Amy Wu

Founder and Director, From Farms to Incubators

Amy Wu is an award-winning writer for the women’s ag and agtech movement.

She is the Creator & Chief Content Director of From Farms to Incubators, a multimedia platform that uses documentary, video, photography and the written word to tell the stories of women leaders and innovators in agtech. It has a mission of highlighting women in food, farming and farmtech, especially women of color. From Farms to Incubators includes a documentary and a book that spotlights women leaders in ag and agtech. The documentary and stories have been screened and presented at SXSW and Techonomy. The initiative was awarded grants from the International Center for Journalists and International Women's Media Foundation's Howard G. Buffett Fund. Amy was named on Worth magazine’s “Groundbreakers 2020 list of 50 Women Changing the World” list. 

Prior to starting From Farms to Incubators, Amy spent over two decades as an investigative reporter at media outlets including the USA Today Network where she reported on agriculture and agtech for The Salinas Californian. She’s also worked at Time magazine and written for The New York Times.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in history from New York University and master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. She is also an avid open water swimmer and completed the 28.6 mile Manhattan Island Marathon swim in 2010. When not writing and swimming she enjoys spending time with family, friends, and her cat Yul Brynner.