Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith is a daughter of Durham and of community organizers. She is a chef, an activist, and a storyteller who is deeply connected to her community. Her mission is to bring business owners, farmers, food producers, policymakers, and consumers together to heal through food, and to start imagining new food systems and communities. As a Black woman who has seen firsthand the injustices of our food system, which often discards the people at the frontlines of producing our food, (farm workers, food safety workers, cooks, and others) she wants to see a food system that honors the people who feed us. She is the co-owner of Piri et l'un des cofondateurs de Le collectif Culinary FemmeElle a pour mission de soutenir les femmes de couleur qui souhaitent avoir un impact sur leurs communautés par le biais de l'alimentation. Elle travaille avec des chefs d'entreprise, des chercheurs, des organisateurs communautaires, des agriculteurs et des créateurs culinaires pour soutenir la mise en place d'un système axé sur l'équité et une économie alimentaire juste.