm Not Trying to Be Difficult" tells the story of the restaurateur who built 45+ restaurants including Tribeca Grill and Nobu with Robert De Niro. I talkws about the recent @nytimes.com review and the memoir on #bostonpublicradio
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
RESTAURANT EMPIRE RISES & FALLS
Drew Nieporent's memoir "I'm Not Trying to Be Difficult" tells the story of the restaurateur who built 45+ restaurants including Tribeca Grill and Nobu with Robert De Niro. I talkws about the recent @nytimes.com review and the memoir on #bostonpublicradio
Drew Nieporent's memoir "I'm Not Trying to Be Difficult" tells the story of the restaurateur who built 45+ restaurants including Tribeca Grill and Nobu with Robert De Niro. I talkws about the recent @nytimes.com review and the memoir on #bostonpublicradio
Terrific turnout at festive celebration of Institute of Culinary Education's 50th anniversary, with Food & Society at the Aspen Institute's Leadership Council member Rick Smilow and Anna Smilow presiding, and fellow Leadership Council member Andy Pforzheimer and Food Leaders Fellow Anne E. McBride.
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Terrific turnout at festive celebration of Institute of Culinary Education's 50th anniversary, with Food & Society at the Aspen Institute's Leadership Council member Rick Smilow and Anna Smilow presiding, and fellow Leadership Council member Andy Pforzheimer and Food Leaders Fellow Anne E. McBride.
The Food Leaders Fellowship unites emerging leaders across sectors to ignite personal transformation and scalable change. Drawing on the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social stitute.bsky.social legacy of leadership fellowships, we're building a community of innovators. Applications: aspenfoodleaders.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Food Leaders Fellowship unites emerging leaders across sectors to ignite personal transformation and scalable change. Drawing on the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social stitute.bsky.social legacy of leadership fellowships, we're building a community of innovators. Applications: aspenfoodleaders.org
Grateful for @chefjoseandres.bsky.social and Global Food Institute for making this possible 💙
More: www.aspenfoodleaders.org
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#FoodAndSociety #AspenFellowship #FoodSystemChange
More: www.aspenfoodleaders.org
Article: mailchi.mp/thefoodproje...
#FoodAndSociety #AspenFellowship #FoodSystemChange
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Grateful for @chefjoseandres.bsky.social and Global Food Institute for making this possible 💙
More: www.aspenfoodleaders.org
Article: mailchi.mp/thefoodproje...
#FoodAndSociety #AspenFellowship #FoodSystemChange
More: www.aspenfoodleaders.org
Article: mailchi.mp/thefoodproje...
#FoodAndSociety #AspenFellowship #FoodSystemChange
We're thrilled to open applications Friday, November 7th for our FIFTH Food Leaders Fellowship cohort. Visit www.foodleadersfellows.org to meet our fellows, learn about the fellowship, and more.
#foodleadersfellows #aspeninstitute #fellowship #leadership
#foodleadersfellows #aspeninstitute #fellowship #leadership
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We're thrilled to open applications Friday, November 7th for our FIFTH Food Leaders Fellowship cohort. Visit www.foodleadersfellows.org to meet our fellows, learn about the fellowship, and more.
#foodleadersfellows #aspeninstitute #fellowship #leadership
#foodleadersfellows #aspeninstitute #fellowship #leadership
Packed tables at American Public Health Association's 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo, all of us leaning in to hear how communities are making nutrition interventions work.
Food & Society at the Aspen Institute is putting together a Community Action Plan. Sign up: https://ow.ly/BSyn50Xm9Va
Food & Society at the Aspen Institute is putting together a Community Action Plan. Sign up: https://ow.ly/BSyn50Xm9Va
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Packed tables at American Public Health Association's 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo, all of us leaning in to hear how communities are making nutrition interventions work.
