Meet Our Team!
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Rhonda Spencer, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a married mother of two, an educator, and an entrepreneur. Her career in education began in 1999 in the New York City Public School system, where she taught in The Bronx and Manhattan. She received her Master’s Degree in Education and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Educational Leadership from Cambridge College in Boston, Massachusetts. Later, she became an adjunct professor and student teacher supervisor at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.

In 2010, Rhonda's interest in agriculture began with her first summer food garden at her home in Pennsylvania. Within the same year, she and her family moved to Virginia for a land and farming opportunity. Although this opportunity did not materialize as expected, in 2020, after relocating to Oklahoma, Rhonda revisited her quest of growing her own food and her interest in farming and agriculture.

Rhonda continued her agricultural journey by growing food on her back porch. With news reports predicting a food shortage and the challenges of obtaining healthy, nutritious fruits and vegetables during the coronavirus pandemic, she grew food not just for leisure but to address the growing uncertainty of food access.

This endeavor presented many challenges, especially in an urban setting. Her desire to learn more about urban gardening and educate her community led her to start the live virtual workshop series “From Seed 2 Harvest.” Initially focused on gardening, the show quickly expanded to cover various stages of growing and storing food, including food preservation, freeze drying, hoop houses, greenhouses, aquaponics, and animal husbandry. The series featured seasoned farmers and gardeners like Kwame Mboya, a local farmer and founder of the NEOKC Farmers Market Incorporated, as well as international guests from as far away as Zambia, Central Africa. The virtual format allowed the show to reach larger audiences and forge relationships with farmers and food sovereignty advocates worldwide, placing "From Seed 2 Harvest" on the global scene. Just as we cultivate to grow fruit, vegetables, and flowers, this is only the beginning for "From Seed 2 Harvest."

In December 2021, Rhonda co-hosted "The Mentoring Klinic" on WOLB AM Radio 1010 in Baltimore, MD, discussing "Community Preparation for Food Shortage/How to Prepare." As Rhonda continued to engage with various groups and study, she realized that farming is a lost art. She believes it is important for our youth to reconnect with the earth and learn the art of growing food. She believes this is the key to sustaining a good quality of life, taking charge of our lives through cultivating good, wholesome, life-sustaining food.