Kacey Donner

I've been working in farming for about a year now, though my journey with environmental advocacy and teaching the community about composting started back in 2021. Before farming, I worked at Sunnylands, a museum in Rancho Mirage. What drew me to farming was my desire to learn how to nurture the environment and support myself while simultaneously taking care of the planet. I believe that one of the things we can do to take care of the environment is to change some of the ways we meet our basic needs - eating is one of our basic needs, medical is one of our basic needs, and unfortunately transportation is one of our basic needs. So I asked myself, how can we meet our basic needs in a way that doesn't damage the environment? I chose farming because I like growing plants. I completed an apprenticeship in small organic farming, and I'm planning to do more - there are opportunities to do a master's program in environmental agriculture or ethnobotany. I've been involved with We Compost 2 since 2019, working on composting education and environmental advocacy in the community.