My mission is to help heal our people and planet through ventures that inspire the production and consumption of healthy, nutrient dense foods.
I have had a lifelong love affair with fresh, healthy food: from growing up in the family produce business, to fueling my body as a division one athlete, to a decade long journey with the autoimmune disease hidradenitis suppurativa.
I am passionate about human health, regenerative agriculture, and biodiversity. I am committed to helping develop our food system into a process that incentivizes all stakeholders to produce and consume the best food for human and planetary health.
Josh Van Vliet
Josh is a Professional Certified Coach, Course Leader, and Senior Coach with the Academy for Coaching Excellence (ACE). As a member of the leadership team of ACE, he helps guide direction, brand, and strategy, orchestrates program development and coordination, and maintains the financial metrics tracking systems for the organization.
He has served as a co-founder and co-director of Coaching for Social Change, a coach and trainer for social entrepreneurs with Move The Crowd, and a dancer, teacher, and musician.
For more information about professional coach training certification, personal and professional development trainings, and free resources, visit: acecoachtraining.com
Jeremy Blanchard
I'm dedicated to supporting changemakers to bring their magic fully to the game so they can make the impact they are here to make.
I help lead a professional coach training program that serves social change leaders. My community organizing career lead me to coaching because I've seen the power that personal transformation can have in creating social transformation.
I'm seeking to level up how we offer transformational skills to individuals and groups who are dedicated to bringing about a more thriving world.
I live in a co-op in Oakland, California and I recently fell in love with playing piano. 🎹
Mike Strode
Mike Strode is a writer, cyclist, IT consultant, and collaborative social economist residing in southeast Chicago whose community engagement work has included ride leadership with the Chicago chapter of Red, Bike & Green; editorial and archival oversight for Fultonia; and co-facilitation of Art Is Bonfire. His current practice draws on all of these experiences to interrogate the intersection of timebanking, social economy and community resiliency. His grounding philosophy is mycelium, collaborative agility, empathic individualization, and all things human glue. He is founder and Exchange Coordinator of the Kola Nut Collaborative, a time-based skills and service trading platform which seeks to advance conversation on timebanking, community currency design, and social economy in Chicago. The Kola Nut Collaborative maintains a robust web presence with articles, programming, and research on myriad aspects of social economy at www.kolanutcollab.org.