Facing a Leadership Change The staff of OGS is facing an internal restructure as a result of a big leadership change. As the Executive Director of OGS for the last 6.5 years, my leaving the organization in June of 2020 has created a leadership hole that needs to be...
Dear OGS Family, I will be leaving OGS on June 5, 2020 after more than six years in the Executive Director role. I am so very grateful for having had the opportunity to serve the sustainable agriculture community in Western NC and the Southern Appalachians. Our...
Reprinted with permission. Original is here. Organic Growers School (OGS) came into 2019 with some big questions. Our goal was to engage in a strategic planning process, not with the intention to reinvent our mission, vision, or values, but to figure out the next...
Reprinted with permission from Mountain Xpress Posted on October 9, 2019 by Xpress Contributor Lee Warren BY LEE WARREN It’s no news that we have a health and hunger crisis in this country, and this area is right in the thick of it. According to the N.C. Justice...