Communications Manager: Programmatic Content & Design
Brian Geier (he/him) has worked within organic agriculture for over 20 years. His interest in farming was sparked when he volunteered with the Landless Peasant Movement in Brazil as a teenager, where he learned to see sustainable and equitable farming as a foundation for broad social change. In college, he studied under Marianne Sarrantonio in the Sustainable Agriculture program at the University of Maine. Following seasonal internships at various crop/livestock farms, he worked under Dr. Michael Bomford on soil-borne disease control in organic vegetable systems at Kentucky State University. He has 8 years of experience as a small farm operator and with commercial, organic, and value-added processing, and was a co-founder of the Organic Association of Kentucky. In recent years, Brian worked with land-based non-profits with a focus on education programs, including White Oak Farm and Education Center and the Vesper Meadow Education Program, both in Oregon. He currently lives on and operates Bundle Sticks Farm in Lanesville, Indiana.