Wendy gray

vice PRESIDENT

Born and raised in Staunton, VA Wendy spent a lot of her time in Highland County where her mother was born and her Grandfather taught in a one room schoolhouse. After high school she moved to Richmond to attend VCU School of Arts. After spending 20 years in Richmond, VA designing nurseries for expectant celebrities and creating her own line of hand knit baby wares she became pregnant with her own baby and a longing for the mountains and the desire to raise her daughter in the beloved community from which she came brought her back to her native Staunton, VA where she donned a pair of muck boots and began managing public relations and community development for Polyface Farms. After 14 years at Polyface she is now working with Doniga Markegard from Kiss the Ground  on a newly purchased farm in Churchville, VA where she is part of a team hired to restore the land through soil remediation while growing medicinal herbs and mushrooms and developing products wild foraged from the land.

When not on the farm she can often be found camping on her family land in Highland County, organizing and volunteering at community gardens, collecting food and fundraising for local food banks and shelters and promoting/organizing holistic wellness events. Passionate about soil health, food sovereignty and a deep love and respect for the land and for those who care for it, Wendy has her own grassroots PR business that focuses on connecting earth stewards from all over the world in order to create a vibrant online community resource and gathering place to inspire all.