THE TERA FARM BOARD

Sam Earnshaw
A former organic farmer for 15 years, Sam installs hedgerows and other conservation plantings on farms. He continues to make a difference in the farms in our area through his work at https://hedgerowsunlimited.com/

David Mancera

David Mancera is an experienced business advisor with over 20 years in the agriculture industry, specializing in business planning, finance, compliance, and sustainable practices. He is the founder of La Cultiva, a nonprofit initiative that is now part of Tera Farm, supporting Latino regenerative farmers' access to land in California. He also serves on several nonprofit boards, including the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and holds degrees in Agriculture Business from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Agriculture and Resource Economics from UC Davis.

Sheena Vaidyanathan 

Sheena spent over a decade as a computer scientist and entrepreneur and later transitioned to education, where she brought creative computer science curricula to schools across the country. After 18 years of teaching, Sheena retired in 2024 to focus on her passion for sustainable farming. Sheena currently works on an organic orchard, farming next to many of the farmers who are supported by Tera Farm. She is the founder of Tera Farm, and works on it’s mission to support farmers with the farm box service, as well as help connect people to the food they eat.

Site Hosts, Tech advisors, Writers, Ambassadors, Food Bloggers and more -
the amazing volunteers that makes this work

Neemun Anand (Founding Site Host, Food Blog Coordinator)
Vaishali Khandekar (Founding Site Host, Site Coordinator)
Nita Sharma (Founding Site Host, Tech Advisor )
Seema Varma, (Founding Site Host)
Jessy Berg
Meena Dsouza
Deepa Iyengar
Heather Frambach
Neeti Kochhar
Rebecca Lowell
Erin McCool
Lisette Narragon 
Elizabeth Parker
Meera Saxena
Rupa Krishnan
Jacque Rupp
Aimee Tsang
Tracy Fowler
Brittney Buffo
Laura Murphy
Dionne Ybarra
Jennifer DeJesus
Dalila Epperson
Sushma Ram
Sheila Matz
Gretchen Sandler
Sian Ferguson
Alison Blank
Elaine Selo
Katie Calvert