Mary Purdy, MS, RDN

Adjunct Faculty, The Culinary Institute of America & Managing Director, Nutrient Density Alliance | Port Townsend, WA

Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, is an integrative eco-dietitian, working at the intersection of sustainable food systems, climate and human health. She spent over 13 years in clinical practice using a personalized and food-as-medicine approach and taught for 8 years at Bastyr University in Seattle, WA.  In addition to being Adjunct Faculty in the Sustainable Food Systems Program at the CIA, she is also the Managing Director of the Nutrient Density Alliance which works to connect the dots between soil health and nutrient-rich food and speaks regularly at national and state conferences on both nutrition and sustainability with a focus on the health and environmental benefits of agroecology. She has served as a Nutrition and Sustainability Advisor for numerous food brands and organizations, including Alliance Bioversity International, and authored the White Paper "How Practitioners Can Influence Planetary Health". With 125+ podcast episodes and two books, she's a leading voice in nutrition and sustainability, fostering resilient, just, and healthy food systems. More can be found at https://marypurdy.co/ (Port Townsend, WA)