Nate Birt is a nationally published author, speaker, and founder of Silver Maple Strategies, a social impact communications consulting company. Nate is also senior adviser to Trust In Food, the sustainable agriculture division of Farm Journal. He has helped organizations build and implement multi-million-dollar climate change programs across Fortune 500 companies, global nonprofits and government agencies. Nate holds a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri and his writing has appeared in the Detroit Free Press, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and The Washington Post.