Barbara Ann McMonigal Biography

Program Coordinator, F3: Food Family Farming Foundation

Barbara trained to be a chef at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N,Y., and before coming to F3, she was a line cook at The Green Zebra in Chicago, Ill. During culinary school Barbara learned first-hand about changing food in schools working under Chef Ann Cooper as a Nutrition Consultant for the Chez Panisse Foundation in the Berkeley Unified School District in Calif. Prior to cooking professionally, Barbara worked for organic vegetable farms. She also traveled the world, volunteering on farms to learn about local cuisines outside of the U.S. She earned a degree in Sociology/Organizational Studies from The University of Calif., Davis in 2002. Barbara believes deeply that fresh, nourishing food and knowledge about how to prepare it should be accessible to everyone and through that, the health of our communities and our environment will improve.

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