Our Board
Chair: Janet Horner Group Facilitation and Consensus Building Specialist. Coordinator for GTA Agricultural Action Committee. Trainer for OSCIA and OMAFRA as well as specialist in Small Business startups. Family farm and catering business (Whitfield Farms Ltd).
Treasurer: Karine Jaouich Director of Operations at Local Food Plus. Past experience as Operations and Programs Development Manager at FoodShare. Specializes in helping organizations efficiently work through change, growth and development of policy and procedures.
Ricardo Ramirez Independent Researcher and Consultant in Communication for Development, Information and communication Technology, and Collaborative Approaches for Natural Resource Management. PhD in Interdisciplinary Rural Studies from the University of Guelph. Past experience as Project Officer for UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization as well as work with NGOs in Latin America & Caribbean.
Tarrah Young New farmer/owner/operator of Green Being Farm. FarmStart incubator farm program graduate. Educator and workshop facilitator on a variety of topics including Soil Health and Pasturing Pigs and Poultry.
