| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Jeremy Niecikowski |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
Food52 is a leading innovator in the food, cooking, and home space with a monthly reach of more than 24 million people. We believe that the kitchen is the heart of the home, and food is the center of a well-lived life. Food52 has been named one of the most innovative companies in the world, one of the fastest-growing companies in America and New York City, and one of the hottest food voices on the internet. We`ve garnered widespread media attention for our unique content-commerce-community model and our best-in-class kitchen and home products, from The New York Times, the TODAY Show, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appétit, and NPR, just to name a few. Our team has been recognized for their leadership and industry-changing innovation by Fast Company, Digiday, and Folio:, among others. Food52 inspires people to eat thoughtfully and live joyfully by discovering great recipes, stories, and ideas for our community of cooks and home enthusiasts, and by curating the best tools, tableware and home goods. From the beginning, co-founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs have disrupted the status quo, building a 360-degree hub combining content, commerce, and community. We recently launched Five Two, our first-ever direct-to-consumer line of products for kitchen, home and life created exclusively with the Food52 community. With Five Two, Food52 is on a mission to reimagine every room in the house — and remake everything in it.
We are an emerging plant-based food technology company that designs, develops, produces, distributes and sells a variety of plant-based meat and other food alternatives. Our mission is to employ plant-based food technology to create products that are delicious while maintaining a wholesome nutritional profile.
RUNA was founded in 2009, days after we graduated from college. But our story begins several years earlier, when Tyler was living with the Kichwa people in the Ecuadorian Amazon. It was then he was introduced to guayusa – a naturally caffeinated tree leaf brewed like tea, consumed early in the morning to help interpret dreams and late at night to provide energy and clarity while hunting in the jungle. He loved the earthy flavor, smooth taste, and energy boost he got from the leaf. Living and working in Latin and South America, we both saw how unsustainable activities like logging were enticing ways for people living in the rainforest to pay for education and medicine. We also saw how development projects implemented by NGOs often floundered because they lacked buy-in from local stakeholders.
The BOOMCHICKAPOP® story is nothing short of fantastical. And would you believe it all started in a cold, Minnesota garage? Dan and Angie Bastian wanted to do something fun with their kids, while showing them the value of hard work. The dedicated Spanish teacher and nurse practitioner soon turned their amazing kettle corn recipe into a BOOMing business. Sold at local events, this popcorn quickly caught the eye and more importantly, the taste buds of The Vikings*. The rest, as they say, is history.
We’re your home for holistic wellbeing, known for nourishing the most health-obsessed people on the planet since 1971. We’re deeply committed to staying extremely selective on our endless search for what keeps our minds + bodies moving forward.