Award-winning writer, social media consultant and communications project manager with experience working with companies, universities, publications and non-profits in U.S., Europe and Asia. She supports American Farmland Trust's mission of protecting agricultural land, accelerating regenerative agriculture practices, and keeping farmers on the land in California. The state is the nation's cornucopia, producing over a third of vegetables and nearly two-thirds of fruits and nuts eaten in the U.S. Her specialties: Translating complex topics like food policy and science into simple language for a mainstream audience.Teresa's writing about farming, edible gardening, livestock, seed diversity and global food system has been published by Civil Eats, Food Tank, KCET-TV, University of California's Office of President, Yes! Magazine, Horticulture Magazine and other regional/national publications.Thousands know Teresa as "Seasonal Wisdom" from Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ and seasonalwisdom.com -- named in "Top 10 Organic Gardening Blogs" by The Ecologist, part of Guardian (UK) Environment Network. She has taught people how to grow vegetables around the nation with magazine articles, blog posts and speaking opportunities.She co-authored "Grocery Gardening: Planting, Preparing & Preserving Fresh Foods" (Cool Springs Press; 2010), where she wrote about the nutritional benefits of fresh produce and provided advice for supporting local farmers.Earlier in her career she did public relations for well-known food brands such as Ocean Spray Cranberries, Dunkin' Donuts, and Welch Grape Juice.