Jennifer Brodsky | Founder

Jennifer’s passion for local food and farms began in 1998 with work on a small farm on the craggy coast of Inishmore, Ireland. There, farmers grew astonishingly beautiful vegetables, celebrated by the community, in soil made by the hands of settlers, from sand and seaweed dragged from the ocean’s edge. She was hooked. Jennifer brought her new-found passion for hand-grown food back to the Philadelphia area and became The Fair Food Farmstand’s first volunteer.

Jennifer’s expertise in sustainable food developed during 20+ years of hands-on C-Suite leadership experience leading farms, non profit organizations and in dynamic retail operations. Her farming career began in 2003 at the 138 acre Willow Creek Orchards, Montgomery County’s first certified organic farm, as the General Manager of the 5000 sq ft on-farm market, pick-your-own operation and community engagement.  In subsequent years, Jen was recruited to GM and Chief Operating Officer positions to lead food and farm businesses and nonprofits though startup, growth and contraction phases.

Jennifer co-founded and co-led Kitchen Table Consultants, a leading food and farming business consulting firm for eight years before founding True North Collective  Jennifer guided the organization's national growth through innovative and values based marketing, branding and businesses development strategies.  Her client work focused on the intersection between nonprofit and government organizations and the farmers and food producers they seek to serve.

She also is the founder and lead baker of Pie Bird Farm, a scratch bakery that turned out savory and sweet pies made with local ingredients, and now hosts community baking workshops and gatherings.

Jennifer has spent the past 10+ years living along the Delaware River in Bucks County, PA and has recently made the jump over to Milford, New Jersey. In addition to Ireland, she gets to Vermont as often as she can.  Every year she picks more berries and tree fruit than anyone could ever make good use of, and her favorite crop to grow is garlic.