Farmer and Founder, Honoré Farm and Mill; Marin Couty, CA

Elizabeth DeRuff is an Agricultural Chaplain, businesswoman, and farmer who makes her home in Marin County. She is a pioneer in exploring the intersection of food, land, and faith. Currently, Elizabeth is focused on propagating drought tolerant, biodiverse varieties of landrace wheat, which are stone-milled and available for sale from Honoré Farm and Mill to support the non-profit educational work of Honoré. She also directs a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) that provides flour to individuals and public schools. In this capacity, she is focused on transforming our food and farm systems through the lens of growing wheat and offering hands-on education. Under her leadership Honoré recently completed a grant from the USDA to create whole grain curriculum in California public schools, teaching children where their bread comes from and why whole grains will improve their health. She also writes, teaches, farms and consults. Her research, and recipes, are available online at Honoremill.org. She has a BS in economics from the University of Southern California, an Master’s in Divinity from The Episcopal Divinity School of the Pacific, and a certificate in bread baking from the San Francisco Baking Institute and recently baked the "perfect" whole wheat sourdough loaf in her home oven.@honorefarmandmill