About Us

Casey is an urban farmer and professor passionate about the role agriculture can play in a resilient and nourishing community. She ran a direct-market farm in the Treasure Valley for almost 20 years, and has been teaching horticulture at the College of Western Idaho to educate the next generation of urban land stewards. These roles have given Casey on-the-ground insight into the barriers facing beginning farmers.

Casey has also learned the power of collaboration in agriculture through her work as a co-founder of the Snake River Seed Cooperative, which works with over 30 Intermountain West farmers to grow and market over 400 varieties of regionally-adapting seeds.

Casey serves as a supervisor for the Ada County Soil & Water Conservation District and sits on the board of the Snake River Seed Cooperative. She helped draft the city of Boise’s Urban Agriculture Ordinance and currently serves on their Climate Action Committee. She has been recognized as a Local Food Hero by the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience (now Future Roots) and received an Innovation in Action award from the College of Western Idaho. Casey is thrilled to be FINALLY helping to bring a much-needed farm incubator to the Treasure Valley! 

Lyndsey is the owner of Whistlepig Farm, where she's been growing direct-market organic vegetables, herbs, and berries for the Boise market since 2018. In addition to growing for farmers markets and an 80+ member collaborative CSA, Lyndsey is the farm manager for the Hidden Springs Community Farm where she's been overseeing volunteer and U-Pick operations since 2020.

Lyndsey began her farming career in the Cultivating Bernalillo County 'Grow the Growers' program, a farm business incubator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As a first-generation farmer, she credits this farm incubator experience for enabling her transition into a full-time farming career. Today, Lyndsey farms on land she shares with several other growers just outside of Boise, Idaho. She brings her unique experience and passion for collaborative farming to Taproots.

Ben currently serves as the director of Global Gardens in Boise. He joined the program as farm manager in March of 2022, having previously served as director of farm development at Little Buddy Farm in Fruitland, Idaho.

Ben grew up in Hailey and has lived in Boise since 2001. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Williams College and completed a master's degree in leadership for sustainability at the University of Vermont.

Prior to his career in farming, Ben guided on the Middle Fork of the Salmon and then served as the outdoor program director at Riverstone International School, where he led K-12 students on adventures around Idaho and the West.

Joe is a first-generation farmer and the owner of Black Fox Farm, a Certified Naturally Grown farm in Boise, Idaho.

Joe manages his farm using ecological practices like cover cropping and rotational grazing with chickens, and is passionate about growing healthy soil in order to grow healthy crops.

Genny comes to Taproots Farm Hub with a passion for local food and a career in the nonprofit world.

As the Food Hub Manager at Global Gardens in Boise, Genny managed a CSA program with 14 pick up sites, 360 members, and 9 producers, in addition to running the wholesale program and facilitating participation in the local farmers markets as a liaison between growers and the markets. She holds a BS in Environmental Studies from The College of Idaho and a MS in Bioregional Planning and Community Design from the University of Idaho.

Genny has volunteered for and worked with many local organizations in program administration, development work, and coordinating projects for Roots Forest School, The Hunger Coalition, The College of Idaho, Wild Hearts Idaho, and the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS), among others. She is committed to community focused, mission-driven work, and enjoys making connections and building relationships. 

Lisa joined Taproots in November 2025. Prior to this, she “retired” in 2017 after a 27-year career as a real estate appraiser with the county assessor in southern Nevada. Following her retirement, she and her husband spent three years traveling in their RV before settling in Jackson, Wyoming for four years. They relocated to Boise in 2023 to be closer to two of their daughters.

Lisa has always had an appreciation for local food and the people that grow it. She joined her first CSA almost 20 years ago and always searches out local farmer’s markets and producers whether at home or while traveling. She is an avid backyard gardener and enjoys getting her hands in the dirt. 

Since July 2023, Lisa also serves as the Office Administrator for the Ada Soil & Water Conservation District, and enjoys participating in conservation programs and events throughout the Treasure Valley. She is excited to use her skills to support the Taproots Farm Hub team and their mission.

Janie has been selling at Boise area farmers markets since 1989. She found herself with access to a large garden space and grew greens and vegetables, some of which she had never eaten. Despite having been raised on a row crop farm, she knew nothing about raising vegetables except she wanted to grow varieties not found in the grocery stores and do it organically. Since those humble beginnings Janie has been active in the local food movement as a grower of vegetables and grass-fed lamb, founding a local poultry processing center, serving on numerous sustainable agricultural committees and boards, and helping to create the Boise Farmers Market. 

She owns and operates Meadowlark Farm in south Nampa raising grass-fed lamb, pastured poultry, and eggs for sale to discerning area customers.

Elaine retired in 2012 after 20+ years of working in sales, strategic planning, and logistics management at both Boise Cascade and Hewlett Packard. Her interest in local food and farming began years before she retired and once retired, she was free to focus my energy on those interests.

Since then, she's dedicated much of my time to working with various non-profits in Idaho. She was on the board of the Treasure Valley Food Coalition (TVFC) from 2013 to 2018, where she coordinated the Dinner and a Movie Series at Red Feather Cellar. That event became a key revenue source. In addition to hosting our monthly dinners and film showings, she organized two annual screenings at the Flicks to engage a broader audience in support of TVFC’s educational mission. She also started the Producer Appreciation Lunch for Boise Farmers Market vendors, which celebrated our local farmers and producers.

In September 2020, she joined the board of Rolling Tomato and served as secretary for a term. Alongside another board member, She helped secure a grant from the City of Boise to support Rolling Tomato’s community efforts. Being part of a team that reduces food waste in our community was truly rewarding.

She spent seven years on the board of the Idaho Organization of Resource Councils (IORC), stepping down as Board Chair in November 2024. She was actively involved with the local Food and Ag team in the early days and am proud to have guided the organization through a significant financial crisis. She left the board when the organization was firmly focusing on farm worker issues and had strong Latina leadership among both staff and the board.

Now, she's excited about joining the Taproots Board. She looks forward to being back in the heart of local food and farm initiatives and watching Casey’s vision of an incubator farm come to life.

She raised her family in Boise, Idaho and is fortunate enough to have both children, their spouses and one grandchild living here and one in Ireland. Taproots will help improve this community she's called home since 1980.

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