Jaimie McGirt

Jaimie McGirt is RAFI's Agricultural Conservation and Market Access Manager. She works at the crossroads of conservation and market access, providing one-on-one technical assistance to farmers in the Southeast U.S. She assists farmers with identifying business and land stewardship priorities, creating action plans, and identifying other resources, partnerships, and referrals that help them advance their market and farm conservation goals. Originally from southeastern, NC, Jaimie holds a B.S. in Sustainable Development from Appalachian State University. She has a decade of grassroots community and “grasstops” statewide work experience in bolstering rural food economies in economically distressed and ecologically sensitive regions.