Regenerative Champions

Join us for a conversation with our regenerative champion, Rhonda Miller. Rhonda is a board member of the Greater Edgemont Community Coalition and Solar Garden in Dayton, Ohio. Since its founding in the 1970s, the community organization has been the heartbeat of Edgemont, sustaining its identity and revitalization through regenerative urban farming education. Rhonda passionately emphasizes the importance of passing down farming knowledge to the next generation as a means of survival. Thankfully, support from the city is growing too, helping to cultivate a future where Edgemont’s legacy of resilience and self-reliance continues to bloom.

The material featured in this episode is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Regional Conservation Partnership Program Supplemental Agreement number 2794. 

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Join us for a conversation with our regenerative champion, Donnetta Boykin. Donnetta founded the Seven Seed Sowers Co-Op in Dayton, Ohio, to support beginning farmers as they establish their operations. For her, farming is more than just growing food, it is a place of therapy and renewal. Donnetta speaks with gratitude about support from the city of Dayton and the wealth of knowledge through skill-shares. Yet, despite these bright spots, Donnetta is candid about the frustrating barriers in navigating the complex and often discouraging grant application process.

The material featured in this episode is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Regional Conservation Partnership Program Supplemental Agreement number 2794. 

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Join us for a conversation with our regenerative champion, John Evans. He owns the Evans Farms in New Carlisle, Ohio. With roots that stretch back about 120 years, John’s passion for farming was cultivated early through his family’s deep connection to the land. Listen as John reflects on the pressing realities of climate change, which he describes as the most disturbing challenge facing production agriculture today. He also shares his succession plans, preparing his children to carry forward his regenerative legacy rooted in stewardship and sustainability.

The material featured in this episode is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Regional Conservation Partnership Program Supplemental Agreement number 2794. 

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Join us for a conversation with our regenerative champion, Sharifa Tomlinson. From being a nurse to farmer, Sharifa stewards the Arrowrock Farm and Urban Sanctuary in Dayton, Ohio. At the beginning, Sharifa was buying soil to get things growing, but soon realized healthy soil is something to build. That shift sparked her journey into regenerative practices. She describes herself as a placeholder, making her 12-acre farm available so others can grow, thrive, and farm together through a cooperative model.

The material featured in this episode is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Regional Conservation Partnership Program Supplemental Agreement number 2794. 

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Join us for a conversation with our regenerative champions, Eric Bee and Rebecca Potter. They both serve Agraria Center for Regenerative practices located in Yellow Springs, Ohio. On a 138-acre educational farm, they fulfill the Center’s mission of hands-on farming, community engagement, and ecological restoration. They believe there should be no monopoly in the food system and emphasize through their work, the indigenous and historical knowledge of farming.

The material featured in this episode is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Regional Conservation Partnership Program Supplemental Agreement number 2794.

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Join us for a conversation with our regenerative champion, Cory Stratton. He is a co-owner of Truest Farms located in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Cory resigned from his job to become a full-time livestock farmer because of his concerns about the prevalence of unhealthy processed food. In his 4th year, his operation has grown exponentially from 350 to about 5000 birds. Listen as he describes various forms of support and lessons learned. Maybe you’ll join him as he invites more people to get engaged and contribute to healthy food security.

The material featured in this episode is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Regional Conservation Partnership Program Supplemental Agreement number 2794.

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Join us for a conversation with our regenerative champions, Graham and Tonni Oberly. They are the passionate stewards of Oaks and Sprouts Limited in Urbana, Ohio. The Oberly’s took over their family farm with motivation to restore soil health and provide healthy food for consumers. Listen as they discuss balancing the cost of farm inputs with growing high-quality produce for their growing consumer base.

The material featured in this episode is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Regional Conservation Partnership Program Supplemental Agreement number 2794. 

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A conversation with our regenerative champion, Tiffany Bourgeois. She is an African American woman, a new/beginning small-scale and regenerative farmer who manages ‘All About Growing’ in Columbus, Ohio. Though engaged with her day job, Tiffany describes how the lack of people like her in agriculture deterred her from choosing an agricultural-related career, the need to instill deliberate values in her young children, and her belief that agricultural sustainability can be achieved.

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A conversation with our regenerative champion, Anisa Ahmad. She is a Punjabi woman from the Indian subcontinent, a small-scale and regenerative farmer who manages the Franklin Avenue Community Garden in Columbus, Ohio. She describes how getting her feet and hands dirty cured her mysterious ailment, her work with young children in the garden, and how the garden has enhanced a sense of community belonging among its residents.

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A conversation with our regenerative champion, Paula Penn-Nabrit. She is an African American woman, a small-scale and regenerative farmer who co-owns the Charles Madison Nabrit Memorial Garden in Columbus, Ohio with her children. She describes how her family felt healed working in the garden as a ‘free grief therapy’, the fruitful collaborations and engagements in the garden, and the hope for understanding and support from Black churches.

To know more about regenerative farmers in Ohio, visit https://u.osu.edu/regenerativechampions/

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