2021 Regenerate Speakers
Weaving Water, Land, and PeopleMarianna ZavalaÂ

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Marianna was born and raised in the Napa Valley, where growing up she spent much of her time following her Dad in the vineyards, or running through creeks on her Grandparents’ small ranch. As she grew older she began to recognize the disparities that existed in these two worlds, many of them reflected through her own experience as a mixed race self-identified Chicanx. With a desire to learn more about her own heritage, and the intersection of agriculture and food justice, Marianna has since earned a degree in Agriculture, dabbled as a writer and educator for farmer’s markets throughout the Bay Area, and has worked on several ranches in California and Colorado (and is a former New Agrarian Program Apprentice). Marianna is currently an apprentice at TomKat Ranch in Pescadero, California, where her time is spent managing the ranch’s grass-fed beef business, and working with local community members to better understand and address food security needs in the area.
Plenary Panel

Marianna Zavala

Shalini Karra

Zachary Angelini

Jim Kleinschmit

Twila Cassadore

Alex Pulwicki

Matthew Raiford

James O’Donnell

Amanda Lucier

Celine Kagan

Mary Berry

Jovan Sage

Elsie DuBray

Ailish Kress

Sanjay Rawal

Rosie Kissel

Camas Davis

Susan Beal

Kate Clyatt

Holly Zink

Ariel Aaronson-Eves

Eric Karbowski

Kelsey Ducheneaux

Cynthia Naha

Aubrey Streit Krug

Rebecca Thistlethwaite

Olivia Tincani

Ben Gotschall

Katie Belle Miller

Vandana Shiva

Joe Maxwell

Julie Sullivan

George Whitten

Eva Stricker

Sarah Baxendell

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin

John Boyd

Rodrigo Sierra-Corona

Valerie Small

Gillian Sanbrook

Roberto Meza

Zach Ducheneaux

A-dae Romero-Briones

Darrell Oswald

Marshall Johnson

Chris Mehus

Bryan Van Stippen

Loren Poncia

LaKisha Odom
