Tom and his wife Julia raised their four children unconventionally in Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Nicaragua. He was involved with community economic development and human rights work at both the grass roots level and institutionally. Food security and sovereignty has often been present in this work. During the past 45 years his family has had brief stints in Canada to where they have now returned. Currently Tom is the Property Manager at Carrot Common and pleased to be a Board member of Carrot Cache.

Through camping, travel, a farming internship and an education in nutrition & natural health, Sarah has fostered a lifelong appreciation for the natural world. She is honoured to hold a position on the board of the Carrot Cache where the mission is to support people working on sustainable and just food projects. Sarah has had a diverse career holding positions in management, communications, teaching, public relations and customer service. She's happiest gardening, cross country skiing, playing tennis and spending time in nature.

Tamas is an entrepreneur who has started and grown multiple successful small businesses in Toronto. Tamas’ involvement in the Toronto food sector began in 2008 when he moved to the country and began an organic farm. He and his wife have hosted hundreds of young people from all over the world on their farm where they teach about organic small-scale farming practices. His farm was the recipient of a Carrot Cache grant and he can vouch first hand for the difference that grant money can make in the building of a small food/farm business. He is currently serving as a consultant to other businesses helping them create efficient systems to grow their profits. Tamas is pleased to be serving on the board of directors of Carrot Cache and helping others achieve their goals.

Marsha discovered her love for gardening through her father's vegetable patch, which ignited a passion for whole foods and the "Back to the Land" movement as a teenager. She helped organize a five-family food-buying collective through the Ontario Natural Food Company and launched the first field-to-table delivery at the Bain Co-op, growing it to serve over 20 families. A loyal shopper at The Big Carrot since its start, she began working there in 2000 and became a shareholder in 2001. This year, she helped secure a delivery spot for the Black Creek Community Farm CSA at The Big Carrot. She is committed to small, sustainable farms and cooperative economics, with a vision for everyone to access fresh, locally grown food.

Jamie has fond memoriesof exploring her grandparents’ urban garden in Kingston and tasting their homegrown produce. This sparked a love for gardening and an interest in seed and food sovereignty. She volunteers at local seed exchange events as well as community gardens, and enjoys learning from others and engaging with their collective wisdom. Jamie delights in sharing her backyard bounty and convincing others to try growing their own food. When she isn’t in the garden or in the lab as a research scientist, she can be found cycling throughout the city or paddling somewhere. She is deeply grateful for the chance to serve on the Board and is eager to contribute to a more sustainable future.

Stanislas Leveau-Vallier has worked in project management for 12 years in Canada and in Europe, with projects ranging from strategy consulting to marketing for a daily newspaper, from creating a private chef internet platform to supporting artistic projects in Toronto. Through these experiences and a round-the-world trip, Stanislas developed a keen interest in social, environmental and cultural impacts. Food production and consumption practices are a major concern to this father of 3 young children. In his current Property Management role at Carrot Common, Stanislas finds a great sense of purpose in knowing that good management helps increase contributions to the Carrot Cache Fund.

Sean Smith is the owner of Crooked Farmz, a small-batch compost tea brewery and experimental market garden farm in Toronto. His interest in developing a local CSA for composting and compost tea brewing emerges from deeper underlying concerns about soil health, microbial life, climate change, and our relationships with land and water. He is a member of the Many Hands Urban Farm Collective at Downsview Park and the President of Local 305 for the National Farmers Union-Ontario. Prior to launching Crooked Farmz he taught extensively at the postsecondary level for 20 years. Sean has received several awards for both innovation in urban agriculture and for entrepreneurial distinction.

A lifelong produce and grocery worker, Kevin was raised in the fields and forests of rural Prince Edward County. He developed his social consciousness in Toronto’s streets, workplaces, music scenes and grassroots social movements - where he learned the strength of solidarity among diverse communities united by common interests.In an era of isolation, disconnection and corporate dominance, he sees workers reclaiming ownership of their spaces - like the worker-owned model of The Big Carrot - as key to building lasting, rooted and caring community bonds, and planting seeds of a better future.For over a decade, he’s organized with cashiers, clerks, cooks, baristas and food service workers to solve their own problems collectively, walked picket lines in solidarity with food industry workers around Toronto, and encouraged co-workers to join in reviving the co-operative founding spirit of TBC. Now serving as a TBC board co-chair, Kevin believes that it’s up to food and retail workers everywhere to stand up for themselves and bring about a just and sustainable food system, including broader social development projects like the Carrot Cache partnership.