Meet Our Board

In living in and exploring different parts of the country, I continued to see a growing hunger for greater harmony between the natural and built environments. With a passion for extraordinary public spaces and wholehearted, healthy living, a vision began for sharing the small acreage I grew up on in Luverne, Minnesota with the community. In reaching out to others to help the vision come to life, I found Project Food Forest right when the organization was being founded and knew that a public food forest would be a great fit for the site. Project Food Forest continues to be a crucial partner of what has become Prairie Ally Outdoor Center in Luverne. I began to have the desire to be part of creating more spaces like it and connecting with similar spaces that already exist. There are passionate people creating and maintaining food forests all over the world! Within my role at Project Food Forest, I hope to continue it’s mission, strengthen current partnerships, and establish new partnerships; opening up opportunities for individuals, communities, organizations, and agencies to come together to create more food forests and edible landscapes. Food forests give so much more than just food. They hold space for friendships to form, soil to be restored, and inspiration to be born.