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Glynwood Announces Kathleen Frith as its New President

Frith joins Glynwood from the Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment

Glynwood Announces Kathleen Frith as its New President

Frith joins Glynwood from the Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment

Published 06-25-12

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Kathleen Frith at Wadson's Farm, Bermuda; photo by Hannah Frith

Glynwood, one of the nation’s leading sustainable agriculture and food organizations, is pleased to announce that Kathleen Frith will become the organization’s new President effective August 1, 2012.  Kathleen's selection follows a rigorous six-month, national search conducted by Glynwood's Board of Directors.  As a proven visionary leader working for a smarter, more sustainable world, Kathleen will lead Glynwood in its mission to save farming by strengthening farm communities and regional food systems.

Prior to joining Glynwood, Kathleen worked for twelve years at the Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, serving as the organization’s Managing Director for the past two years.   There she was integral in shaping the Center’s programs to educate and inform people about the links between human health, food systems, the oceans and the environment. Kathleen holds a Master of Science degree from Boston University in Science Journalism. Her passion for marine biology led her to create the Center’s Healthy Oceans Healthy Humans Program, which has inspired national and international attention by connecting ocean conservation with human health.  She also began the Center’s Healthy and Sustainable Food Program, which not only addresses the importance of healthy food choices, but also emphasizes the larger issues of the impacts of modern food systems on the environment and human health. 

“We are pleased to welcome Kathleen to Glynwood,” says Chip Allemann, Chairman of the Board of Glynwood.  “Her deep experience and her public health perspective are sure to enrich our programmatic influence.  Kathleen’s style of fostering productive relationships across complementary disciplines will be invaluable as collaboration between organizations becomes increasingly vital to the success of Glynwood’s mission.”

“I am excited to join an organization that works at the helm of fostering healthy, sustainable food systems both in the Hudson Valley and across the nation,” adds Kathleen Frith. “I look forward to building on the impressive successes that Glynwood has achieved by promoting stewardship of the land, building community and increasing economic opportunities for farmers and other agricultural businesses in the region.”

As Kathleen assumes the top leadership role at Glynwood, Glynwood's founding president Judith LaBelle will transition to an emeritus role as "Senior Fellow" of the organization. In this new position, Judy will continue to share her knowledge and experience with colleagues and the public through her research, writing and speaking engagements.

“Under Judy's leadership, for the past 17 years Glynwood has grown and evolved into one of the nation’s premier non-profit organizations in the field of sustainable agriculture and food,” notes Chairman Chip Allemann. “The programs and initiatives she has implemented have firmly established Glynwood as a leader that organizations and communities turn to for guidance and information about the development of regional food systems.  We are delighted that she will be making a continuing contribution to the issues Glynwood cares about so deeply.”

About Glynwood

One of the nation’s leading sustainable agriculture organizations, Glynwood’s mission is to save farming by strengthening farm communities and regional food systems. Located in the Hudson Valley and operating its own demonstration farm, Glynwood’s unique niche is to empower communities to support farming and conserve farmland through its community programs, public education and leadership in environmentally sustainable agriculture.  Major Glynwood programs include Keep Farming™, the Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming, and the Apple Project: Saving Orchards with Cider.  To learn more about Glynwood and its initiatives, visit www.glynwood.org.www.glynwood.org

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Glynwood is one of the nation’s leading sustainable agriculture and food organizations, with a mission to save farming by strengthening farm communities and regional food systems. Founded in 1995 and located in the Hudson Valley, Glynwood operates its own 225-acre farm, which models sustainable farming practices, conducts science-based soil and pasture restoration, and trains young farmers.

To further its mission, Glynwood conceives and implements community-based programs like Keep Farming®, and tackles infrastructure challenges such as the shortage of slaughterhouse facilities so that small to mid-size farmers can thrive and supply local and regional food systems. Through a national and international network of like-minded professionals and organizations, Glynwood gathers, develops, tests and shares innovative ideas and initiatives from around the world that may be effective in local communities in the Northeast and other regions of the country. In addition, the organization sponsors conferences, educational programs and public events to further a sustainable and robust food system. In 2010, Glynwood founded The Glynwood Institute as an incubator for ideas and action, a "creative action-tank" that develops and promotes realistic solutions to critical issues within the food system.

Glynwood's main programs:

  • Keep Farming® is Glynwood's unique, step-by-step program for empowering communities to develop and implement plans to support local farming and conserve farmland.
  • Glynwood Farm tests, innovates, and teaches techniques that demonstrate the economic viability of environmentally sustainable farming. With 225 acres in the Hudson Valley, it is a real-world model of farming practices that seek to optimize production while operating as an ecological unit.
  • The Apple Project: Saving Orchards with Apples, is stimulating ‘apple entrepreneurship’ in the Hudson Valley by encouraging the diversification of apple varieties, promoting the production of high-value hard cider and spirits, giving growers new resources for knowledge and skill, and supporting a growing market for hard cider and apple spirits.
  • Modular Harvest System™ is a revolutionary mobile system that is modeling the solution to the severe shortage of humane and high-quality meat processing facilities for pasture raised livestock - a solution that will benefit farmers, consumers, communities and the environment.
  • The Harvest Awards honors farmers, organizations, and businesses across the United States for innovation and leadership in sustainable agriculture and regional food systems.
  • The Glynwood Institute is a creative action-tank working to shift the U.S. to regional sustainable food and farming through its public programs like TEDxManhattan: Changing the Way We Eat.

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