Amy Kalafa

For over 20 years, Amy Kalafa has produced award-winning films, television programs and magazine articles in the field of food, health and wellness education. Amy's production credits include three seasons of Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's parenting show, "What Every Baby Knows", PBS specials, "Our Nation's Health: A Matter of Choice" and "Healthy Aging", as well as the Reiner Foundation's, "The First Years Last Forever". She has produced numerous food and health segments for "Martha Stewart Living" and has appeared as a guest chef on PBS's, "Cultivating Life". Amy has won four Telly Awards and the Connecticut Vision Award and has been nominated for Peabody, Emmy and Cable Ace awards.

Her most recent film is an award-winning feature documentary about school food, "Two Angry Moms" (also available as a DVD on Amazon.com). LUNCH WARS, her first book, is the sequel to the movie and is packed with updated information, stories, templates and studies that will guide anyone interested in creating a healthy school food environment.

Amy was appointed as a Lecturer at the Yale School of Medicine and Psychiatry for her work in the field of health communication, particularly in recognition of a series she created and Executive Produced for Court TV, entitled "Inside the Criminal Mind". Amy has worked on numerous training films for Yale University and the US Department of Education. She is the Executive Producer of a grant- funded project, "The Trauma Business" in cooperation with the New York State Psychiatric Center and Columbia University. Amy is also a holistic health and nutrition counselor and a Lyme Disease consultant. Her advocacy work extends to her personal life as well. She served a four-year term on the advisory board of the Weston / Westport Health District's CDC funded "Target Lyme" prevention initiative and she is a founding board member of the AIDS Treatment Data Network, a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and an organic farmer.

Amy lives with her family in Fairfield County, CT.