Meet the EATS Team

THE TEAM

LINDA GOODE BRYANT is Founder & Executive Director of Active Citizen Project (ACP). She is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who developed ACP while filming the 2004 Elections and the EATS project during the 2008 Global Food Crisis. Linda is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Peabody Award recipient. She was the Founder & Director of Just Above Midtown, Inc. (JAM), a New York City non-profit artists space. She has a Masters Degree (Business) from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Painting) from Spelman College.

JONATHAN WILSON is Outreach, Marketing, & Sales Manager and Facilitator for Project EATS, overseeing Partner Relations, Community Involvement, Commercial Sales, and Site Expansion. Jon joined the EATS Team in Spring 2010, after working as Nights and Weekend Director/Service Learning Coordinator for Directions for Our Youth (DFOY). In that capacity Jon helped launch EATS farm sites at Franklin K. Lane and Cypress Hills Houses through a DFOY/ACP partnership.  Prior to ACP, Jon worked extensively in youth development and community organizing. Jon is a musician and a recording engineer who owned and co-operated Sideways Studios, a professional Pro Tools Studio. 

ANDREW W. CASNER is Farm Manager and Facilitator for EATS, overseeing all farm operations at Project EATS.  Prior to joining the EATS Team in Fall 2010, Andrew farmed with Learn it Grow it Eat It in the Bronx and built Rainwater Harvesting systems in community gardens with GrowNYC.  In addition to his knowledge and skill in horticulture and beekeeping, Andrew is an artist and BFA graduate of Rhode Island School of Design.

KADEESHA WILLIAMS is a Project EATS Farmer, Facilitator, Market Manager,  and Fellows Administrator at Project EATS.  She has been farming almost her whole life in the Bronx at "Taqwa Community Farm."  Prior to joining the EATS Team, Kadeesha served two years with City Year New York on the Civic Engagement Team where she planned corporate service days to benefit community gardens and gardeners. Kadeesha continues to farm at Taqwa and run its Farmers Market which she has done for the past 4 years.

DIMITRY JEREMIE is an Assistant Project EATS Farmer. He has been farming with Project EATS from the time it launched its first site in Brownsville with Teacher's Preparatory Academy where he was a student and worked with Project EATS during the summers. After graduating high school, Dimitry attended the University of Bridgeport for a year. This summer he was a Project EATS Fellow and joined our staff this fall after successfully completing the Program. Dimitry is also a singer/guitarist in the locally known band "HeadForCover" which performs in venues throughout the city.

GIOVANNI BALCACER is an Assistant Project EATS Farmer. He has always enjoyed "heavy-lifting" work and often volunteered to work with his father in construction while growing up. During his senior year at University Heights High School he discovered another form of heavy-lifting work when he learned farming from Gus Jones on the Project EATS farm site at his school. He was a Project EATS Fellow this summer and joined our staff this fall after successfully completing the Program.  In addition to being a farmer, Giovanni is an avid gamer and competes in gaming competitions with up to 400 competitors.