Bio
As the first CE Specialist fully dedicated to organic agriculture in California, I conduct research and extension for organic communities across the state to make California organic agriculture and food systems more sustainable: ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially just. Organic agricultural practices are grassroots farming methods developed by organic farmers, primarily based on their location-specific experiential knowledge. Respecting and learning from organic farmers is the foundation of my research and extension activities. This relates to agroecology's transdisciplinary, participatory approaches, and I will attempt to incorporate this approach into the education program of the COAR project.