Can data help us build a better, zero-waste food system?

Food & Drink · Published 11 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: Entrepreneur Erin Baumgartner explores how leveraging data can prioritize the taste and quality of small, local harvests over mass-produced factory farming.

Leveraging her background managing a farm-to-table enterprise, Baumgartner suggests employing data to build a more nutritious food network. Her vision focuses on valuing the quality of small, local farm harvests rather than the output of factory farms, ultimately aiming for a zero-waste model.

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