Charlene Doland is President of Edible Landscapes of Yamhill County, a community-focused organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities, particularly those underserved, to transform their spaces into flourishing organic edible gardens. Driven by a profound commitment to environmental stewardship, Charlene is deeply involved in learning about regenerative agriculture practices, sharing her insights with others, and putting these methods into action. These practices effectively harness the synergy of soil, vegetation, and natural water systems to yield abundant, nutrient-rich harvests. Beyond enhancing food equity and sovereignty, these methods also play a crucial role in improving carbon sequestration and revitalizing ecosystems.

Dr. Elaine Ingham earned a PhD from Colorado State University in microbiology with an emphasis in soil biology. She has conducted research at the University of Georgia, Oregon State University, Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, Southern Cross University, New South Wales, and Melbourne University. She was named chief scientist at the Rodale Institute in 2011 and was later director of research and an instructor at The Agricultural Celebration Institute Farm in California. She founded Soil Food Web Network Inc. in 2001.

Dr. Elaine Ingham is recognized as one of the foremost soil biologists in the world. After discovering the soil food web approach (nature’s soil operating system) nearly 4 decades ago she has pioneered research in the field of soil microbial science. Dr. Ingham’s approach is an effective and viable means of rapidly regenerating agricultural soils, enabling farmers to operate without the use of chemical inputs, thus protecting the world’s waterways, insect and animal populations. Restoring the soil food web to agricultural soils increases productivity and profitability, results in substantial levels of carbon sequestration, and has the potential, if implemented on a global scale using no till-farming, to return atmospheric carbon to the safe levels as identified by the IPCC. Dr. Ingham will be conducting research at TAINABLE as well as operating her well-established school where she teaches the next generation of soil scientist the benefits of regenerative agriculture and cutting-edge techniques for enhancing microbial activity and carbon sequestration in soils.

Dr. Ingham’s microbiome sequestration system is by far the fastest way to decarbonize the planet. Dollar for dollar, ton for ton, the Soil Food Web process locks more carbon in the soil than any other known process. Further, the soil conversion when coupled with no-till farming is complete in a matter of a few years. TAINABLE aims to promote and mainstream Dr. Ingham’s soil conversion process on a global scale.

Pat Crowley has an M.S. in Watershed Hydrology from the University of Arizona and a B.A. in Psychology from Claremont McKenna College and is founder and CEO of Chapul Farms, building and scaling modular insect farms.

With previous positions as a climate modeler, hydrologist, and agronomist for state and federal agencies, Pat’s diverse career path has a singular focus of ensuring food and water availability for future generations.

He founded Chapul Farms (the first edible cricket protein company in the US) in 2012 as a way to create a pull-through demand for the growth of the insect agriculture industry. This path led him to an appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank, securing an investment from Mark Cuban, and the creation of a brand that reached national distribution as the first of its kind. Chapul Farms’ is guided by the mission of increasing biodiversity within agriculture, leveraging insects as a gateway to beneficial microbial ecosystems that are keystone additions to most terrestrial ecosystems on the planet. The microbes in insect manure are essential to healthy soils, especially when applied to soil with no-till and other regenerative practices.

Chapul Farms’ mission is to develop commercial insect facilities that advance key environmental impact goals toward sustainable (net-zero) and regenerative (net positive) initiatives, including the health of homo sapiens communities. Chapul develops economic incentives for human actions to expedite the development of insect habitats within agri-systems.

Edward “Eddie” Hill is a member of FOOD LOOP NORTHWEST. Hill brings a humorous directness and cheeky sincerity to his work advancing environmental, economic, and social justice (parity) through food systems and wealth building in vulnerable communities. Hill is an innovator and driver of work at the intersections of food justice, food systems improvement, agriculture, and BIPOC food economies for Black and Brown People in the Pacific Northwest.

Hill’s background includes community pre-development and stakeholder engagement, site and neighborhood planning, long-range comprehensive planning, green infrastructure design, regenerative ecological systems, as well as project management services, program development, and academic instruction. Hill has a B.A. in Liberal Arts: Urban Studies from The Evergreen State College, Tacoma (2005), and completed his Masters of Urban Design & Planning coursework in 2013 at the University of Washington.

Christian Wrigley is an herb gardener, clinical herbalist, children’s outdoor educator and founder of BirdSong Botanicals. His mission is to educate, empower and spread awareness that human health and vitality is intimately connected to the health and biodiversity of our planets soils and ecosystems.