“Edens Farm has made it possible for our small family to solely consume meat products that are locally and sustainably raised at a fair price.” Katie DeConto & Steve Anderson Program Development: Collaborate with local farmers and businesses to manage an innovative membership program (CSA), and online/on-farm store supporting 165 regular customers and generating $120,000 in annual revenue. Fundraising: Secured $51,000 in federal, state, and local grant funding and $150,000 in loans to implement multi-species rotational grazing operations on 50 acres, improving soil, optimizing animal welfare, and increasing productivity. Landscape Design & Program Management: Developed comprehensive farm design using permaculture principles and regenerative systems. Honed basic carpentry, equipment operation, and animal husbandry skills. Sales & Marketing: Increased sales by 25% annually through effective marketing strategies, including weekly digital newsletters with a 60% engagement rate, weekly social media posts to an audience of 745+, and various promotional tactics such as email, SMS, website, printed flyers, and branded apparel. Education: Coordinate on-farm workshops with best practices for local, regenerative agriculture, and innovative agritourism revenue streams. Business Management: Oversee regulatory inspections, filings, monthly reports, invoices, payroll, and tax preparation to ensure fiscal health. Manage a seasonal team of up to three employees, communicating exclusively in Spanish.

"From start to finish Chas was easy to work with and worked closely with me on fine tuning my front yard grading plan to achieve the desired project result. He went the extra mile on making sure everything was done correctly and to my specifications. I would hire Chas again on my next grading project."Eric Staehle, Professional Landscape ArchitectProject Management: Execute projects ranging from native garden installation, land grading and drainage, and hardscape and custom fence installation, improving storm-water mitigation, pollinator habitat, and usable space while generating over $100,000 in gross revenue in the first year of operation. Sales & Marketing: Skillfully harness cutting-edge software to efficiently coordinate project plans, sales, and marketing, yielding client and labor retention, positive feedback, word-of-mouth referrals, and a 55% increase in revenues from Q1 to Q4.Staff Management: Manage a crew of up to six employees in a landscape contractor role, communicating exclusively in Spanish to execute complex projects.Landscape Design: Leverage landscape design education to render illustrative, customized plans.Client Relations: Work collaboratively with 20 clients in the first year to manage projects from conception to completion with desired results for all parties. Business Management: Organize all financial and administrative tasks associated with the business, such as filings, monthly reports, invoices, payroll, and tax preparation to ensure fiscal health and business sustainability.

Nonprofit Management: Managed a diverse Board and staff of three working remotely across four time zones, ensuring sound governance, fundraising, and program development, including during the initial COVID-19 shutdown. Fundraising: Developed a fundraising strategy to sustain a $200,000 budget, organized a winter banquet with high-level donors, spearheaded a $20,000 digital fundraising campaign, and secured $50,000 in federal stimulus funding to sustain the organization through the COVID-19 shutdown.Multimedia Communication: Created, hosted, and produced the organization’s first podcast, “Peak, Valley, Pass,” highlighting the impact of the organization’s programs on each fellow’s ecological sensibilities and ventures.Program Development: Developed a backcountry pilot program for twelve social and environmental entrepreneurs, raised $17,000, established gear sponsorship, and provided a sustainable fee-for-service model for an environmental venture.DEI Leadership: Led a sensitive and coherent response to racial justice activism following George Floyd's murder, collaborating with BIPOC members of the organization to publish a strong statement supporting Black lives and coordinating a campaign to raise financial support and awareness for BIPOC environmental ventures from fellowship alumni.

"My internship experience at Anathoth with Chas empowered me with the know-how to start my own ecological farm."Lincoln Morris, Little Platte Catholic Worker FarmProgram Development & Farm Management: Founded an innovative social venture in regenerative agriculture which ran for seven consecutive years. HarvestShare leveraged labor from seasonal staff, volunteers, and interns to produce vegetables for food-insecure households. Generated over 75% of the organization’s annual operating budget and connected 200+ households with a box of produce for 32 weeks, improving public health and fostering community across diverse groups.Education: Developed a rigorous residential internship program for graduate students in regenerative agriculture, agrarian philosophy, and community development, resulting in over 50 graduates who are now leading their own regenerative agriculture projects.Fundraising: Successfully coordinated all aspects of fundraising strategy, securing $300,000 in grant funding, planning, and executing an inaugural annual fundraising banquet for 125 guests, and coordinating the re-branding of the organization with a new logo, tagline, favicon, and color scheme to visually cohere with the new strategic plan to support an annual operating budget of $220,000.Nonprofit Management: Managed a team of up to 25 full-time and seasonal staff, creating an inclusive and productive workplace culture, liaising effectively between staff and the Board of Directors, and securing $15,000 of funding for and facilitating a successful retreat that culminated in a 5-year strategic plan.Community Organizing: Facilitated multiracial, multiclass programming via weekly community workdays and potlucks for volunteers and at-risk youth, hosted three separate community vigils, and collaborated with Black and Latinx churches and nonprofits to raise awareness about food security, housing, and police harassment, leading to improved social justice and public health outcomes.

"Chas was instrumental in the founding of our nonprofit providing both strategic vision and skilled leadership to achieve that vision. Critical in those early years was his leadership in an intensive design process that provided a blueprint for how the organization would grow and expand over the next 10 years. His natural skills at community building and outreach were essential to Peacehaven's success and continue to benefit the organization to this day." Buck Cochran, Former Executive DirectorLandscape Design: Facilitated a two-day design charrette for stakeholders, culminating in a comprehensive permaculture plan for a 90-acre sustainable farm and residential community for adults with disabilities.Farm Management: Co-managed implementing a one-acre farm plan focusing on sustainable vegetable production, managing 20 volunteers.Community Building: Laid solid groundwork for the community with adults with disabilities as a founding resident and a community spokesperson.