Dave Smith is the Creator/Editor of this UkiahBlog.org, and the blogs The Contrary Farmer and Mendo Moola; is author of To Be Of Use – The Seven Seeds of Meaningful Work; and was cofounder of Smith & Hawken whose original mission was providing sturdy hand tools to organic and biodynamic garden farmers. He was an executive assistant to César Chávez and cofounder of Briarpatch Natural Foods Co-op in Menlo Park, California.
Dave has held executive positions in Real Goods, SelfCare, Seeds of Change, Diamond Organics and Organic Bouquet. He has served on the boards of directors of Organic To Go in Seattle, and Ecology Action, Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op, and Mendocino Environmental Center in Mendocino County, California; and is cofounder of Mendocino Organic Network, an alliance of farmers and citizens promoting local, organic, and sustainable farming through its Mendocino Renegade organic certification program.
Dave is proprietor of Mulligan Books in downtown Ukiah, and lives with wife, Beverly, in Mendocino County.
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