Sarah Rachel Friedman
Food systems & strategic communication

Sarah Rachel Friedman
Flirting with food & futures

A brand and communications strategist who brings a design-oriented perspective to sustainability challenges with a focus on food, gender and climate resilience.



SELECTED WORKS
2026
Parcela · Photo series


A photo series of Parcela, an organic farm and restaurant in Tepoztlán, Mexico, built around turning waste into soil and strengthening its community.

Photography

Diego prepares the land for the next planting at Parcela.



2025 - ongoing 
UPFARM · Social farming programme


Strategy for an EU programme building inclusive, regenerative jobs through social farming in Tuscany, Italy, with 15 partners across six countries.

Communications lead, creative briefing, impact reporting

The strategy and social media toolkit for UPFARM opens with a map of the programme’s territories in Tuscany.



2025
Mapping (climate) resilience · Participatory research project


Field research with Q'eqchi' women in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve on how they use land and adapt to climate variability.

Research design, field research, analysis

A participant draws her living environment during a session in Petén.



2024 - ongoing 
AXES · Market access programme


Communication strategy, landing page and toolkit for a programme connecting agrifood businesses in Colombia and Costa Rica with new markets and sustainable supply chains.

Communications lead, landing page, toolkit design

The market access toolkit for AXES helps businesses identify pathways to new markets.



2024
CirculUP! · Circular economy programme


Ten videos featuring twenty entrepreneurs in ten cities worldwide, made for an EU-supported programme on the circular economy in Armenia.

Concept, creative direction, team coordination

Stijn is a co-founder of Dik & Schil, a company that makes drinks from coffee grounds and orange peel.



2024
The Green Rebel · Photo series


Photographs and fieldwork at a regenerative farm near Miravet, Spain, restoring 15 hectares of degraded land through syntropic agroforestry.

Photography, fieldwork

Dasha works in the market garden at The Green Rebel.



2023
Impact Hub Network · Global rebrand


New brand guidelines for a global network of more than 135 locations, with a social media strategy and explainer videos.

Rebrand lead, social media strategy, video production

The new brand appears on an Impact Hub Instagram post for International Non-Binary People’s Day 2023.



2023
The Eco-Bridgers · Short film

A short film on the residents and entrepreneurs greening Amsterdam, a dense city where green space is under growing pressure.

Direction, camera, sound

Iris looks out from her garden house at Tuinpark Sloterdijkermeer in Amsterdam.



2022
Week Against Racism · Public dialogue campaign


Three video dialogues on racism and discrimination between people from different communities, made for Pakhuis de Zwijger and Samen Tegen Racisme.

Concept, direction, camera

Each of the three dialogues brings together two people from different communities.




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Services
 Communication strategy
 Brand guidelines
 Social media strategy and toolkits
 Impact reporting
 Video concept, direction and production
 Photography
 Field research and analysis

 
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