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Food As Content

Who we are

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Our company

We are Food As Content™, a New York-based media production and strategy studio specializing in food + people.

Our company was founded in 2023, with a mission to shape a more responsible, inclusive, and sustainable food media culture that values the planet and nourishes the communities at the heart of the food system.

Our services include food media production, strategy, and digital skills training for businesses, organizations, and individuals at the intersection of food, people + the planet.

 

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Our approach

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We have a revolutionary approach to sustainability in food media, years of expertise using irresistible visuals + emotionally compelling food storytelling, and a deep understanding of the needs of food businesses and organizations.

We place people and the planet at the center of everything we do, offering food business owners, entrepreneurs, and organizations in the food space an alternative to stay at the forefront of the digital landscape, and build meaningful relationships with their audience, while they make a positive impact in the communities + the planet.

 

Our strategy

Sustainable production

We produce content for clients in the food space under our proprietary Sustainable Food Media Production Framework™, which helps us approach critical aspects: people, equipment, transportation, sets, and partnerships.

Digital skills training

We equip small food business owners and workers with digital and media skills through in-person, virtual and hybrid workshops, where they can learn how to create their own content and thrive in digital spaces.

Impact network

We partner with NGOs, grassroots and intergovernmental organizations, private businesses, and individuals in food and agriculture working on the social and climate solutions that our world requires today.

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Our founder

David Manrique is a New York-based Colombian food photographer, filmmaker, and screenwriter born and raised in Medellin. His work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times and Thrillist, as well as on television, and film festivals.

For the past 7 years, David's work has been concentrated in the food space, working with restaurants, food makers, and small business owners across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, while also collaborating with local organizations that are fighting hunger and food insecurity in the local communities.

David is a James Beard Foundation Legacy Network 2023-24 and Communitas Ventures programs alum, and winner of Shutterstock’s Create Fund (2023) and the New York Foundation for the Arts Queens Arts Fund (2024).

In 2023, he founded Food As Content.