Join us for a discussion with social entrepreneurs Jessamyn W. Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Hot Bread Kitchen and Brahm Ahmadi, co-founder of People’s Grocery and People’s Community Market.  Event moderated by Mark Bomford, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Program.

JESSAMYN W. RODRIGUEZ is the founder and CEO of iconic social enterprise Hot Bread Kitchen. Since 2008, she has transformed the organization from a visionary idea hatched in her home kitchen into a thriving commercial bakery, workforce development program, and incubator kitchen in New York City. Over the past six years, Hot Bread Kitchen has become a nationally recognized brand whose products are sold in more than 70 restaurants and retail outlets. 

BRAHM AHMADI is a social entrepreneur working to build healthier and more equitable inner city com- munities by creating change to the food system. In 2003, he co-founded People’s Grocery, a nonprofit organization that has attracted national attention for its effort to transform inner city food systems through projects in food enterprise, urban agriculture, and nutrition education that include the nation’s first Mobile Market. In 2010, Brahm founded People’s Community Market to create a fresh food retail business model that fosters health and social interaction in low-income communities. He’s also piloting a model for enabling the general public to invest in mission-driven companies and local communities.