Elizabeth Candelario

Elizabeth has spent the majority of her career working at the intersection of food, climate, and agriculture. She is Chief Strategy Officer for Mad Agriculture, a non-profit that works with US farmers to help them transition from conventional to organic and regenerative agriculture by providing agronomic know-how, operating capital, and market access. In her prior role as President of Demeter USA, the domestic certifier of Biodynamic farms and products, she focused on expanding awareness and markets to enhance returns for regenerative farmers. She began her career in the California wine industry, where she spent nearly two decades in increasingly senior positions, with a growing emphasis on the environment. Elizabeth speaks frequently at national food and environmental conferences, and has written extensively on agriculture and climate change.