San Francisco, CA

Founder and Director, The Garden Project

Farm based job and life skills training, youth, organic food donation

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csneed@gardenproject.org

www.gardenproject.org

San Francisco, CA

Farm Manager, The Garden Project

Farm based job and life skills training, youth, organic food donation

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info@gardenproject.or

www.gardenproject.org

Santa Cruz, CA

Social justice advocate, POC community organizer

UCSC Teacher Credential/MA Education student 2017-18

Parent Garden Committee Head at Monarch Community School

Parent of two amazing daughters, Tamarah (11) and Emunah (6)

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akikominami70@gmail.com

San Francisco, CA

Indigenous Permaculture Project

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www.indigenous-permaculture.com

Oakland CA

Garden Educator at Urban Sprouts

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Bronx, NY

Director of Bronx Green-Up and Community Horticulture

New York Botanical Garden

www.nybg.org/green_up

Sebastopol, CA

Permaculture, Urban Ecology, Ecological Architecture, Organic Architecture,

and Sustainable Systems, Adjunct Professor at University of SF.

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www.usfca.edu/faculty/leslie-geathers

Santa Cruz, CA

Farm Site and Research Lands Manager, UC Santa Cruz

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS)

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dgwong@ucsc.edu

https://casfs.ucsc.edu

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Malinalco, Mexico

Holistic Therapist, Ecologist, Permaculturalist, Community Activist,

Fundraiser, Acupressure Therapist

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www.kopali.strikingly.com

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Berkley, CA

Food justice activist, key player in reforming school lunches in Berkeley Unified School District, co-founded Farm Fresh Choice of the Ecology Center, Commissioner for the City of Berkeley on the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts (Soda Tax), currently teaching garden based nutrition to high school students and their families in Berkeley.

morejoy00@gmail.com

Hollister, CA

Founder, OYA Organics

www.oya-organics.com/

New York, NY

A member of La Familia Verde Garden Coalition, she launched City Farms Markets, bringing garden grown and farm fresh vegetables to her neighborhood. Latest project, is collaborating and farming with Rise & Root Farm.

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www.riseandrootfarm.com/karen-washington/

AZ

Hopi Native a generational dryland farmer, works with Navajo and Hopi tribes at local schools to maintain edible gardens in schools.

www.virtualgrange.org/people/david-pecusa/

El Paso, TX

Co-founder and Farm Director, La Semilla Food Center

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www.lasemillafoodcenter.org

Austin, TX

ACC Sustainable Agriculture Program and Campus Farm Coordinator

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evelyn.rosas@austincc.edu

www.continue.austincc.edu/agriculture

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Teacher at Arab International Academy

Berkeley, CA

Youth, community health, traditional foodways

Owner of Sariwa and Filipino Youth Advocates for Justice

CA

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Guatemala City, Guatemala

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GA

Owner of founder of Gilliard Farms, CASFS Farm to Fork Chef

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www.gilliardfarms.com/about_matthew.html

San Francisco, CA

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Los Angeles, CA

Landscape architectural researcher and designer.

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stephanieclimbstrees@gmail.com

www.stephanielin.co/

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Los Angeles, CA

Edible/Sustainable Landscape Designer, Artist, Urban Ag. Instructor, activist in environmental stewardship, hand-made crafter, primitive skills, healer and free-spirit!    

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i.awake.within@gmail.com

Oakland, CA

Production Manager at Acta Non Verba@Tassafaronga

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www.anv2014.wordpress.com

San Francisco, CA

Food and Farm Attorney at Sustainable Economies Law Center

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neil@theselc.org

New York, NY

Director of Farm School NYC

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www.farmschoolnyc.org

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Los Angeles, CA

Urban Gardener, Activist

Brooklyn, NY

Farmer Manager at KCC Urban Farm

cewdkbcc.com/current-programs/kcc-urban-farm/

San Francisco, CA

Program Director for San Francisco based food justice nonprofit, Urban Sprouts

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ileana.herreravasquez@gmail.com

www.urbansprouts.org

Santa Cruz, CA

Organic Farmer & Surfer.

