Food is the single most powerful lever to optimize human health and sustainability in our ecological system.
2009
JIAN Yi
Founder
Good Food Fund
JIAN Yi is an independent filmmaker and food activist. In 2008 he founded the IFChina Original Studio, a citizen participatory media project, and he founded the Good Food Fund in 2017, which leads in promoting transforming China's food system transformation. They also run a Good Food Summit and a Good Food Festival in China every year.
Yi's films have won international awards and shown at numerous venues across the globe including New York's MoMA. He made What's For Dinner? in 2009, the first China-made short documentary on meat consumption and its impact on the environment. He also co-founded the Food Forward Forum with Yale Hospitality in 2019.
The 2009 World Fellows
The 2009 World Fellows include a noted Chinese independent filmmaker, the editorial page editor of Russia’s most influential business daily, a Saudi Arabian foundation director and television personality, and an Indian corporate sustainability strategist for one of the largest international banks. “I am delighted that these extraordinary men and women have chosen to spend time at Yale,” said President Richard Levin. “We are certain that their leadership skills will be strengthened, and that the Yale community will benefit greatly from their presence on campus.” “Each of the 2009 Yale World Fellows has demonstrated an outstanding record of accomplishment and unlimited potential for future success,” said Program Director Michael Cappello, Professor of...Read More
MORE ABOUT YI
Shaping China’s Future Food System: Jian Yi, Founder of the Good Food Fund
We’re not in a bubble, we are living with other people. And that’s the beauty of food, food connects all of us.
Why I've become a vegetarian: Chinese filmmaker speaks out about environmental impact of eating meat
China Dialogue - 07/29/2014Jian Yi, director of ‘What’s For Dinner?’, a film about the meat industry, speaks to Tom Levitt about his own views on China’s burgeoning livestock sector.