Foodie and Board Member of the Springdale Farm Education Center. Multi-time SXSW speaker on digital marketing and strategy. For the last 16 years, Sam has worked with some of the world’s most visible brands including Apple, Bose, and Wells Fargo to craft and execute digital strategies around demand generation, customer experience, and online communities. Last year, Sam was one of the most active wholesale buyers of local food in Austin.

Owner/Operator of Boudin Food Forest, an urban farm operation in Texas. Ben started his career as a journalist for the Dallas Morning News, where he crafted its first entry into the digital era. He was a partner at consulting firm Ant’s Eye View and then a managing director at PwC, where he pioneered programs to prepare corporate cultures for digital transformation. He has successfully started and sold a business, Wabash & Lake.

Food gadget connoisseur and full-stack developer in Austin, TX. Experienced web developer with deep knowledge of integrating third-party APIs into applications to create robust experiences. Evan has been in the middle of Austin’s startup scene for over 9 years with businesses such as SKYLIST, Volume11 Media, Pingboard, and RealSavvy where he built and maintained integrations with platforms such as Salesforce, Square, Facebook, and Google.

With almost 20 years of experience doing product and operations management at companies such as Apple, Dell, and Emerson Systems, Christina brings a deep knowledge working with external and external stakeholders to deliver solutions. For the last year, Christina has been at the heart of local food wholesale operations for Big Wheelbarrow.