I'm a biologist and artist who dreamed about moving back into the countryside ever since my parents dragged me kicking and screaming from our family farm at the ripe old age of eight. Since then, I've grown up and gone back to the land --- where I quickly realized that real farm life involves a lot more hard work than the eight year old was involved in!
But the reality is also much more fulfilling. I love harvesting my own vegetables, pigging out on sun-warmed strawberries, and bathing naked in the yard. (There are many perks to living in a secluded setting.) In my more industrious moments, I'm a web designer, field biologist, and grant writer, focussing on environmental justice issues. Check out my homesteading blog to stay up to date on my adventures!
Experience
Between leaving the farm and buying my own plot of earth, I wandered off to Swarthmore College where I received a double major in biology and art in 2000. Post graduation, I spent a year wandering around the globe and drawing plants, funded by a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, then settled back in the central Appalachians to inventory public and private lands for a few years.
More recently, I spent two years as the Environmental Director of a small grassroots non-profit. I devised pro-active campaigns to implement long term environmental solutions and complement their reactive forest watch program, multiplied their budget and website visitations by 6, and turned them into a force to be reckoned with.
Every few years, I'm ready for a change, so in December 2008 I'll bid my non-profit a fond farewell and set out on my own as an independent contractor. You can read more about my current projects on my website.

I am concerned 


