Chip Carter

Chip Carter is the creator, producer, host and CEO of the network TV, YouTube and National Ag in the Classroom show "Where the Food Comes From." One day he was plowing behind a mule team; the next he was on a launchpad with NASA looking at how people will farm the moon. In between, Carter has visited more than 4,000 farms across North America.

Carter's gift is making complex topics easily understandable for any audience, and he delivers his work with an original style and a rollicking sense of humor. While he is an expert on food and farming, he also shares insights from starting a company from scratch to accomplish a difficult task in difficult times and from making a radical career move later in life. He brings additional perspective and balance from his experience as a full-time single parent, raising his son from the time he was two in an era when "Daytime Daddies" were not yet common.

Carter is a longtime media veteran; he worked in The Chicago Tribune's global syndication for 19 years, served as a columnist for The Washington Post and worked as an editor and producer for The Huffington Post. He has been called a "pioneer" for his early coverage of the then-new video game industry.

As the grandson of farmers and the son of a farmtown minister, Carter saw the need for better public understanding of how food is produced. He bootstrapped the show "Where the Food Comes From," from its launch in 2017 to a Nielsen-rated network premiere on RFD-TV on DirecTV and cable in 2022, to a YouTube launch with Google Food Lab in 2025 and to selection for the USDA's National Ag in the Classroom program in 2026.

Carter leads audiences to laugh, to learn or both. He speaks on supply chain dynamics, sustainability, climatology, production, food insecurity, transportation and logistics. "Where the Food Comes From," known as "WTFCF," follows the entire food chain, not just the farm side.

Carter draws on his rural roots for humor and inspiration, recounting tales from the road while filming, "Where the Food Comes From," across the U.S. and stories from his childhood in rural America. He also motivates audiences by sharing the obstacles he faced and continues to face to make the work happen.

In addition to speaking engagements, Carter leads a workshop called Making the Media Work for You, based on his extensive media experience and the more than 15,000 interviews he has conducted. The workshop is designed to help participants navigate today's evolving media landscape, cultivate relationships and manage crises and is available for conferences, conventions, corporate events and team or individual training.

Carter offers a range of standard presentations and customizes presentations to fit individual audiences, regardless of subject or event.