Recognized Organic Gardening Leaders 2025

I'm Whitney Klonsky, founder and CEO of Rhubarb, a specialized platform for home gardeners featuring AI that understands your unique growing conditions, a "super-app" for growing food designed specifically for the gardening community. I'm a lifelong home gardener, mother of three, and former coach who has studied horticulture, permaculture, agroecology, and nutrition. I hold professional certifications as a Horticulturist (Cert III, Australia), Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach, and NASM Personal Training with corrective exercise and lifestyle specializations. After spending seven years in Australia and experiencing firsthand how food, health, and climate are interconnected, I’m now back in the Pacific Northwest helping more people get growing, wherever they live. I provide expert insights on a broad range of gardening topics, particularly how they connect with nutrition, fitness, sustainability, and seasonal living. I can speak to everything from homegrown food as part of a broader food security solution, to water-wise gardening, biodiversity, ways to support local ecology through everyday garden choices, and the intersection of technology with traditional growing practices. As tech startup founder I can also speak to my experiences in a late career switch. I’m happy to share timely tips, trends we’re seeing in the Rhubarb community, or provide quotes for upcoming stories. You can also find me at www.joinrhubarb.com.

I teach do-it-yourselfers how to design their own landscape, have successful garden projects (big and small), and make the world a better place with their opportunity to do some landscaping. State certified Horticulturist, Landscape Designer, Gardening Teacher, and Master Gardener volunteer of 14 years –YouTube Channel 75k+ subscribers (Average views per video: 95k, Median views per video: 33k) –Newsletter List 5k+ subscribers (Average open rate: 48%) –Instagram: 19k+ followers Featured in The Seattle Times: www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/5-weeds-a-northwest-horticulturist-says-you-should-try-eating/ Through my business, Garden Project Academy, I offer live workshops, on-demand online courses, and coaching on landscape design and gardening for beginners and do-it-yourselfers. Email: hello@gardenprojectacademy.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/@gardenprojectacademy Instagram: www.instagram.com/gardenprojectacademy/ Website: www.gardenprojectacademy.com/ 🪴 Landscape design 🪴 Wildlife gardening 🪴 Money-saving tips, landscaping on a budget 🪴 Time-saving tips and low-maintenance landscaping 🪴 Gardening with native plants 🪴 Vegetable gardening 🪴 Ecological best practices 🪴 Pollinator gardening 🪴 Urban foraging 🪴 Composting 🪴 Mulch best practices 🪴 Plant propagation 🪴 Lawn removal methods 🪴 Landscape design for privacy 🪴 Landscape design for slopes and hillsides 🪴 Weeds & what to do 🪴 How to create a landscape design plan

Accomplished Senior Marketing Leader with 8+ years of digital marketing experience across fast-growing eCommerce, food, and hospitality industries. Specializes in customer lifecycle, retention, and CRM marketing with strong experience in omnichannel integrated marketing. Strives to build marketing operations and automations that increase customer engagement, lifetime value (LTV), AOV, and revenue from owned marketing channels. Holds certifications in Hubspot CRM Marketing Software, Klaviyo Email Marketing, and PostScript SMS. MARTECH EXPERIENCE: Shopify Plus, Hubspot CRM, ChatGPT, Klaviyo, Attentive, Postscript, Amped, Google Analytics (GA4), Peel Insights, Northbeam, Elevar, Rebuy, Wonderment, Malomo, Gorgias, Retently, GRIN, Figma, Clickup, Trello, Zapier, Hootsuite, HeyOrca, Tapcart, Meta Ads Manager, LinkedIn Ads Manager, Google Ads, Google Merchant Center, Google Suite, and Slack.P.S. Want to buy me a coffee and support my food storytelling work? https://buymeacoffee.com/piper

Entrepeneur and experienced ecommerce specialist. By leveraging my skills in content marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) I've created scalable small businesses that continue to thrive.I love small business and I'm a jack of all trades. I thrive when introduced to new challenges and experiences.

Kristina and Jason Walker are the dynamic husband-and-wife duo behind StarWalker Organic Farms, a Regenerative Organic Certified® farm in Northern California. As third-generation farmers and entrepreneurs, they’ve transformed a 50-year-old family legacy into a cutting-edge leader in sustainable agriculture, focusing on soil health, animal welfare, and social fairness. Kristina, a visionary in organic farming and product innovation, oversees the brand’s direct-to-consumer operations and nationwide distribution. Jason, an expert in regenerative farming, manages the farm’s 7,000 acres and livestock, including 400 cattle and 4,000 pigs raised annually. Together, they run the world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified® pork farm and are the first Regenerative Organic Certified® beef producers in the U.S. In 2024, their farm set a new standard for organic protein with the debut of the world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified® jerky. Now in 2025, they're raising the bar once more with the launch of the first-ever Regenerative Organic Certified® meat snack sticks. Passionate advocates for regenerative farming, the Walkers share their journey on TikTok where they’ve amassed over 30,000 followers and 10 million views, driving conversations on the future of food and farming.

