Seeding Resilience
For values-driven organizations, I develop leadership capacity through creative facilitation and impactful business advising.
Interdependence
Just like a tomato plant needs a trellis to develop the most fruits, organizations need support to reach their full potential.
I offer facilitation services to allow organizations meet and make plans more effectively.
For small business and nonprofit leaders, I offer one-on-one advising to develop leadership skills, manage transitions, and build resilience.
My approach is compassionate, creative, and grounded in my lived experience as a small business owner and nonprofit leader.
My professional certifications and experiences include:
Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Fellow (2024-2026)
Mental Health First Aid Certified (2024)
North American Food Systems Network AgriCluster Resilience and Expansion (ACRE) Facilitator (2023)
American Farmland Trust Land Access Trainer (2021)
Co-author, Doherty, F., Tayse, R., Kaiser, M., & Rao, S. (2023). “The farm has an insatiable appetite”: A food justice approach to understanding beginning farmer stress. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 12(3), 69–92.
What can we grow together? Contact me to collaborate.
Dig In To Past Projects
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The Farm Has An Insatiable Appetite
I am delighted to announce the publication of “The farm has an insatiable appetite”: A food justice approach to understanding beginning farmer stress in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2023.123.011. This article is the culmination of three years of project development, research, analysis, and writing. I participated as a research advisor…
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Advancing Mobile Meat Slaughter and Processing In Ohio and Central Appalachia
From September 2020 – March 2022, myself and collaborators Angela Blatt, Paul Dorrance, and ACEnet completed a USDA Local Foods Promotion Program (LFPP) project, “Planning to Advance Mobile Meat Slaughter and Processing in Ohio and Central Appalachia” from September 2020 – March 2022. Demand for local meat continues to grow, but bottlenecks in the local…
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Mad About Saffron
From 2018-2019, I was the project coordinator of “Mad About Saffron: Growing A Valuable Global Seasoning In The Midwest” a NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher awarded to Foraged & Sown urban central Ohio farm. In the first year of the Mad About Saffron project, the Foraged & Sown team began exploring how to grow saffron in the…