James O’Donnell is the Program Director of Grassfed Alliance at Good Meat Project. After his first job bussing tables, James gained an interest in the often hidden labor behind our food system. He previously worked for the fair trade, worker-owned cooperative Equal Exchange, where he crafted consumer-facing messaging and wrote about the principles of equitable trade. He also wrote food studies curricula for the Stone Barns Center about the ways food intersects with power, culture and ecology. James is also the co-owner of Allora Farm & Flowers, a wild foods business based in the Hudson Valley recently praised in The New Yorker. He received his B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, where he also studied music. He lives in New York.