Meet the Expert: Robyn Metcalfe

Dr. Robyn Metcalfe, PhD

Desert running and a PB&J sandwich – what connects these topics? A tenacious curiosity to see what you can learn by just jumping in! The same sense of wonder that called Robyn Metcalfe, Founder & Executive Director of The Food Lab, to run the great deserts of the world has led her to take on the task of mapping our current food supply. An historian, desert distance runner, and food futurist with a lifelong hunger to take on irrational challenges, Robyn Metcalfe marvels at what it takes to simply create a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Tell us one interesting fact about yourself.

I’ve run across four deserts.

What three words best describe you?

Adventurous, curious, and focused.

What do you like to do in your free time?

Read.

What’s the last good book you read?

John McPhee – Uncommon Carriers.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Time travel.

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