Coverage & Packages Supervisor
Gordon N. Merrick joins the OFRF group with first hand expertise engaged on natural farms, distributing meals into {the marketplace}, cooking meals within the service business, and, most not too long ago, serving to draft agriculture, pure useful resource, and municipal legal guidelines for the Vermont Common Meeting. Alongside this arms on meals and authorized system expertise, previous to attending Vermont Legislation College, Gordon was a group organizer engaged on local weather justice associated points in New Hampshire. All through all of those experiences, Gordon was in a position to be taught what it takes to guide profitable groups and that resilient change stems from, and is led by, people-powered actions.
Whereas attending Vermont Legislation College, Gordon was very concerned within the college’s Meals and Agricultural Legislation Society. Throughout his second yr, Gordon was in a position to participate in a Foyer Day hosted by the Farm Invoice Legislation Enterprise the place he spoke with Representatives and Senators in regards to the significance of the Conservation and Meals Help titles within the Legislator’s districts. In his third yr, he was chosen to be the co-president of the Nationwide Meals and Agriculture Legislation Pupil Community, the place he now sits on the advisory board. Gordon was in a position to make use of this place to additional his curiosity in sustainable agriculture coverage, and the processes that form it.
Gordon holds a B.A. in Political Science with a focus in Authorized Research from the College of Maine, and a J.D. from Vermont Legislation College.
When Gordon isn’t within the (house) workplace, he’s typically exterior having fun with regardless of the present New England season has to supply, or having fun with nonfiction learn if it’s raining!
