About Wes Gillingham

Wes Gillingham is President of the Northeast Organic Farming Association Board, and, co-chair of the policy committee, working on New York State and national farm policy. He and his wife Amy founded Wild Roots Farm and have been farming for over 30 years on land that he has built a relationship with his entire life. Wes and Amy ran a 150-family CSA vegetable operation for many years. As a co-founder of Catskill Mountainkeeper, an environmental advocacy organization he has organized multiple efforts on energy use, climate change and environmental justice efforts both regionally and nationally. He currently sits on the steering committee of NYRENEWS, a coalition that pushed for and passed New York State's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.  Previously, as an Acting Director of Field Programs for the National Audubon Society Expedition Institute, he taught graduate and undergraduate environmental education throughout North America. Wes now works as a consultant on ecological sound farming practices through Wild Roots Agroecology LLC