Edible Heirlooms

Sana Javeri Kadri (she/her) is the founder of Diaspora Co., a direct trade spice company working towards a radically equitable, sustainable, and more delicious spice supply chain.

Sana was born and raised in Mumbai, India in a big, mixed-up Muslim-Jain-Hindu family assembled from every corner of the country where food was the common denominator and what brought them all together. She’s been working in the food industry since she was a teenager, and has dipped her toes in every facet of the food industry from line cook to farmworker, to food photographer, to marketing consultant, to CSA manager, to spice CEO.

She founded Diaspora Co. in 2017 with a big vision and a very small budget ($8K!). It has quickly grown (23x since 2018!) to become a nationally acclaimed, beloved spice brand that champions more than 200 regenerative family farms and 1500+ farmworkers, paying them 4x the commodity price for fresher, more flavorful spices. Diaspora aims to set the bar for what equity and quality can look like in the global spice trade.

Sana currently lives between Mumbai, India and Oakland, California.

Anisha Rachel Oommen is the editor and co-founder of The Goya Journal.

Born in Bangalore to a Kerala Syrian Christian family, Anisha grew up between the rice fields of Kerala and the coffee plantations of Chikmagalur. She earned a triple-major degree in Economics, Psychology & Sociology, and spent a few years at a Danish logistics firm, before returning to her interests in food, writing and media. During her tenure at Yahoo under editor Prem Panicker, she built a strong background in digital journalism. As a writer and journalist, her work has appeared in several Indian and international publications, including Roads & Kingdoms, Food52, and Scroll.in.

In 2016, she co-founded Goya Media with Aysha Tanya. Goya was the culmination of a deep appreciation for the role that food plays in people's lives and the stark absence of an institution that documents and preserves such intangible heritage.

Today, Goya is a media house whose most widely recognised brand is the Goya Journal, a food & culture publication focussed on culinary storytelling. Goya works with a wide network of writers, photographers and artists across India, documenting culture through cuisine. Goya also produces podcasts, hosts events, and runs a curated e-shop, as extensions of its media arm. Within the F&B industry, Goya also consults with brands and restaurants, sharing its expertise in the areas of food and media.