Commuity Ownership, Empowerment, and Prosperity Action Team Members
Meet The Action Team
CFN’s collaboratively-funded Action Team is made up of diverse grassroots leaders from across the region. They are creating a culture around community ownership and identifying strategies for cultivating equity in our regional food system.
For additional information on each team-member, view the PDF slide deck.

Aleya Fraser
ACRES Consulting (MD)
(co-chair)

Beth Schermerhorn
Cambium Consulting (VA)
(co-chair)

Sade Anderson
Black Dirt Farm Collective (DC)

Shantell Bingham
City Schoolyard Garden/
Charlottesville Food Justice Network (VA)

Asha Carter
DC Greens (DC)

Hannah Chatterjee
City of Philadelphia
Office of Sustainability (PA)

Kathia Ramirez
CATA (El Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores) (NJ)

Julie Metzger-Traber
Potomac Vegetable Farms (VA)

Sache Jones
No Boundaries Coalition (MD)

Renard Turner
Vanguard Ranch (VA)

Elizabeth Spellman Taylor
Agrarian Land Trust
Singing Spring Farm (VA)
