Allegra Roth – Feeding Our Soils, Feeding Ourselves: Making Land Stewardship a Viable Livelihood
In Making Waves Conversations by Mark Sylvester
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05/05/2021
Feeding Our Soils, Feeding Ourselves: Making Land Stewardship a Viable Livelihood.
This conversation in our continuing series on Sustainability will delve into nature-based climate solutions as well as carbon farming. Allegra will help us understand the complexities and nuances of both, as they’re very big ideas with distinct goals and benefits for our future.
Allegra Roth
Food and Climate Program Manager
Allegra Roth has a background in environmental and water policy and a passion for food system work. Before joining CEC, she worked for the California State Assembly, both as a District Representative in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties and as a Legislative Aide in the State Capitol. Working for state legislators allowed Allegra to develop specialized skills in policy analysis and development, group facilitation, and multi-stakeholder outreach. Allegra graduated from the University of California at Davis with a B.S. in Community and Regional Development. She enjoys working as a Food and Climate Program Manager at CEC, addressing barriers to a sustainable food system and identifying regenerative solutions.
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