Lindsey's deep passion for food justice and land stewardship started with gardening in her grandmother's backyard. She grew up in the Nashville area, however, moved away for school and career opportunities. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Memphis in Anthropology and History with a focus on food. She then moved to New Mexico to further her studies in food access and sustainable food systems. While there, she worked as a FoodCorps service member, as a farmworker on multiple small scale regenerative farms, and even helped start a community farm. The community farm was based on herself and a friend being landless femme farmers who wanted to grow food for and with their community, while being in relationship with the land. However, she knew she wanted to return to the southeast, and first landed in Birmingham, AL where she managed school garden sites. Not long after, she found The Nashville Food Project and is excited to be back in this area to do what she loves.

Outside of work, you can catch her hiking with her dog, doing yoga, being on the river or watching movies!