Food People

These are people in the Chicago area that are leading efforts to build our local food infrastructure:

Jim Slama, Executive Director FamilyFarmed.org

For the past two decades, Jim Slama has been a national leader in promoting environmental sustainability and the Good Food Movement. He is the founder and President of FamilyFarmed.org, which encourages the production, marketing and distribution of locally grown and responsibly produced food. FamilyFarmed.org expands the market for local farmers and food producers by advancing the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement, training farmers to adopt best practices in food safety, playing an integral role in public policy, and supporting farmers to develop new wholesale markets. Through his work at FamilyFarmed.org, Jim produced the FamilyFarmed EXPO in Chicago and Good Food Festival and Conference in Santa Monica, which are nationally significant gatherings to advance the Good Food Movement. The events include trade shows, policy summits, financing conferences, and food festivals.

Daniel J. Rosenthal, Co-Founder & Chairman Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op

Since 1988, Dan Rosenthal has opened and operated over 40 restaurants around the country. His Chicago restaurant ventures include  Trattoria No.10,  5 Sopraffina Marketcaffès and Poag Mahone’s Carvery and Ale House.  In October 2007 he co-founded the Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op which has now grown to a sizeable force of over 300 restaurant and 150 affiliated business members.  The Co-op’s original mission of bringing sustainable products and services to restaurants at affordable prices has grown and now includes educational initiatives, targeted advocacy on behalf of its membership, and the creation of the Guaranteed Green certification program for restaurants.