Caroline Kamm

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Caroline is pursuing her M.A. in Human Geography at the University of Toronto, where her research focuses on North American rural development and local food networks.

In 2017, she launched the documentary series The Food Less Traveled, which explores the specific approaches to local food being used by advocates, small-business owners, and farmers across North America.

Caroline is the co-founder of the Fresh Data Network, a start-up building an online platform to map local food systems. She has also been a contributor to Food Tank: The Think Tank for Food, an internationally recognized food and agriculture non-profit.

In 2016, Caroline co-founded Geosinte, a digital agency that specializes in web development work for social enterprises and creative industries.

Caroline received her bachelor’s degree in Human Geography from the University of Toronto.

Portfolio

  • Young and Beginning Farmers: Don’t Abandon Us in the Farm Bill

    In this article for Civil Eats, I spoke with four young and beginning farmers and one food hub organizer about their experiences using programs at risk of defunding in the upcoming farm bill.

  • New Video Series Explores Local Food Initiatives Across North America

    This op-ed in Food Tank: The Think Tank for Food focuses on my experience filming the Food Less Traveled, and the major lessons I learned from food advocates across North America.

  • Pt. 4 — The Food Less Traveled

    In Part 4 of the Food Less Traveled we visit with Lowcountry Local First (LLF) in Charleston, SC.

    LLF is a non-profit that supports independently-owned, local businesses, including the unique needs of the food and farming community.
    Through the Growing New Farmers Program, they are training the next generation of farmers in organic agriculture, while giving them the tools and relationships to start a successful farm or food business.

  • La lógica detrás del auge de la comida local

    Article in Latino's Magazine, Toronto
    English title: The Logic Behind the Local Food Movement

  • Pt 3. — The Food Less Traveled

    In Pt. 3 of the Food Less Traveled we visit with the Food Bank of North Alabama.

    Through an initiative called the Farm Food Collaborative, the Food Bank connects local farmers to wholesale markets across the state of Alabama.

    Their goal is to support farmers and farming communities, as part of their mission to address hunger today while preventing hunger tomorrow.

  • Duo is driving from Mexico to Canada to explore how the local food movement ties us together

    This article in Plaid Zebra was self-authored prior to departing on the Food Less Traveled Filming.

  • Transcontinental: An Epic Drive to Canada from Mexico

    Interview piece with Backroad Planet prior to leaving for the filming of the Food Less Traveled

  • Pt. 2 — The Food Less Traveled

    In Pt. 2 of the Food Less Traveled, we visited the New Orleans Food Co-op.
    This member-owned cooperative began after Hurricane Katrina, with the aim of providing the neighborhood with access to healthy, local food.
    Their approach to food focuses on the needs of the neighborhood, supporting local farmers, and working with partner organizations toward the wider goal of community development.

  • Caroline Kamm on Traveling for Local Food

    In this interview with Travel through Life, I discuss the motivation behind the Fresh Data App, and how working on this start-up sparked our local food video series.

  • Intro — The Food Less Traveled

    Part 1 in The Food Less Traveled, a ten part series exploring the work of food and farming organizations across North America. Follow our journey from Mexico to Canada, and get to know the stories of these food heroes.