Food & Society at the Aspen Institute is putting together a Community Action Plan. Sign up: https://ow.ly/BSyn50Xm9Va
Food & Society at the Aspen Institute is putting together a Community Action Plan. Sign up: https://ow.ly/BSyn50Xm9Va
Food entrepreneurs—especially entrepreneurs of color—face massive barriers to capital. Open Access is a free portal that helps communities change that. Already live in 6 cities. Yours could be next. https://aspenfood.org/open-access/ #SmallBusiness #FoodEntrepreneurs
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Food entrepreneurs—especially entrepreneurs of color—face massive barriers to capital. Open Access is a free portal that helps communities change that. Already live in 6 cities. Yours could be next. https://aspenfood.org/open-access/ #SmallBusiness #FoodEntrepreneurs
From Boston Public Radio: we closed out with the concern of AI-generated content changing how we consume culinary information.
What to do? Turn on the sound for our surprising solution!
More: aspenfood.org/corby-kummer/
Source: Alexa Gagosz for @bostonglobe.com
#FoodMedia #SupportJournalism
What to do? Turn on the sound for our surprising solution!
More: aspenfood.org/corby-kummer/
Source: Alexa Gagosz for @bostonglobe.com
#FoodMedia #SupportJournalism
August 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
From Boston Public Radio: we closed out with the concern of AI-generated content changing how we consume culinary information.
What to do? Turn on the sound for our surprising solution!
More: aspenfood.org/corby-kummer/
Source: Alexa Gagosz for @bostonglobe.com
#FoodMedia #SupportJournalism
What to do? Turn on the sound for our surprising solution!
More: aspenfood.org/corby-kummer/
Source: Alexa Gagosz for @bostonglobe.com
#FoodMedia #SupportJournalism
At Duke University Health & Social Policy Roundtable comparing US & Taiwan's integrated health systems, Indiana State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, MD highlighted statewide #FoodIsMedicine initiatives—even sharing a 1915 poster. Still relevant today!
August 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
At Duke University Health & Social Policy Roundtable comparing US & Taiwan's integrated health systems, Indiana State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, MD highlighted statewide #FoodIsMedicine initiatives—even sharing a 1915 poster. Still relevant today!
Last night, Lidia Bastianich captivated a full house with her story of “Food, Family, and Tradition” hosted by the #aspeninstitute Society of Fellows.
August 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Last night, Lidia Bastianich captivated a full house with her story of “Food, Family, and Tradition” hosted by the #aspeninstitute Society of Fellows.
Thrilled to have moderated an incredible panel at Aspen Ideas Climate with: Michelle Egger @GriffithFoods, Melanie Chow Li @danonenorthamerica, and Ilana Braverman at Greener by Default shared powerful insights on transforming our food system. #FoodInnovation #ClimateAction #SustainableFood
July 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Thrilled to have moderated an incredible panel at Aspen Ideas Climate with: Michelle Egger @GriffithFoods, Melanie Chow Li @danonenorthamerica, and Ilana Braverman at Greener by Default shared powerful insights on transforming our food system. #FoodInnovation #ClimateAction #SustainableFood
Honored to be in the best possible company with Alice Waters on the new book by Carlo Petrini, founder of @slowfoodhq.bsky.social! Everyone who cares about food and food systems should read it.
July 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Honored to be in the best possible company with Alice Waters on the new book by Carlo Petrini, founder of @slowfoodhq.bsky.social! Everyone who cares about food and food systems should read it.
In-person gatherings create a sense of community, breaking down isolation and sparking positive conflict that can lead to solutions. Grateful for partners Ardmore Institute of Health and Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine!
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@aspenfood.bsky.social
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@aspenfood.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In-person gatherings create a sense of community, breaking down isolation and sparking positive conflict that can lead to solutions. Grateful for partners Ardmore Institute of Health and Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine!
More: aspenfood.org/fim/shaper-d...
@aspenfood.bsky.social
More: aspenfood.org/fim/shaper-d...
@aspenfood.bsky.social