EA Alliance & President of BRIDGES  Emily Brooks, a native of Washington State, graduated from Ripon College, Ripon, WI, with a degree in Chemistry-Biology in 1997. She graduated from Fox Valley Technical College with a degree in Culinary Arts December 2003 and from Clayton College with a Masters degree in Holistic Nutrition. She is currently finishing her PhD degree in Holistic Nutrition and ND License at Clayton College. Emily is the Founder, Executive Director, and President of BRIDGES Healthy Cooking School. BRIDGES, the most revolutionary non-profit organization in Wisconsin, was dedicated to reducing the obesity epidemic among children and highlighting the relationships between local food supply, education, health, and what society was eating. She expanded the concept of Workplace Wellness programming for US businesses into a Community Wellness Education approach which encompassed the entire needs of North East Wisconsin inhabitants.  Acting as the center of the wheel, BRIDGES Healthy Cooking School used cooking classes, cooking demonstrations, lectures, and print media to spread the educational message of positive change as a liaison to existing sustainable food suppliers, health, welfare, educational, and community support providers. BRIDGES Healthy Cooking School has also made the move to Connecticut and has honed its specialization further to focus on local, sustainable agriculture as a broad-based community initiative. The mission is to create Community Wellness Programming and nutritional awareness as a Community Wellness Service Provider. The vision of is to increase the physical health of the community through education and programming incorporating locally grown, sustainable foods as part of an all-encompassing approach to healthy living. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Edibles Advocate Alliance, Chef Emily serves as a Community Connecting Point to unite grass-roots and community based organizations. In addition, the EA Alliance enables, supports, and advocates on the behalf of citizens as a Liaison for Change in the struggle towards healthier, local, and sustainable foods. The EA Alliance mission is: Weaving the Coalitions of Tomorrow, Building the Grass-roots Organizations of Today. The EA Alliance supports and promotes community-based health and agricultural initiatives by developing Community Wellness Programming, and encouraging grass-roots local and sustainable food systems. Chef Emily specializes in supporting organizational needs such as business planning, marketing support, strategic planning, grant writing assistance, market positioning, brand niche, and broadening customer bases.
Chef Emily passionately believes in changing the social norm towards healthier food provision and consumption through education and coalition building. 
| A deep and fond farewell to our Market Master, Chef Tim Cipriano, who has accepted a fantastic opportunity with the New Haven School District. He was powerfully instrumental in getting the Master’s Table Farm Market up and running this summer. While you may not see him around every week, Tim will continue to be with us in spirit and assisting when he can.
Thank you Tim! Best of luck! We will most definately miss you!
Chef Tim Cipriano The Local Food Dude 
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