About
Who We Are
At Grow Further, we engage farmers, scientists, and individuals in participatory innovation for global food security and sustainable agriculture.
Our members come from different backgrounds, but we all come eager to learn from each other, invest in the future of food, support scientists with overlooked ideas, and help small-scale farmers.
Our Management
Core Team
Advisory Committee
Christine Xu
Communications &
Marketing Consultant
Christine Xu
Communications and Marketing Consultant
Donald Summers
Management
Consultant
Donald Summers
Management Consultant
Eric Momanyi
Board
Member
Eric Momanyi
Board Member
Jordan Sheffield
Board
Treasurer
Jordan Sheffield
Board Treasurer
Ken Hunt
Board
Secretary
Ken Hunt
Board Secretary
Ken has spent the last 25 years building, growing, and managing businesses, in Board, C-level, and EVP roles in industries including agriculture, biotechnology, nutrition, software, and consumer packaged goods for organizations ranging from 5 to 250 people while overseeing P&L’s with up to $210M in revenue. Ken is currently the Principal and Founder of Fiber, Field, & Fork, a consultancy for companies in natural-fiber textiles, agriculture, and plant-based nutrition with corporate strategy, business development, marketing & sales, capital, and M & A needs. Ken holds a JD, an MBA, and a BA from Wake Forest University.
Nathanial Gronewold
Lead
Journalist
Nathanial Gronewold
Lead Journalist
Peter Kelly
President &
CEO
Peter Kelly
President and CEO
Prior to founding Grow Further, Peter was an assistant professor of economics at Renmin University in Beijing, where he taught and published on agriculture, international development, and the environment. He currently serves on the boards of a number of other charitable, policy, and for-profit organizations in addition to his full-time work at Grow Further, including as vice chair of Carbon Washington. He holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Berkeley; holds a BS in International Agricultural Development, with distinctions in agricultural science, from UC Davis; and has completed Global Washington’s Global Leadership Forum.
Learn more about his personal journey and the inspiration that led him to build Grow Further.