Team
Visual notes from PFFP Community Roundtable, art by Abby VanMuijen
Organizing Team
The Organizing Team facilitates and implements the People’s Food and Farm Project. The team bridges expertise in regional urban and rural geographies, as well as public, private, academic and nonprofit sectors. We have specialists in agroecological farming, food distribution, food access, food justice, policy, economics, community resilience, people-powered coalition building and facilitation, and public health.
Members of the Organizing Team:
Pie Ranch: Jered Lawson and Delma Soult
50+1 Strategies: Nicole Derse and Hannah de Groot
Real Food Media: Tiffani Patton
Food Culture Collective: Jovida Ross and Stephanie Lew
Independent: Marit Doshi (formerly UC Berkeley Cooperative Extension)
Much gratitude for past members of the Organizing Team!
Samir Doshi (formerly Stanford University)
Jennifer Sowerwine (UC Agriculture & Natural Resources/UC Berkeley)
Julian Mocine-McQueen and Kristin Rothballer (Center for Whole Communities)
Aitran Doan, Eva Farah, Colin Miller, and Marybelle Tobias (Environmental Justice Solutions)
Kaori Nagase (formerly 50+1 Strategies)
Michael Meehan (Santa Clara County Dept. of Planning)
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee provides accountability for the project and its workers. We are a group of community advisors that represent different food system expertise, geographies, and communities in the Bay Area. This Steering Committee is responsible for ensuring that the Vision for the People’s Food and Farm Project in the Bay Area will be participatory and community-led.
Leading members:
Angela McKee-Brown, Founder, Project Reflect
Yuka Nagashima, Executive Director, Food Shift
Jamie Nessel, Director of Product & Purchasing, Bi-Rite Family of Businesses
Shakirah Simley, Executive Director, Booker T. Washington Community Center
Members-at-large:
Jim Araby, Director of Campaigns, UFCW Local 5
Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri, Intercultural Conversations Program Manager – Indigeneity Program, Bioneers
Laura deTar, Executive Director, Fresh Approach
Aparna Gazula, Small Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Deen Hasaan, Director of Policy and Partnerships, Alameda County Community Food Bank
Elizabeth Hoover, Associate Professor of Native American Food Systems, UC Berkeley
Joaquin Jiminez, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS)
Kristyn Leach, Farmer, Namu Farm
Rupa Marya, CoFounder and Executive Instigator, Deep Medicine Circle
Crystal Wahpepah, Owner and Chef, Wahpepah’s Kitchen
Continued thanks to past Steering Committee members!
Nikiko Masumoto, Farmer, Masumoto Family Farms
Jackie Leal, Farmstand Coordinator, Urban Tilth
Project Partners
