I'm an Urban Farmer, Community Activist, Life Coach who traveled across the country for 12 years on the dime of corporate America in the IT field before deciding to trade in my frequent flyer miles for seeds and soil.

In, 2011 I founded The Yisrael Family Urban Farm which “transforms the hood for good” using urban agriculture as a tool to engage, empower and employ communities.

In 2015, Slow Food Sacramento selected Chanowk as a delegate to “We Feed The Planet” in Milan, Italy at which showcased 2500 people from 120 countries for 4 days to talk about how to improve the global food system.

As a founding member of the Sacramento Urban Agriculture Coalition I was able to pass legislation making it legal to grow produce in the backyard and sell it at a farm stand in the front yard.

When not transforming the hood for good or knee deep in fertile soil you can find me talking about how simplicity is a the ultimate sophistication.