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

  • Jo Ann Baumgartner | Wild Farm Alliance

    Robina Bhatti | Robina's Organics, ALBA, CSUMB

    Lisa Bunin | Organic Advocacy

    Mira Dick | National Resource Conservation Service

    Benjamin Fahrer | Top Leaf Farms, Cornerstone Farms

    Adrian Fischer | CCOF Foundation

    Ken Foster | Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping

    Dina Izzo | Urban Village Farmers Market Association

    Hansel Kern | Kern Family Farm/EFA BOD

    Sue Kern | Kern Family Farm/ The Gnarly Carrot

    Pam Krone | Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuaries

    Jazmine Mejia-Munoz | Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuaries

    Razia Mianoor | Farm View Youth Learning Center

    Joy Moore | KPFA radio

    Deborah Nares | American Farmland Trust & Deborah Nares Consulting

    James Nakahara | Kitchen Table Advisors

    Sherril Nell Wells | Rancho de Rodney

    Terry Oxford | UrbanBeeSF

    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

    Kathy Webster | TomKat Ranch

    Tom Willey | T&D Willey Farms

    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.