Selena Ahmed, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Food Systems at Montana State University examining the ecological, cultural, and health aspects of food systems with expertise in tea agro-forests of China.

Ashley Duval, MESC, works at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in plant conservation and consults on international agriculture.

Rachel Meyer, PhD, is a plant evolutionary biologist at NYU who specializes in the evolution of food. She works to show you every plant with an adaptation that leads to flavorful or medicinal properties, and explains how it came about in the first place.