Emily’s life’s work is in growing food and supporting others in having the resources and opportunities to do the same. After tending market gardens throughout the New Orleans for several years, she co-founded the Louisiana agricultural support nonprofit SPROUT in 2012. In addition to her ongoing support of SPROUT, Emily is a founder of the Greater New Orleans Growers’ Alliance (GNOGA), has Master’s Degree in Food and Agriculture Law and Policy (MFALP) from Vermont Law School, and is a budding community herbalist.
Emily is passionate about organizing, developing equitable food systems, and tending to the human and more than human world. In her spare time she loves hanging out with her family and pets, caring for her garden, and making herbal medicine to share with her community.