16 | JULY 21 • 2022
OUR COMMUNITY
T
ikkun olam has always resonated
with Oran B. Hesterman.
The founder of Ann Arbor-based
nonprofit Fair Food Network, which aims to
grow community health and wealth through
food, sees the Jewish concept of repairing
the world as part of his civic duty.
“The foundation of the work I do on
food justice and really paying attention to
social service is part of my background of
being Jewish,” says Hesterman, 70, of Ann
Arbor. “I don’t take the command of tik-
kun olam lightly.”
That concept, he continues, has been a
driving force throughout his entire profes-
sional life. “
All of us have to take responsi-
bility for repairing and healing the world
as much as we can.”
Hesterman found he can repair the
world through food. Launched in 2009,
Fair Food Network has stayed true to its
mission of recognizing that not everyone
Fair Food Network
repairs the world
through food.
at a
ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
One Meal
Time
Time
Through the Fair Food
Network, Oran Hesterman
works with vendors to
help their businesses and
provide food to those who
need it.
FAIR FOOD NETWORK