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Alex Persful
Alex is committed to growing good food for all and strong livelihoods for farmers.
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Brittany Sims
Brittany is the owner of ARTillery Organics,Cambodia
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Gouri Mirpuri
Gouri calls herself a "backyard activist" She joined TLF in 2008 and, although having recently moved to the United States, Gouri has been very active in Indonesian environmental initiatives over many years.
| Investors: | Website: http://thelearningfarm.com/ | Email: |
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Haile Johnston
Haile Johnston is a Philadelphia native whose passion is to identify and implement entrepreneurial methods for addressing the diverse needs of communities. Haile uses his creativity and community inclusion toward the development of sound public policy and innovative programming. He and his wife Tatiana are the founders of a community based nonprofit organization, the East Park Revitalization Alliance, which focuses resources on educating children about the transformative qualities of nutrition, physical activity and environmental enhancement. By partnering with numerous organizations external to their neighborhood, the group has greatly improved the quality of life within their community cleaning vacant properties and planting over 700 trees. With a focus on capacity development and job creation, the non profit employs nearly twenty adults and youth from the neighborhood during the peak summer months. Haile’s community and environmental justice work led him to a position as the Environmental Interventions Coordinator for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Division of Chronic Disease Prevention. Haile’s concern for the health of his community, especially the youth, guided the creation of programs to improve access to and awareness of nearby park facilities and recreational opportunities. Nutrition education, food access and physical activity have been focal points in his effort to combat the epidemics of obesity and diabetes in his Philadelphia community. Following his ardor for public service, Haile became a candidate for Philadelphia City Council in the spring 2007 primary election. He maintained a message of positivity and a new vision for leadership in his bid to represent some of Philadelphia’s most ethnically and economically diverse neighborhoods. He placed second in a three-way race trying to unseat a two-term incumbent and received endorsements from several progressive organizations. Haile was successful in his effort to increa
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Stephen Kimiri
Mr Stephen Kimiri, a 27-year-old techie behind SokoShambani.Mr Kimiri’s ultimate dream is to roll out the application to cover all small scale farmers in Kenya and connect them directly to individual consumers and institutions like schools and supermarkets.
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Steven Bianucci
Mr. Bianucci works with Iroquois Valley Farms Impact Advisory Board to maximize the triple-bottom line impact of The Company. Outwardly, he networks with the global impact investing community to further Iroquois Valley Farms’ mission, including foundational organizations in the field such as B Lab, Investor Circle, and GIIN. As Marketing Coordinator at STRATA, Mr. Bianucci was instrumental in their extremely successful 2009 re-branding effort and a leader and top performer in their Internal Sales Department. As an entrepreneur, he has co-founded, published, written and edited three publications. Computer User magazine was the country’s first regional computer publication and published monthly for 24 years. He has been a successful independent trader and trading advisory service owner. At Harvard College, where he earned a Degree in Psychology and Social Relations, he excelled in creative writing classes, as an editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and football letter winner. A history of interest in wise eating and passionate about health and organic farming, he began gardening, growing sprouts and shopping organically in high school.
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