Andy Dimezza

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About Andy Dimezza

What are the three main reasons to be picky about your food? Poorly grown, processed, transported, stirred, & /or prepared food. Tastes bad, 🤒 Contributes to chronic illnesses & poor health, & sometimes it kills you. All great reasons to care about what we are feeding everyone! As someone who is passionate about the intersection of people & food I have spent my entire education & career gaining experience in every aspect of our food chain. From the garden bed & pasture fields, to the processing plants & quality control labs, even to the research labs & halls of power where policy is handed down to the rest of us I have purposefully gained that experience so I could get a better understanding of the whole food picture. With all of the knowledge, skills, and relationships I have earned through all of my amazing opportunities I use my grit, collaborative personality, & positive team leadership skills to engage in projects that make our food and each other better. Collaborating with my peers and my direct reports we have been able to grow and produce food that meet FDA, USDA, GAP, AIB, SQF (A GFSI Standard), and Organic standards. All while inspiring and growing the future leaders of in the companies I have worked for, non-profits I cofounded and help lead, & the communities I engage in. I am an expert at inspiring & leading myself & my teams to increase productivity, decrease turnover, while improve everyone's skills & abilities to meet current work load demands while developing to meet future challenges. My most impressive skill, by far, is my ability to get seemingly at odds departments & /or people to come to a table so we can broker a deal to get the important work done while fostering more trust & future collaboration. Important addendum to the statement immediately above. sometimes I fail, but I learn each and every time