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Closed Loop Cooking is a community and resource hub focused on living sustainably and eating well. Our weekly newsletter brings you the best plant-minded finds from simple recipes to scrappy stories and beyond.

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Hawnuh Lee

FOUNDER | CREATIVE AT LARGE

Closed Loop Cooking is the culmination of Hawnuh’s multidisciplinary creative approach. The platform is at the intersection of design education, storytelling, and sustainability–pulling inspiration from her 10+ years of restaurant experience and professional design work. She believes in well-built systems that enable positive change. Collaborative design processes drive her work and reinforce her belief that community-driven design creates the most impactful solutions. She’s an advocate for regenerative farming practices and will talk at length about soil health with you if you let her.

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Maia Welbel

Maia Welbel

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR | WRITER

Maia is a writer, sustainable food activist, and yoga teacher based in Chicago. She is passionate about using storytelling to help people treat our planet with more compassion. With a background in environmental science and journalism, she aims to make sustainable living and eating as inclusive and accessible as possible. Find more of her work at maiawelbel.com and on Instagram @mwelbel.