Freya Yost is Director of Information Services at A Growing Culture, an international organization that promotes ecological agriculture through information exchange. She manages the Library for Food Sovereignty, an online platform that facilitates information sharing between small-holder farmers around the world. Prior to this position, she worked at the United Nations and at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. Her research interests include information policy, privacy, and open data. She completed her undergraduate degree at the American University of Rome and holds an M.S. in Information and Library Science from Pratt Institute.