Chaker Chahrour

Chaker grew up in Ohio and has devoted his work to our collective rights for healthy food & clean water for the last 18 years. Working with the Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming he documented the recession of Aspen stands, researched grazing strategies, and documented watershed impacts of federal livestock management practices.

Uninspired by the top-down approach to improving land management and stewardship practice, Andrew co-founded a wiki-based website devoted to ethical consumerism. Consumer Conscience provided product life-cycle information on popular household products to consumers. Informed by these experiences, Andrew moved to the Bay Area in 2007 following his passion for food, water and the environment and found meaningful work with the Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA). Working with MESA for 3 years, Andrew expanded the farmer training program’s outreach by developing a new website, better in-house tech systems, and by cultivating potential organic host farms across the country.

Uninspired by the top-down approach to improving land management and stewardship practice, Andrew co-founded a wiki-based website devoted to ethical consumerism. Consumer Conscience provided product life-cycle information on popular household products to consumers. Informed by these experiences, Andrew moved to the Bay Area in 2007 following his passion for food, water and the environment and found meaningful work with the Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA). Working with MESA for 3 years, Andrew expanded the farmer training program’s outreach by developing a new website, better in-house tech systems, and by cultivating potential organic host farms across the country.