Mercato is seeking an entrepreneurial Director of Development and Community Partnerships to lead the expansion of the company’s healthy food access and economic development program, the Mercato Thriving Communities Initiative.

This historic event was held on September 28, 2022, more than 50 years after the first.

This summer, KK&P welcomed three new associate consultants to the company.

KK&P’s work with GFP continues our long history of guiding values-driven procurement by institutions and corporations.

Engaging men is a critical part of the solution to the problem of gender inequality for female agrifoodtech entrepreneurs, reveals new research from KK&P.

The Hunter Foundation purchased a historic but overgrown farm in 2016. Now, the Foundation and KK&P are designing a strategy to expand the farm’s food and community impact.

KK&P has been working with the state's plant-based industry trade association, the RI Nursery and Landscape Association (RINLA), for the past four years to develop a suite of human capital focused programs called Growing Futures.

Philo Ridge Farm has hired Christine Oppenheim as its new Front of House Manager after an extensive search led by KK&P’s Good People division. Oppenheim brings nearly 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry and a refreshing culinary outlook to the historic fifth-generation dairy farm in Charlotte, Vermont.

Built on strong partnerships with the food business community, other educational institutions, and community partners, KK&P crafted a vision and plan for the SUNY Orange Food Industry Workforce Program, with a flagship commercial kitchen and adjacent training, education and event space, which will launch with a laboratory year in which new ideas, partnerships and programs can be trialed and tested.

For nearly 20 years, KK&P has been involved in this project which will increase food access and food security while growing the businesses of regional farmers.

Karen and former KK&P Senior Consultant Emily Sandusky, who has recently returned to the company to support our research, talk about the period between 2011 and 2015 and how KK&P's implementation capacity sets it apart from other consultancies.

Philo Ridge Farm is looking for a charismatic and experienced FOH Manager.