Educator Bio

Ryan is deeply interested in the relationship between healing ecosystems and ourselves. After beginning his career in finance, he changed course to study sustainability at UC Berkeley where he was captivated by the potential of food systems transformation. His master’s research focused on how policy can be used to promote agroecology in California.

He went on to train as a cook at Chez Panisse before helping to launch the Culinary and Food Systems Program at The Ecology Center, a regenerative farm and ecological education center in San Juan Capistrano, California. He has worked on farms in Maine, Northern and Southern California, and Hawaii.

In recent years, Ryan has been exploring the world of somatic based healing, believing that the suppression of our own emotions and instincts is intimately connected to our costly attempts to control landscapes.

Originally from Massachusetts, Ryan now lives in California.