What’s your name?
Isabelle Steichen

What do you do?
I am the co-founder and CEO of Lupii

What vegetable best describes your personality and why? 
A potato, because I’m trustworthy and kind!

Share a favorite memory or experience with fruits + veggies:
Last summer, I 'farm sat' our friend’s house and farm with my husband for 3 months. I got to help grow crops in their beautiful, lush gardens and experience the ups and downs of agriculture, from seeing the first tomatoes of the season burst, to having racoons totally decimate the corn the day before it was ready for us to pick. It was an amazing and unique experience that reminded me of how much work goes into growing our food, and made it even more painful to think about how much of it gets wasted.

Anything you want people to know about?
I deeply believe in the importance of soil health and its impact on creating healthy food so we can all be healthy humans. It's such a magical cycle, but currently pretty broken. Part of our mission is to change that with Lupii, as we are starting to work with local farmers on growing lupini beans in the US. It's an incredible crop, requiring little resources. It's also a nitrogen fixer, so it’s really wonderful for soil health. I hope we can play a small role in improving our food system and making it more sustainable for the future.

Favorite kitchen tune to cook along to?
Any song by Robyn.