Founder and CEO

Lauren is an entrepreneur and leader focused on evolving our food system. Through her consultancy, she works on crop-specific regenerative agricultural projects in collaboration with White Buffalo Land Trust. These projects include www.thealmondproject.com,  www.c4cotton.com, and The Elderberry Project. She is a Co-Founder and former Executive Director of Kiss the Ground.

reNourish Studio Faculty

With over twenty five years of experience as an applied naturalist, leading and designing community development projects, Joel helps clients identify principles and guidelines for appropriate and healthy development. An active author and educator in the fields of permaculture and ecological design, Joel is skilled in cross-cultural communication and teaching. He is a faculty member for the Regenerative Practitioner Series hosted by Regenesis. He has taught throughout the United States as well as in Africa and South America, and worked with a variety of Native American tribes and communities.

reNourish Studio Faculty

Trevanna spends her career working at the intersections of how people relate with the living world and how we develop our thinking and actions within it. Weaving her twenty years of training and experience in both backcountry wilderness guiding and organizational strategic consulting, Trevanna Frost Grenfell challenges and supports leaders to practice this kind of “living systems thinking” so that our work—and our world— can truly thrive.

Business Development

Connor started his career in San Francisco scaling hyper-growth stage tech companies, one pre-revenue to over $5M in ARR and the other to acquisition by Discord. From there, he made a pivot to follow his passion for influencing positive change in the food system by joining the Board of Directors for White Buffalo Land Trust and launching their food brand, Figure Ate. He recognized an opportunity to develop growth strategies to support other mission-driven CPG brands and has spent the past years working with brands from launch up to $5M+ in revenue. Connor is comfortable challenging the status quo to find new and creative ways to be successful without cutting corners or compromising on the mission of the brands he works with.

Community Builder

Inès Frazier is a passionate advocate for regenerative systems, dedicated to inspiring collective action and restoring human and planetary health. As the Director of Community at Farmer’s Footprint, she channels her commitment into fostering a healthier world through building community within the regenerative agriculture movement. Inès’s journey began after a personal loss of her best friend, Kennedy, spurring her to explore the connections between agriculture, sustainability, and health. Her diverse experiences include farming in Texas and Minnesota, beekeeping, and research on soil microbiology and racism in agriculture. As a TEDx speaker, Inès shares her insights on the profound implications of racism in agriculture. When she’s not immersed in her work, you’ll often find her swimming laps, hiking mountains with her dog, Bandit, or engaging in lively conversations with community members, sharing tales of the various rabbit holes she’s explored.

Community Admin

Rachel is a regenerative design and development practitioner applying Living Systems Frameworks and thinking to life and work with businesses and nonprofits in the fields of sustainability, environment, food, and agriculture. Rachel was a farmer and ecological farming educator for ten years before she transitioned to working with companies and organizations to evolve their capabilities to play a role in systems evolution.

Photography & Videography

Guido Lois is a filmmaker and communications specialist with deep roots in Argentina, where his family has been involved in the food production industry for generations. He has dedicated his career to marketing and education within the restaurant and farming sectors. Outside of his professional life, Guido enjoys practicing martial arts and hosting barbecue gatherings with his community.

Content Contributor, Cohort Member

Immersed in the regenerative food space, Sherry has donned many hats within the industry. Her local and organic culinary arts expertise and healing food journey has carried her through the roles of spice blend manufacturing, restaurant management, Executive Chef and product development for Oncobitez nutrition bites. Her on stage talks (including Tedx) and presentations evoke personal curiosity and self empowerment by revealing nature’s connections between flavor and nutrients. Her business, The Flavor Remedy, strives to improve our food system by inspiring consumers to recognize their innate tasting experience as our pleasurable responsibility to ensure vital food for generations to come.

Content Contributor, Cohort Member

Dana is a weaver of conversations and collective movements, tying together traditional wisdom and applied technologies. With formal education, training, and experience in genetics & genomics, education, and ecology, she has taken her scientific inquiries and communications roles into the field of ecological governance and planetary health advocacy. Her current areas of exploration with her communities include systems of evolution of the self and the world through advising businesses and non-profit organizations.