Executive director and co-founder Adam Matlock found an interest in food security, permaculture, and climate justice as an extension of an interest in mycology. He is also planting a food forest in his own yard, and with Eliza Caldwell has presented on the subject of Food Forests throughout the Northeastern US in the last few years.

Editor-in-Chief of the Inner-City News. The Inner-City News is a 30+ year old award winning weekly print publication published by Penfield Communication, Inc. in New Haven CT. The Inner-City News, is a Black-owned legacy publication, one of two Black print publications in New England.

Morning radio personality and producer of LoveBabz LoveTALK show.

Every Monday-Friday 9:00 am-11:00 am. LBLT catches up with all the interesting newsmakers in and around Greater New Haven and beyond. Along with often reluctant side-kick Harry Droz, WNHH Station Manager and producer of the various shows on WNHH, mix it up with eclectic topics from the serious to the silly! Nothing is off limits and it’s always good time. Politically different, spiritually connected and always raucous Babz and Harry make weekday mornings FUN and thought provoking.

Babz is a nationally recognized popular blogger and social media thought leader. She is a popular podcaster and frequently sought after guest for local and national radio, television and podcasts appearances.

And if that ain’t enough, she holds court every Thursday with the best pundits in New Haven—award winning journalist Markeshia Ricks, Lucy Gellman editor of the Arts Paper and our leader Paul Bass. NHI Pundits Roundtable is the brain child of Paul Bass, founder of the New Haven Independent Online local news outlet. Just about an hour of chopping up local politics, folksy happenings and town/gown shenanigans with a dabbling of national current events.

Sean Duffy is Professor of Political Science at Quinnipiac. Since January of 2018, he has also served as the Executive Director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute. He teaches courses on foreign policy, international relations, international political economy, environmental politics and identity politics. He holds degrees from Brown University (BA: Political Science), the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (MA: International Development), and Yale University (PhD: Political Science). Before beginning his doctoral program, he worked for three years as an Information Analyst at the U.S. Agency for International Development, in Washington, D.C.

At the Albert Schweitzer Institute, Sean has developed programs that involve students in local and global community to address issues related to Schweitzer’s legacy in Environmental Sustainability, Human Health and Development, and Peace and Human Rights. Programs have particularly emphasized Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. He works with the Hamden Food Security Task Force and has developed opportunities for students to engage in Food Recovery, Community Gardening, and sustainable living in the U.S., and abroad. He co-chaired Quinnipiac’s Sustainability Planning Committee, which in 2020 wrote a sustainability plan for the University.

In addition to his work with the Winnett Food Forest, Sean works with the Keefe Community Center to manage the community garden there, which provides fresh produce to the Hamden Food Bank. He completed his Permaculture Design certification in 2017, and also serves as the President of the Edgerton Park Conservancy. He has lived in Hamden/New Haven since 1989.

Cormac Levenson began his work with the land as an organic farming intern at a Zen Monastery, Green Gulch Farm, in 2006. He is also on the board of We the People Opportunity Farms, an organization that offers farming internships to returning citizens in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Cormac is also the founder and board president of a New Haven based educational non-profit, Elm Village, which teaches mindfulness to underserved populations. He currently works as an educator and a spiritual counselor in Ann Arbor, MI.