Jonathan McArthur
Jonathan is a Natural State native who graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture and a minor in Sustainability. He started his farming career by managing a small but intensive fruit and vegetable farm for the Samaritan Community Center, a nonprofit feeding organization. Jonathan is a vocal farming advocate and […]
Charles Madlock
Charles is a graphic designer and entrepreneur with a background in artist development and business marketing from Jackson, Mississippi. He became interested in farming as an adult living in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he had several friends with home gardens. Growing cucumbers, tomatoes, and watermelons in the backyard started his love of farming and now he […]
Laura Colligan
Laura Colligan is a certified organic vegetable farmer from western New York, near Buffalo. She started her farm, Dirt Rich Farm, in 2015 at the age of 21 and now runs it with her fiancé and a couple of seasonal employees. The farm produces a wide variety of vegetables, from amaranth and arugula to zucchini, […]
Jessica Jacobson
A farmer’s daughter, just looking to make a difference in this world. Passing on the love and knowledge of growing, caring, and hard work to future generations.
Julian Mangano
I stepped away from a high paying job, in the largest city in the U.S., to fulfill my innermost dream. I left with the vision of cultivating nutrient-dense, chemical-free produce, assisting in the movement to re-localize food production and consumption, and reconnecting individuals to nature. The name of our farm is Della Terra, which means […]
Matt Hollenbeck
By education and former profession, I’m a geologist that left that field to pursue a more regenerative path. I bought my family apple processing business and bakery in 2016 from my 80 year old cousin to keep it going for future generations. I shortly thereafter began the process of becoming an apple grower, in addition […]
Stoni Tomson
I love to eat. One of my earliest memories is of my aunt spoon-feeding me and exclaiming, “What a good eater!” Beyond that, I know good food is sacred. As I grew up, though, I became aware of the ugly injustices of the industrial food system. I saw that I could join the movement of […]
Shondra Pass
I am Shondra Pass and I am an engineer and a farmer. I have over 10 years of experience working for various Fortune 500 companies in various capacities and I am now utilizing this experience in agriculture and advocacy spaces. I firmly believe that it is necessary to join the efforts to help protect our […]
Jaz Bias
Jaz (they/them) is an Afro-Caribbean activist, farmer, and heart-centered medicine maker, warmed by feelings of home and deep belly laughs. They are a lover of soil, ancestral magic, old growth trees, wild berries, cold plunges into rivers, sowing seeds, and all things food. They are currently cultivating two projects in so called Portland, Oregon/ SW […]
Jean Lam
I am a female, farmer and rancher from Oklahoma and a member of the Choctaw Nation. I grew up on a farm in Central Oklahoma growing alfalfa, corn, soybeans, wheat, and beef cattle. Currently I live in Southwestern Oklahoma and farm alongside my fiancé. We grow wheat and cotton and raise commercial beef cattle, predominately […]