Ciarán De Buitléar is the founder of Gardeningwell, a family-led wildlife gardening and biodiversity project based in Stamullen, County Meath, Ireland. He works with schools, youth groups, community gardens and local councils to create pollinator-friendly, chemical-free growing spaces and to give children hands-on experience with soil, food and wildlife. Gardeningwell began during the COVID-19 lockdown, when Ciarán and his sons started posting simple seed-planting and “grow your own food” videos for people stuck at home. Those videos led to the discovery and revival of a 150-year-old Victorian walled garden, which is now used for food growing, biodiversity projects and environmental education. The core message is simple and hopeful: every ordinary Irish garden can become a small piece of climate action.

Entrepeneur and experienced ecommerce specialist. By leveraging my skills in content marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) I've created scalable small businesses that continue to thrive.I love small business and I'm a jack of all trades. I thrive when introduced to new challenges and experiences.

Angelika Zaber is a Lawn Care Specialist & Gardening Expert working for Online Turf. She provides exceptional lawn care expertise and gardening advice that encourages both novice and experienced gardeners to have healthy, vibrant outdoor spaces all year round.

Dynamic Senior Content Strategist with a dedication to driving process efficiency and automation through content strategy and industry best practices. Adept at harnessing AI, DEI, + ESG pillars with neuromarketing techniques to deliver compelling communication campaigns and CRM strategy. Well-versed in conducting consumer experience research and advocating for accessibility. Backed by an extensive background spanning diverse industries, including agency, corporate, and freelance work.Founder of Let's Go Compost, a 501(c)3 registered non-profit and community-driven initiative, which provides free compost bins and school gardens through the repurposing of bulk ingredient buckets, impacting the education and landfill management industries.

Dynamic Senior Content Strategist with a dedication to driving process efficiency and automation through content strategy and industry best practices. Adept at harnessing AI, DEI, + ESG pillars with neuromarketing techniques to deliver compelling communication campaigns and CRM strategy. Well-versed in conducting consumer experience research and advocating for accessibility. Backed by an extensive background spanning diverse industries, including agency, corporate, and freelance work.Founder of Let's Go Compost, a 501(c)3 registered non-profit and community-driven initiative, which provides free compost bins and school gardens through the repurposing of bulk ingredient buckets, impacting the education and landfill management industries.

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Anirban Saha has 6 Years of Experience as a Java Developer having expertise in developing Microservices. Has proven leadership skills and deep technical knowledge to solve complex problems, design and develop enterprise level solutions. Anirban is a proactive team player and has ability to satisfy and meet the client requirement with high accuracy. Proven to work under tight deadlines; capable of developing multiple projects, managing teams, and also can work efficiently as an individual.Anirban's Tech Skills: Java 8, Spring Boot, Microservices, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Spring Data JPA, Spring AOP, Redis, Kafka, Hibernate, JUnit, Jenkins, MySQL, AWS.

Jacob is the COO and Associate Certified Entomologist for Family Owned Arrow Termite and Pest Control and our other brands, including Premier Pest Prevention and Dave's and Kevin's Pest Control. We have operated in Louisiana since 1958, with branches in Houston, and South Mississippi. Our sister companies service the Lafayette and Pensacola Areas. He is licensed in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas with extensive experience in Termite, Pest, Rodent, Mosquito, Industrial, Food Processing Pest Control, Industrial Pest Control and Fumigation. He also available for paid consultations for legal cases.

Sarah Storm is an experienced environmental educator and the School Programs Manager at Yampatika, specializing in developing and delivering Colorado state standards–aligned outdoor and environmental education programs across Northwest Colorado. With a background in teaching, environmental science, water education, Indigenous land stewardship, and hands-on field science, she collaborates closely with schools, community partners, and land management agencies to create meaningful learning experiences for students from preschool through high school. Sarah is known for her operational strength, program leadership, and her ability to build lasting partnerships with organizations such as Colorado Parks & Wildlife, Trout Unlimited, NRCS, the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District, and other local conservation nonprofits. She is also a CSU Extension Master Gardener and contributes regularly to community education through articles, outreach events, and place-based gardening and ecology instruction. Dedicated, creative, and deeply committed to expanding environmental literacy, she works to foster student curiosity and connect youth to the natural landscapes of the Yampa Valley and the surrounding Northwest Colorado region.

Owner at Green Haven Pest Control in Crawfordsville, IN.

Lawn Care Specialist providing tailored advice on laying, maintenance and general lawn care for Online Turf- a turf, soil & compost company based in Lancashire, UK. De-Icing Solutions Specialist for Online Rock Salt with expertise in the usage of marine and rock salt de-icing products along with brine solutions.

Organic Monk LLP as a leading farm selling and managing organization helps its clients to meet all their agricultural needs and helps them to live their passion for farming at its full. By facilitating their clients to acquire lands away from the metro lifestyle, Organic Monk LLP aims to highlight the true beauty of nature so that they feel connected to mother earth through their farmlands.

Carissa Kasper is a garden expert for West Coast Seeds who are champions of sustainable gardening and growing from seed, offering 1,100 varieties of untreated, organic, open-pollinated, and hybrid seeds and a wide range of quality gardening supplies for organic growing.