Logan Mitchell joins Zero Foodprint team

Photo by Chris Wodjak

Meet Logan Mitchell

Logan is the new ZFP Outreach Manager, forging connections with the West coast's confluent abundance of farms and award-winning restaurants. She comes to ZFP by way of a storied career: spanning 25+ years in hospitality in both San Diego and San Francisco, a decade in home decor design and prototyping, current owner of 2 small businesses, and even a short stint on Mythbusters. She is devoted to building community through food and will be an integral part of cultivating face-to-face relationships in Southern California and beyond.

San Francisco to San Diego

Logan may be the newest member of the team, but her connection to Zero Foodprint dates back to 2008, when she met Anthony Myint and Kara Leibowitz through Mission Street Food. At the time, Logan owned and operated a mobile cookie wagon, carting confections around San Francisco for $1.50 per cookie. After eating at an early iteration of the Mission Street Food pop-up with a foodie friend, she asked to jump on the team as a volunteer server. In her own words, “It was a really, really fun time.”

Mission Street Food would eventually transform into Mission Chinese Food, and Myint and Leibowitz would go on to found The Perennial and, eventually, Zero Foodprint.

But Logan’s journey moved south to San Diego, where she saw opportunities to bring some of her SF flair to the SD community. She’s spent the past decade stewarding multiple small businesses in San Diego, including Cellar Door Supperclub and Collins & Coupe. “I’m somebody who likes to put down roots,” and at some point, San Diego felt like home.

New Opportunities

After investing in sustainable solutions at her own businesses and watching Myint’s journey into climate action, Logan saw this new role at Zero Foodprint as an innate step forward. “Having grown my values and my network, this just feels like the natural next step.”

The diverse detrimental effects of climate change in San Diego have been apparent through recent wildfires, flooding, and biodiversity loss. "It’s hard to ignore and easy to care about,” says Logan. “Zero Foodprint is giving a different opportunity for businesses to have the climate conversation in a new way, and I’m just excited to strengthen how our community is mobilizing and supporting each other.”

In this new role at Zero Foodprint, Logan will steward relationships with business owners throughout California and energize the food community toward action in San Diego.

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Zero Foodprint Visiting Collins & Coupe in San Diego, CA

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Zero Foodprint (ZFP) is a nonprofit organization restoring the climate, one acre at a time. We believe that by regenerating soil, local food economies can play a critical role in reversing the global climate crisis. We work with food and beverage businesses, philanthropy, and government to bring the next dollar to implement the next regenerative practice on the next acre. This regenerative economy benefits every person who grows food, every person who sells food, and every person on this planet who eats food.