New York, NY (September 9, 2015) – Today, Time Inc.’s Fortune and Food & Wine announce the 2015 list of the Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink spotlighting the top entrepreneurs and idealists who are changing the world though meaningful work that touches the culinary field. Teaming up for the second year, Fortune and Food & Wine editors selected the winners on this year’s list, which includes a mix of household names and pioneers. Lauren Bush Lauren, who founded FEED Supper, makes the ranking, along with Kathleen Ligocki, whose company Harvest Power is using cutting-edge technology to transform food waste into clean energy. The 2015 Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink is featured now on www.foodandwine.com/innovative-women and http://fortune.com/food-drink-women-innovators, as well as in the October issue of Food & Wine on newsstands September 18, and the September 15 issue of Fortune, on newsstands September 14.

 

 

Food & Wine and Fortune: The Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink 2015

 

 

1.Sarina Prabasi and Barbara Frost, WaterAid

 

 

2.Kathleen Ligocki, Harvest Power

 

 

3.Jessica Alba, The Honest Company

 

 

4.Jen Johnson and Serafina Palandech, Hip Chick Farms

 

 

5.Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix, Speed Rack

 

 

6.Julie Smolyansky, Lifeway Foods

 

 

7.Leanne Brown, author, Good and Cheap

 

 

8.Danielle Gould, Food + Tech Connect

 

 

9.Lauren Bush Lauren, FEED Supper

 

 

10.Carla Hall, restaurateur and co-host of The Chew

 

 

11.Cristina Mariani-May, Banfi Vintners

 

 

12.Kara Cissell-Roell, VMG Partners

 

 

13.Pashon Murray, Detroit Dirt

 

 

14.Kara Goldin, Hint Water

 

 

15.Dominique Crenn, Atelier Crenn

 

 

16.Bertha Gonzalez Nieves, Casa Dragones

 

 

17.Allison Hooper, Vermont Creamery

 

 

18.Jessamyn Rodriguez, Hot Bread Kitchen

 

 

19.Caroline Frey, winemaker

 

 

20.Nikiko Masumoto, Masumoto Family Farm

 

 

 

 About Food & Wine 

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 About Fortune 

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 About Time Inc.  

Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is one of the world’s leading media companies, with a monthly global print audience of over 120 million and worldwide digital properties that attract more than 140 million visitors each month, including over 60 websites. Our influential brands include People, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Time, Real Simple, Southern Living, Entertainment Weekly, Travel + Leisure, Cooking Light, Fortune and Food & Wine, as well as more than 50 diverse titles in the United Kingdom such as Decanter, Horse & Hound and Wallpaper*. Time Inc. is home to celebrated franchises and events including the Fortune 500, Time 100, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the Essence Festival and the biennial Fortune Global Forum. Hundreds of thousands of people attend our live media events every year. We also provide content marketing, targeted local print and digital advertising programs, branded book publishing and marketing and support services, including subscription sales services for magazines and other products, retail distribution and marketing services and customer service and fulfillment services, for ourselves and third-party clients, including other magazine publishers.

 

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