Brennan Washington is the Southeastern Outreach Coordinator for Southern SARE. After serving on the Southern SARE Administrative Council for six years, Mr. Washington assumed this position in September 2015 where he promotes the SARE program to 1890 Universities, non-profit organizations working with farmers and directly with minority and limited resources farmers.
Brennan and Gwendolyn Washington own Phoenix Gardens. Phoenix Gardens is a small, diversified farm that produces sustainably grown produce, herbs and fruit. The farm is slowly transitioning to a teaching and research farm. In 2021, Brennan and Gwendolyn were awarded the Georgia Organics Barbara Petit Pollinator award for outstanding service to the organic and sustainable agriculture movement.
Brennan is a graduate of the Southern University Small Farm Agricultural Leadership Institute and the University of Georgia’s Advancing Georgia Leaders in Agriculture leadership program. He has served as a board member or advisor to Southern SARE, Georgia Organics, the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG), the Wallace Center Advisory Group, the Wallace Center EPA Mississippi River Climate Change Project and the Rodale Southeastern Operations Center. In 2024, Brennan was awarded the TM Mitchell Leadership award in recognition of outstanding service to producers through the extension system.