Emily Jane Freed is the Assistant Production Manager at Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo, Inc., where she manages eight ranches and greenhouses, which includes over 250 acres of organic culinary herbs and edible flowers. Emily was the Chair of the 2009 Hazon Food Conference and served on the 2008 Hazon Food Conference’s Executive & Planning Committee. She was featured in Fortune Magazine’s online article “Look Who’s Farming Now,” as well as in Mother Nature Network’s ‘40 Farmers Under 40.’ She is a board member of the University of California Santa Cruz Friends for the Farm & Garden, which is committed to promoting community outreach, education, and organic agricultural practices on California's Central Coast. Emily was raised in Sonoma County, received her B.A. in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Oregon, and currently lives in Santa Cruz’s Upper West Side neighborhood.
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Emily Freed
United States
Assistant Production Manager, Farmer & Farm Manager
Facilitation (meetings or gatherings), Partnering with other organizations and initiatives, Planning meetings/events, Recruitment and Retention (employees/volunteers), Setting goals
2007 ROI Summit, 2008 ROI Summit, 2010 ROI Summit
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