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Meet Nicole.
Nicole Negowetti is a food systems educator, lawyer, and relational strategist devoted to reclaiming food as a pathway to healing—of people, planet, and democracy.
For nearly 15 years, she’s worked at the intersections of policy, education, community organizing, and ecological justice—designing initiatives that center nourishment, belonging, and regeneration. She is the founder of Food for Us, a growing movement for food democracy rooted in care and connection, and the author of the forthcoming book, Feeding the Future: Restoring the Planet & Healing Ourselves (January 2026).
Nicole has taught food law and policy at Harvard and Tufts, co-founded the Northwest Indiana Food Council, and launched the Plant Based Foods Institute’s Sustainable Sourcing Initiative—building cross-sector coalitions of farmers, food companies, and local leaders to grow systems grounded in relationship.
Whether mentoring students, advocating for just policy, or gathering stories around the table, Nicole’s work is guided by one question:
What becomes possible when we remember that food is for life—not for profit—and that every meal is a chance to nourish each other, our future, and the Earth we share?
She’s also a mom of two young boys, a trail runner, and a lifelong learner who feels most alive in the forest, at the fire, or in a circle of co-weavers dreaming the next world into being.