Sharing food with my community represented safety, joy, connection, culture and love. Everyone was welcome, the door was never locked, and there was almost always something cooking.įrom a young age, food became an expression of everything that felt good. My grandparents moved from the South to the Bay Area during the great migration to begin the first Black dental practice in San Francisco, and their home was an extension of their practice. My connection to food began when I was a child. Tell us about yourself and how you developed an interest in the food industry.
Hi Julia! From co-founding Zume Pizza in 2015 to today as Founder and CEO of Planet FWD, you have been working to revolutionize food for the better through technology and sustainability. We caught up with Julia to learn more about what’s next for Planet FWD and her thoughts on supporting diversity in the tech industry. Today, Julia leads Planet FWD, a company on a mission to tackle climate change by expanding regenerative agriculture adoption through a sustainable ingredient platform alongside a climate-friendly snack brand.
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Julia Collins is a serial entrepreneur who has spent her career building food companies, including Zume Pizza where she became the first Black woman to co-found a unicorn company. Read more about this initiative here, and download images from the Diversity in Tech collection here. This interview is part of our Diversity in Tech series in partnership with All Raise,, Blavity, Grid 110, and Latinas in Tech, a coalition effort to champion diverse representation in the tech industry.
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