Meet D2D’s Hillary Kaufman
Meet the team!
As a team member, Hillary manages the D2D website and makes sure readers have a great experience navigating all our content across our varied subjects, media experiences, and platforms.
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Meet D2D’s Hillary Kaufman
Meet the team!
As a team member, Hillary manages the D2D website and makes sure readers have a great experience navigating all our content across our varied subjects, media experiences, and platforms.
Hillary believes in the power of research to substantiate sound decision-making, especially when it comes to learning about our food system. Hillary’s earlier career centered on forecasting consumer trends and researching potential investment ideas in the healthcare and consumer goods spaces. But as her family grew, Hillary’s priorities shifted. So, in 2017, she enthusiastically joined D2D.
Given her love of cooking, she’ll write about the issues affecting our decision-making at the grocery store. This often includes all those gimmicky labels we see on our foods that make us falsely assume one product is superior. The worst offender to date? “Non-GMO” salt.

Transcript: Digging into Biofuels
Colin Murphy of UC Davis guides research on transportation, energy, air quality, and carbon markets, with a primary focus on sustainable fuel policies. His work bridges the gap between cutting-edge academic science, and the day-to-day challenges of real-world policy making.

Transcript: Digging into RMPs
In this week's Digging In, we explore the organizations supporting crop farmers. The National Peanut Board, headed up by Bob Parker and Ryan Lepicier, serves as a stellar example to turn the commitment of peanut producers into something truly important to the interests of consumers everywhere.