Ansley Roberts, a Charleston, South Carolina native, majored in international relations at American University, where she became fascinated with the areas for growth and sustainable change within our food system. After graduating, she dedicated her career to working towards more sustainable, and just food systems for everyone. Her past work includes working within localized food systems on diversified, direct-market farms, farmer and consumer education efforts, and community healing farms such as CooperRiis and the Homeless Garden Project. Ansley is taking her next step, joining her family business, Anson Mills to assist with their efforts to preserve genetic diversity and support sustainable grain systems for farmers and consumers.