ROOTED: Rewriting Women's Leadership Across U.S. Food System Workplace

Women sustain the U.S. food system, yet narrow leadership narratives and biased attitudes shape who is seen as credible, promotable, and worth investing in. ROOTED is an open-source, AI-enabled workplace infrastructure for women across the food system, providing trusted peer/mentor matching, skill and community building, and "moment-based" coaching. By translating women lived experience into curated guidance and visible leadership patterns, ROOTED normalizes diverse authority and improves advancement, retention, and resilience.