Jeremy

Jeremy has been the Farm Manager for the SOF and its 48 week CSA since August of 2004.  He has been teaching in and coordinating the certificate program since 2007 when it first began and now servers as the Director and lead instructor for the Organic Farmer Training Program. He along with others at the SOF designed the curriculum and program for the OFTP. Prior to joining the SOF, Jeremy was a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment where his researched focused on Agroecology.

He has studied and worked at the Evergreen State College Organic Farm in Olympia Washington, and worked at several organic farms including the Mountain School educational farm in Vermont. Jeremy is also very involved in food and farm system education and activism. He serves on the founding board of directors for the Agrarian Adventure, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting K-12 students to the source of their food through experiential food and agriculture education. He also serves on the leadership team of the Food System Economic Partnership of SE Michigan where he chaired the Farm to School Committee for 3 years, working to increase consumption of healthy locally produced food in school meals.