Darryl Birkenfeld

Darryl grew up on a diversified family farm in Nazareth, TX. After completing degrees in college studies, philosophy, and religious studies, he was ordained a Catholic priest in 1988. He worked in predominantly Spanish-speaking parishes for the next 14 years. In 2002, Darryl completed a Ph.D. in social ethics from The Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. His dissertation is entitled, “From Colonization to Holism: Reconstructing an Ethical Method for U.S. Agricultural Ethics”. Soon after, Darryl followed a new road to Ogallala Commons, a nonprofit education and leadership organization, where he has been Executive Director since 2003. Darryl and his wife, Joann Starr, live in Nazareth, TX.

Plenary Panel

Working with the Impacts of Drought during Climate Change