Severine von Tscharner Fleming

Severine is a farmer, activist, film director, and the director of the Greenhorns, a non-profit organization that works to recruit, promote, and support the growing tribe of young agrarians, now based in Essex, NY. Severine attended Pomona College and University of California at Berkeley, where she graduated with a B.S. in Conservation/AgroEcology. She co- founded the Pomona Organic Farm, founded UC Berkeley’s Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology, and is a proud co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition. Greenhorns runs a weekly radio show on Heritage Radio Network, a popular blog, young farmer publications, podcasts and many dozens of mixers, a video web series, seed circus, and educational events for young farmers, aspiring farmers and families all around the country. Severine has delighted in connecting with hundreds of young farmers in this movement, learning about innovations, collaboration and challenges faced by this next generation of entrepreneurial farmers.