Carrie is an artist, educator, youth mentor and a student of wild nature. She enjoys following animal trails, listening to the songs of rivers, and practicing the penny whistle.

 

She loves to eat and especially to bake with fresh ingredients and is particularly excited for blueberry season to arrive. After several seasons as a farm intern and permaculture student, followed by years in the food industry in restaurants, grocery stores, CSAs, farms and bakeries, Carrie has cultivated a deep appreciation for the joys and bounties of a vibrant local food system.

 

She is excited to serve as a co-op board member in order to support the expansion of access to healthy, affordable food in our community and to help bring neighbors together around nourishment, collective resilience and interconnection with the more than human world.

The Blackberry Food Coop plays a role in our community where we support each other and have a common focus.  I would like to be a board member because I have useful skills and would like to contribute to our community, as well as guiding the coop to a strong future.

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I have 35 years experience as an attorney in civil practice, focusing on businesses, taxes, real estate, land use, municipal regulations, and commercial transactions.  At the time of my retirement, I was the senior partner of the oldest and largest law firm in Douglas County (Dole Coalwell).  I was the attorney for, and also a member of, the Douglas County Farmers Cooperative.  I was a member and volunteer worker years earlier at the Ithaca (N.Y.) Real Food Cooperative.

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I have decades of experience with the Boy Scouts, having been most recently a cubmaster for 3 years and a scoutmaster for 7 years.  I served 8 years on the Winston-Dillard school district board of directors and 2 years on the budget committee.  I was a co-leader of the community organization that got the first school bond passed in the district in 33 years.

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My wife and I moved up to Cottage Grove from Roseburg after I retired.  Two of our kids, their spouses, and our grandkids live in the area.  We have an organic garden for home and family use.  Before we moved, I had an organic orchard of 50 apple trees for fresh eating, cider, and dehydrating.

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I have experience in farming, homesteading, carpentry, and woodworking.  Thank you for considering my interest in this position and I would appreciate your support.

Katie is a graphic designer and creative consultant.

 

Her main thrill in life is helping people make Something Special exist in the world, where before there was Nothing at all. That, and going out 15 times a day to see how the apple trees and iris are getting along.

 

She loves to make useful things beautiful and believes intensely in the transformative power of good design, in the joy of collaboration, and in systems that both nourish and support life for the long term.

 

​When not helping people change the world with their brains, she can be found digging in the garden; organizing something, somewhere; or devouring good books and delicious food.

 

“I am so inspired by the Blackberry Food Co-op, and what a small group of dedicated people has accomplished in such a brief, action-packed span of time. I am excited to be a part of that.”