Sibella has developed innovative and acclaimed sustainable agriculture marketing, education, and land use projects for over 30 years. Since 2001, Sibella has been president of SAGE (Sustainable Agriculture Education), a nonprofit supporting regional food systems and multifunctional agriculture. From 2006-2009, Sibella directed the Agriculture in Metropolitan Regions Program at the University of California Berkeley and is now involved in the University’s development of a Multifunctional Agricultural Center. Prior to founding SAGE, Sibella was founding director of the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) and created the well-known San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market. Under her direction, from 1993-2000, CUESA developed highly praised education programs at the market, in schools and in the community. In the 1980s, she created other seminal urban-rural linkage projects, including the Tasting of Summer Produce Project and the Farm-Restaurant Project, and developed an organic and specialty produce department for a San Francisco produce wholesaler, Greenleaf Produce Company. In the early 1980s, Sibella was a cook at Berkeley’s famed Chez Panisse Restaurant. Throughout her career, Sibella has worked as a print and television journalist covering regional food and agriculture, primarily for the San Francisco Chronicle and NBC-TV. Sibella has received frequent recognition for her work from both local and national organizations. |
