Jo Ann Baumgartner

Executive Director

Wild Farm Alliance

Jo Ann Baumgartner, Executive Director of Wild Farm Alliance, works in the intersection between biodiversity conservation and agriculture. She educates growers about natural enemy habitat, beneficial insects and birds, the conservation mandates of the National Organic Program, and the co-management of food safety and conservation. She was an organic farmer for over a decade and got her Master’s degree studying bird predation of insects in apple orchards.