Miriam Volat, Director of Alliance Projects

Miriam joined AIN in 2009 and leads our multi-stakeholder Alliance project. Miriam is one of a few people working in this field that has an equally deep background in agriculture, farming, and food systems as in facilitation, team building, and group problem-solving. She has designed and facilitated leadership, communication, and team-building trainings in the business and non-profit sectors for 15 years. She has facilitated planning and coordination and educational processes for many agricultural system organizations, such as Food Matters, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Land Paths and UC Cooperative Extension. She has ten years experience teaching food systems and hands-on production (gardening and small scale farming) at the community and university level, most recently at Dominican University of California. She has an MS in Vegetable Crops from UC Davis with an emphasis in soil biology and nutrient cycling and a BA in International Relations and Environmental Studies. Her technical research includes reducing nitrogen pollution from non-point agricultural sources. Miriam lives in Sonoma County with her daughter, where she grew up and started a three acre CSA with former students.

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