The Dressing Room's Michel Nischan

For those of you who attended the latest Green Drinks at the Westport Arts Center, you're familiar with this guy, Michel Nischan. We just wanted to extend a special thanks to him for his inspirational talk about sustainable living.

Quite a few of you know about Michel and his team's work, but in case you don't, here's a few details. Michel is the co-owner and operator of The Dressing Room in Westport, which is located next to the playhouse. He is also the author of two award-winning cookbooks, and he travels and speaks often and regularly about sustainable and culturally significant food.

Additionally, Michel is the founder of Wholesome Wave, a not-for-profit that currently is the home of two outstanding programs. The first is Wholesome Wave Farm Markets, or as you may know them, the Westport Farmers Market and the Fairfield Winter Market. These markets are run by Katherine Dyer, a regular at Green Drinks and a real inspiration to what one person can accomplish with a lot of patience and hard work.

Wholesome Wave also is home to the Green Wave Program, a farm-to-college, whole and natural food program run by Lila Gault, which is launching a movement to get real food, grown by local farmers and processed minimally, on the tables at major colleges and universities.

If you have any questions for Michel, you can contact him via his website at michelnischan.com