Planning Committee

Every year over 500 workshop proposals apply to facilitate at the annual EcoFarm Conference the Planning Committee convenes 3 times a year to read, review, and vote on each workshop proposal that is selected in July to be at the conference in January. 

If you are interested in becoming a part of the process, please email us at conference@eco-farm.org

  • Ann Baier | NCAT ATTRA
    Jo Ann Baumgartner | Wild Farm Alliance
    Laetitia Benador | California Certified Organic Farmers
    Robina Bhatti | Robina's Organics, ALBA, CSUMB
    Mira Dick | National Resource Conservation Service
    Benjamin Fahrer | Top Leaf Farms, Cornerstone Farms
    Ken Foster | Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
    Vanya Goldberg | Agriculturalist + [Life] Designer
    Hansel Kern | Kern Family Farm/EFA BOD
    Sue Kern | Kern Family Farm/ The Gnarly Carrot
    Pam Krone | Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuaries
    Margaret Lloyd | UC ANR
    Jazmine Mejia-Munoz | Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuaries
    Razia Mianoor | Farm View Youth Learning Center
    Joy Moore | KPFA radio
    James Nakahara | Kitchen Table Advisors
    Deborah Nares | American Farmland Trust & Deborah Nares Consulting
    Sherril Nell Wells | Rancho de Rodney
    Steve Peters | Seed rEvolution Now!
    Carla Rosin | ‎City of Santa Monica Farmers Markets
    Peter Ruddock | Agricultural Acts
    Nathanael (Nate) Siemens | Fat Uncle Farms
    Zea Sonnabend | Fruitilicious Farm
    Steve Sprinkel | Farmer and the Cook
    David Weinstein | Real Organic Project
    Kathy Webster | TomKat Ranch
    Tom Willey | T&D Willey Farms
    Amy Wu | From Farms to Incubators
    Javier Zamora | JSM Organics
    Tañia Zuniga | Kitchen Table Advisors

  • We are no longer accepting workshop applications for 2025. Check back Spring 2025 to submit a workshop for EcoFarm 2026.