Young Kim

Young Kim has been the Executive Director of Milwaukee’s Fondy Food Center since 2003. The nonprofit agency’s mission is to connect North Side Milwaukee to local, healthy food—from the farm to the table. The organization fulfills its mission by operating the city’s largest farmers market, food stamp and produce consumption incentive programs, culinary education, and an 80-acre vegetable farm in nearby Port Washington.

A second generation Korean American who was born and raised in the American Deep South, Young loves food and is always on the lookout for culturally significant recipes. When he’s not thinking of food and food systems, he likes to read poetry, restore vintage fountain pens, and work on a standup comedy routine that will probably never see the light of day.