Entrepreneurship & Agroforestry: Ariana Day Yuen ’19, Founder and CEO of Forested Foods

Ariana Day Yuen ’19 is the founder and CEO of Forested Foods, a
vertically integrated agroforestry venture in Ethiopia. She began
her career as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in
their D.C. and New York City offices where she advised clients
across the government, non-profit, and private sectors. She then
joined TechnoServe as a Fellow in their Ethiopia office and
joined them full-time thereafter supporting a range of projects
that focused on designing and building more sustainable and
equitable value chains and market systems. Her accumulated
experiences, passion for sustainable and delicious food, and
deepening sense of responsibility to tackle complex societal
issues are what led to Forested Foods. She is interviewed by Amy
Kundrat ’21.