Alissa Welker·Mar 18, 2021Dear U.S. Grain IndustryEarlier this year General Motors (GM) made a commitment to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035. This goal is also in-line with…
Alissa Welker·Jan 8, 2020It’s Complicated: Plant-Based Burger Vs. Beef-BurgerSeveral months back I struck up a conversation with a New Zealand cattle farmer about plant-based meat. As we spoke, she excitedly pointed…
Alissa Welker·Nov 14, 2019Learnings From A New Zealand Dairy FarmJumping from a small scale permaculture farm to a dairy farm about two hours away in Waikato, New Zealand has been quite a change of pace…
Alissa Welker·Nov 10, 2019Learnings from a 15 acre permaculture farmI’ve wrapped up my work at my first farm stay in New Zealand on a 15 acre permaculture farm. Over the past couple of weeks I have had the…
Alissa Welker·Sep 30, 2019Cultivate ConversationThe how and why I decided to go globe-trotting to explore the world through the lens of food and agriculture
Alissa Welker·Sep 13, 2019Apples to ApplesThe Social, Economic, & Environmental Musings of An Apple Purchasing Journey
Alissa Welker·Jul 25, 2019Food & Packaging Waste: An Unfortunate End To The Food Supply ChainA backpacker’s view of food and packaging waste.
Alissa Welker·Jun 26, 2019Fixing our Food & Agriculture System With Systems ThinkingOne of the easiest ways to work through a problem is to break it down into smaller pieces. If the individual pieces of the puzzle can be…