Field Education Manager
Izzy grew up on farmland in central Maryland, where she discovered her passion for agriculture early on. In high school, she participated in FFA and worked on a cattle and horse farm in Middletown, MD. Her formal agriculture career began in 2014 as the Community Garden Manager at Guilford College, where she earned a B.S. in Ecology and a B.A. in Sculpture. She expanded her hands-on farming experience on small-scale organic farms in Atlanta, GA, and Cedar Grove, NC.
In 2021, Izzy completed a certificate program through the Organic Growers School in Asheville, NC, and she is currently continuing her education in the Soil Science Department at North Carolina State University. She went on to start her own small-scale farm on just 1/8 of an acre in Greensboro, NC, growing vegetables and flowers for a weekly CSA and farmers market. She now lives in Alamance County with her husband and daughter, where she raises chickens and sheep and cultivates mixed flowers and vegetables.
At Duke Campus Farm, Izzy leads the student field crew, who together grow more than 25,000 pounds of produce each year on a single acre. She supports the daily work of diverse, regenerative vegetable farming while cultivating student leadership and hands-on engagement with sustainable agriculture. Izzy also works closely with the campus farm's Soil Fertility Fellows research team, collaborating with Dr. Dan Richter in both the field and the Richter Soil Lab.