Growing a resilient food future, together
We are a leading sustainable food and agriculture consulting firm, empowering organizations across the food system to achieve a resilient food future.
We provide full-stack, scientifically rigorous client support spanning research, strategy and implementation. Our team consists of veteran food thinkers and doers on a mission to help improve the human and environmental impacts of our food system. We’re the team that won’t tell you what you want to hear. We’ll tell you what we need to know.
Full-stack food system consulting
Our expertise spans the full supply chain from cropping systems to fisheries to retail. We bring cutting edge science, practical in-house experience, and a comprehensive, data-driven approach to provide insights that help some of the world’s foremost industry associations, businesses, foundations, and nonprofits solve their unique food system challenges.
What we do
We work with businesses, industry associations, foundations, and non-profits on a diverse range of topics, including climate, environmental, social, and other food and ag supply chain issues.
OUR SERVICES
Tailored Insights
We provide practical, full-stack food & ag advising based on our client’s unique needs, including custom research. Through expert interviews, financial disclosure analysis, literature reviews, and simulations our team will uncover what you need to know.
Training & Guidance
Decoding the alphabet soup of CSRD, SASB, GRI, CDP, and SBTN? Figuring out how shifting FDA or USDA rules may impact you or your suppliers? We enjoy converting dry, dense documentation into novel tools, training materials, and engaging educational experiences.
Impact Assessment
Need to quantify your climate, environmental, animal welfare, social, and/or food safety impacts or those of your suppliers? Regardless of the commodity or commodities you produce or source, we can help you select, build and deploy the right tool for the job.
What to expect
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Scientific Rigor
We’re on top of the latest science. We take the latest peer-reviewed literature into account and use a data-based approach to problem solving. We deliver comprehensive work products that resonate - anchored in the data and client realities.
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Practical Solutions
We’re solutions oriented. Our recommendations and deliverables are actionable, practical, pragmatic. We listen and meet clients where they are. Clients can count on us for thoughtful, thorough, systemic analyses and recommendations.
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Clear Communication
We provide regular, proactive updates, a key to our success and yours. All clients receive weekly written briefings on project progress and any shifts in approach necessary to achieve our common goals int the most timely and efficient manner.
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More, Better & Faster
Execute efficiently with our nimble and experienced team renowned for what we can accomplish compared to behemoth firms. We’ll give you the kind of holistic, full-stack insights that will empower real progress on the defining challenges of today.
Our Team
Dr. Alison Grantham, Founder & CEO
Alison Grantham, PhD, is a scientist and business leader who founded and runs Grow Well. She brings a rigorous yet practical approach to her work with leading nonprofits, private sector businesses, and foundations to build a more just, resilient food future.
Prior to launching Grow Well, she led Food Systems R&D and then Food Procurement at a fast-growing meal kit company. She previosly led Penn State Extension’s beginning farmer training program, and directed research at the Rodale Institute. Alison currently serves on the Rodale Institute’s board of directors and the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee to advise the US Global Change Research Program, the body that oversees climate and other global change research across the 16 federal agencies.
Alison lives in New Jersey where she and her husband raise 2 kids, 2 dogs, an ever-expanding garden, and way too many mushrooms.
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Spencer Rubino-Finn
ANALYST
Spencer is a supply chain and sustainability data specialist who joined Grow Well full-time in 2024. He brings a BS in Supply Chain Management from Rutgers University and is finishing an MS in Sustainability Data Management from Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Sarah Mock
AG & FOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Sarah is an agriculture and food expert—writing, podcasting, researching, and advising on everything from farm production, strategy, and marketing to ag history and economics. Sarah is the author of two books - Farm and Other F Words and Big Team Farms.
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Michelle Klieger, MS, MBA
AG ECONOMIST, STRATAGERM
Michelle is an economist and business consultant with over 15 years of experience in the food and agriculture sector. She is a professional speaker, author of The Demise of Free Trade, and hosts The Grower & The Economist podcast.
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Dr. Jennifer McEntire
Jennifer is a microbiologist by training who has brought her scientific perspective to food safety regulatory issues for over 20 years. Prior to moving into consulting in 2023, she served as Chief Food Safety and Regulatory Officer for the International Fresh Produce Association.
Our experience
60+
Food and ag projects over the last 5+ years
Select Clients
No one knows food & ag like Grow Well
We’d love to put our knowledge to work unlocking new opportunities for you and your organization.
Speaking Opportunities
Dr. Grantham is available for food system-related speaking engagements, and has presented to audiences on topics ranging from building a better food system to interpreting new ESG guidelines.
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