Liz Snyder is a food activist, anthropologist, and author. She has a master’s degree in nutritional anthropology from Oxford University, where she studied the complex interrelationships between the food marketing industry, nutrition education efforts in our schools, and their profound and unexpected effects on our relationship with food.

She is the founder of Full Circle Farm, an educational, organic farm on school land that connects the district’s 14,000 children directly to the source of their food – both in the fields and in the cafeteria. She was voted one of Kiwi Magazine’s 2009 “Moms of the Revolution” for her work at Full Circle Farm, and is now working to promote a healthy, sustainable food nationwide as the Communications Manager for Bon Appetit Management Company.

As a founding member of the Bay Area Children in Nature Collaborative, she’s working to engage schools and parents in increasing kids’ access to healthy, outdoor environments. She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations and groups, including Soroptomist International, the Children & Nature Network, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, and Kaiser Permanente. She and her daughter live in Mountain View, CA.