Erica Pernice

Erica Pernice is a designer and organic farmer. Her favorite medium is food for its material fluidity and ability to comfort, connect, and educate. She is interested in creating systems and communities that are equitable, inclusive, accessible, and joyful.

Erica has developed consumer packaged goods for Kellogg and Ocean Spray, with products on the shelves of Whole Foods, Kroger, and Costco. She has investigated food as a delivery system for medication, which underwent Phase 1 FDA clinical trials, and has also developed dining innovations at the Boston Children’s Hospital and Johnson & Wales University.

Her advanced studio Designing Food has been featured in The New York Times and on NPR. She is a part-time faculty member at Rhode Island School of Design and works on a woman-led, chemical-free farm and apiary in southern Massachusetts.