Philadelphia, PA

Community Activist, Farm & Food Sovereignty Project Director at VietLead

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http://vietlead.org/our-team/

NY

Farmer/Co-owner at Rise and Root Farm

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www.riseandrootfarm.com/

Jersey City, NJ

Ecological landscape design, food systems, land management

Santa Cruz, CA

Enrich the Soul + soil. Preserve diverse seed & knowledge. Farm & empowers youth.  Spring, summer programs coordinator, Food What?! in Santa Cruz.

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www.foodwhat.org/

Oakland, CA

Holistic health, flora & fauna, natural crafts affiliated with:

Trowbridge Flowers & Vegetable Farm, Trees For Oakland

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hetty.chin@gmail.com

Ojai, CA

Restorative justice, prison justice, liberation psychology,

Training consultant, Equitable Food Initiative

Los Angeles/Covelo, CA

Farming, seeds, food sovereignty

Oakland, CA

Greenhouse management, food justice, youth education

Youth Program Manager, Oakland Sol Farm

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avocadoboyleo@gmail.com

http://oaklandsol.weebly.com/

Santa Cruz, CA

Apprenticeship Instructor and Farm Garden Assistant Manager, UC Santa Cruz 

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS)

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kmmatsus@ucsc.edu

https://casfs.ucsc.edu

Fresno, CA

USDA Farm Loan Officer Trainee

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jamesharr68@yahoo.com

james.harris@ca.usda.gov

Brooklyn,NY

Urban Farmer/Food Education Coordinator at KCC Urban Farm

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mariezdailymail@gmail.com

instagram.com/mayamariez

Trenton, NJ

Urban gardener and food justice/food policy organizer

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Lunarlands@gmail.com

Charleston, SC

Founder, Transformation Table LLC

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tina@transformationtable.com

www.facebook.com/transformationtable/

www.transformationtable.com (By September 28, 2017)

San Francisco, CA

Urban Agriculture instructor at Mission High School.

San Francisco, CA

Edible landscaping, artist, urban farmer, greenhouse management, QPOC, Queer Ecology, gravity, disco ball, Flower Bending, epiphytes Decolonial Botany

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ecoxicano@gmail.com

Social Media: @ecoxicano #Ecoxicano #FlowerBending #DecolonizeYourFlower #GardenCholo

Santa Cruz, CA

Director of Residential Life and Community, UC Santa Cruz

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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lturnere@ucsc.edu

https://casfs.ucsc.edu

Santa Cruz, CA

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Raleigh, NC

Farm Worker justice, traditional Oaxacan farming

Los Angeles, CA

Community food networks, food sovereignty, healing justice, liberation-centered popular education, urban farming.

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jasm.wade@gmail.com

Philadelphia, PA

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Vietnam

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Santa Cruz, CA

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San Jose, CA

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San Francisco, CA

maker of things. grower of things. connector of things. artist. farmer. web designer. yoga instructor.

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www.leighgaymonjones.com

Santa Cruz, CA

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Oakland, CA

Vivian.santanapacheco@gmail.com

Climate Justice - Food Justice - Urban Farming - Community Building

Oakland, CA

Land and Housing Access, Food Justice, Cooperatives Current Apprentice,

CASFS People of Color Sustainable Housing Network,  Organizer Queer

EcoJustice Project, Organizer.

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dfonteno@gmail.com

Guatemala & Puerto Rico

Youth leadership, Organic Farming and Ecosocial Design,  

Affiliation: Board Member of SERES

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http://www.projectseres.org/

Santa Ana, CA

Restorative Justice, Food Sovereignty, Activist, Urban Farming, Educator, Food Justice, Community building and Youth Empowerment.

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Hcalderon17@gmail.com

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Santa Cruz, CA

Community building, youth empowerment, plant-based eating, flower farming

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boothe.kendra@gmail.com

Los Angeles, CA

Native Food Sovereignty, Traditional Foodways, Culture-based Education

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mayaharjo@gmail.com

Los Angeles & Santa Barbara, CA

Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Permaculture, Holistic Health.

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rduran1@antioch.edu

Santa Cruz, CA

Youth Leadership, Intersectionality, Local Economies, Policy, Land Rights

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Drobles@evoprose.com

Santa Cruz, CA

Market Gardening, Flowers, Youth Education

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East Bay, CA

Ranger at East Bay Regional Parks District

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Oakland, CA

farm manager, at Planting Justice--Grow Food, Jobs and Community

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Campus Farm and Program Manager at Duke University

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