Farmer, chef, and founder working at the intersection of food, agriculture, human vitality, and the future of modern life.
Current Work
Ana Intl | Founder & CEO
Ana Intl is a long-term company operating at the intersection of food, agriculture, human vitality, and the future of modern life.
Through education, media, advisory and strategic partnerships, the company explores how healthier systems of food, health, leadership, and enterprise can create more resilient ways of living and building.
Heirloom (Documentary)
Co- Director & Subject
A contemplative documentary exploring food, land, human healing, and ecological resilience through a systems-based lens.
The film examines how disconnection from natural systems shapes both personal and societal health, and what becomes possible when those relationships are restored.
Strategic Partnerships & Advisory
Advising organizations working across food, wellness, hospitality, media, and regenerative enterprise on long-term strategy, organizational resilience, and adaptive growth.
The Through- Line
“The systems surrounding people shape what becomes possible within them.”
— Chandrima Ornvold, Journal Entry, October 4, 2021
My work began on farms, in kitchens, and wellness environments.
Working across agriculture, food, and human health eventually led me to a larger realization:
The conditions surrounding people shape far more than individual outcomes.
The quality of our food.
The health of our soil.
The pace of modern life.
The environments we work inside.
The systems we normalize every day.
These conditions influence not only physical health, but clarity, resilience, creativity, leadership, and long-term vitality.
Over time, those observations expanded beyond food and health into broader questions around organizational culture, leadership, resilience, and the future of modern life itself.
Today, my work explores how healthier systems of food, agriculture, health, and enterprise can create more resilient ways of living, leading, and building.