Eliza Blank: Nonprofit CEO on Rescuing Food Waste, Feeding Kids Thoughtfully, and Filipino-Jewish Traditions

About this episode

Eliza Blank discusses her journey in addressing food waste and feeding families while sharing her cultural background.

On this episode, we’re talking with Eliza Blank—mom, entrepreneur, founder of The Sill, and CEO of Farmlink—about feeding families thoughtfully in a world where nearly 40% of food is wasted. Eliza shares how growing up in a Filipino and Jewish household shaped her approach to food, why her husband oversees the kitchen, and how parenthood changed the way she thinks about meals. We also dive into Eliza’s current work, rescuing millions of pounds of surplus farm produce for communities in need, ...

People in this episode

Guest: Eliza Blank

Topics covered

• food waste
• feeding families
• Filipino-Jewish traditions
• parenthood
• nonprofit work

Keywords

• The Sill
• Farmlink
• surplus farm produce
• entrepreneur

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Sill, Farmlink

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