I am happy to be working at the crossroads of community food access, nutrition education, project based learning, environmental stewardship, and agriculture. My work is rooted in community development, agriculture, and natural resources. I focus on organizational leadership, program development and implementation, and institutional advancement.
I served as Associate Director and Banking Information Project Director for Consumer Action, developing statewide education programs on banking and telephone services for immigrant, low income, and elderly consumers. I subsequently earned a Master’s of Science at the University of California, Davis in International Agricultural Development. I conducted fieldwork for my degree in Havana, Cuba in 1995, investigating the contributions of urban food production to the nutritional intake of gardeners’ households as well as the impacts of the gardens on surrounding communities. After graduate school I worked for the University of California (UC) Small Farm Center, the UC Genetic Resources Conservation Program, and co-coordinated the Garden in Every School Conference in 1997. Later, I served as the Deputy Director, Interim Executive Director, and Development Director of The Bay Institute, an advocacy, education, and conservation organization focused on San Francisco Bay and its watershed.
Contact at: angela@urbansprouts.org
