Kendra Kimbirauskas

Kendra Kimbirauskas grew up on a Michigan dairy farm and she and her husband currently live and farm in Scio, Oregon where they raise beef cattle, hogs, goats, chickens and turkeys on pasture using managed grazing practices.

She has nearly two decades of experience in agricultural policy and rural organizing, working alongside citizen groups environmental advocates, and sustainable agriculture organizations to shape ecologically responsible farm and food policies at the state level.

Kendra co-founded what is now Oregon’s most influential small farm advocacy organization, Friends of Family Farmers, and has spent time working as a rural organizer in Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Oregon. In her day job, Kendra directs the Agriculture Program at the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).