Dr. Jeanne Firth

Jeanne is part of the founding staff team of Grow Dat Youth Farm in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she began working in the VISIONS Inc. model of diversity, equity and inclusion in 2013. Jeanne recently completed a PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. A white woman originally from a farming family in Kansas, she holds a lifelong dedication to place-based food justice, food sovereignty, and land justice work. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.