The Story Behind the Pot
From the Classroom
to the Kitchen
Ph.D. Organizational Leadership · Educator · Chef
"There is almost no dish she won't make meatless."
Dr. Zakiya Courtney's first calling was education — director of Parents for School Choice in Milwaukee, shaping school choice policy nationally. Then Marquette University's Institute for the Transformation of Learning. Then regional director for Catapult Learning.
Her husband was borderline diabetic — the doctor gave him a choice between medication and lifestyle change. They chose plants. Thirty-one years ago she made a vow: she would not give up the food that felt like home. She'd just reimagine all of it.
Friends demanded her vegan biscuits. She won greens cook-offs. She started growing at Alice's Garden Urban Farm. She never looked back.
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