Andrew Smith, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer, Rodale Institute

Dr. Andrew Smith oversees research at Rodale Institute and is passionate about growing the organic movement by providing science-based solutions to farmers and facilitating opportunities to expand the number of organic farmers and farmland across the globe. He has over twenty-five years of experience working in the organic industry as an agronomist, researcher, and farmer. He was trained as an entomologist and agroecologist with a motivation to reduce the use of chemicals for food production that end up in our environment, food, and bodies. His recent work on the soil to health continuum investigates the links between how we grow our food, soil health, nutritional quality of food, and human health. He is supporting an amazing group of dedicated people working diligently on many projects to transform the food system and the way we farm to improve the lives and health of all people and the planet. He also continues to live and work on his own organic family farm. (Collegeville, PA) linkedin.com/in/andrew-smith-phd-40740b229/