For nearly fifteen years, Jenna Saunders has worked nationally and internationally across the food system to develop and support robust and resilient food systems that positively impact the health and well-being of people around the world. Jenna first became interested in understanding the dynamics between nutrition and agriculture while studying Ecological Determinants of Health at McGill University in Montreal. After nearly a decade of professional experience, Jenna obtained a Masters of Public Health in Nutrition at UC Berkeley where she studied farm to school efforts and their integration into Federal Child Nutrition Policies. Jenna has worked on the farm, in the field, in academic and educational environments, with non-profits, with state agencies, with the USDA at the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Office of Community Food Systems, at USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) as an Outreach Specialist and their Acting Urban Agriculture Lead, and currently as a Senior Agricultural Marketing Specialist at USDA-AMS’s Local and Regional Foods Division. Jenna recently purchased a small farm near her hometown in upstate New York and is excited to apply the lessons she has learned throughout her career to feed and support the local food system. She is passionate about growing food, foraging, pickling, and engaging in urban agriculture.