Joanie Kintscher 2012

Sustainable living has been the focus of my life for the last 40 years.

Raising a family on a small farm in Danville, CA, I headed up a county 4-H program where animal husbandry and horticulture were integrated into a program of environmental consciousness.

For the last 25 years my husband and I ran an organic fiber farm that was part of local college curriculum in the Napa Valley, helping adult students and their families to adapt the principles of organic living. During that time I also help to establish a Waldorf style Charter School in the Valley that emphasized the sustainable earth teachings of Rudolph Steiner.

I have been working with the Master Gardeners in California and Oregon since 2000, practicing and teaching the concepts of individual responsibility for sustainable gardening practices. I look forward to working with the Ashland Food Co-op Owners to continue on this path.