Born, raised, and residing in the small central Maine town of Saint Albans, Heron's plant “roots” derive from childhood chores in …
People
Kitt Healy
Kitt Healy is OSA's Research and Education Associate for the Midwest region. She holds a joint Masters degree in Agroecology and Organic …
Tessa Peters
Tessa Peters is the Director of Crop Stewardship at The Land Institute. She has a B.S. in Physics and in Agroecology and a PhD in Plant …
Steve Peters
Steve has been involved with agriculture since he was a child. His journey began as a gardener and then a farmer, research agronomist, seed …
Amber McConnon
Amber McConnon is the California Research & Education Assistant. She oversees the Southern California regional hub activities and has a …
Adam Wagner
Adam Wagner is a native Oregonian. After college he spent several years as an organic farmer in Deadwood, Oregon, selling his crops to …
Ira Wallace
Ira is a worker/owner of the cooperatively managed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange where she coordinates variety selection and seed grower …
Adrienne Shelton
Adrienne is the Northeast Organic Product Specialist for Vitalis Organic Seeds. She earned a masters degree in Plant Breeding and Plant …
Amy Grondin
Since 1993, Amy Grondin has worked on boats in the Alaska Salmon industry as a fish buyer, micro-processor of wild salmon and a commercial …
Sebastian Aguilar
Sebastian operates Chickadee Farm with his wife Kelly in Talent, OR, where they grow organic vegetable and flower seed for several national …
Laurie McKenzie
Laurie McKenzie is Research and Education Associate for the Pacific Northwest region and one of OSA's vegetable breeders. She manages …
Cathleen McCluskey
Cathleen McCluskey is the policy and advocacy director for Organic Seed Alliance. She leads our legal and cultural advocacy work developing …
