Our Board, Staff and Advisory Board

Meet the BIPOC Farming Initiatives Director

Tia Stuart serves as the BIPOC Farming Initiatives Director at the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice, where she leads programs such as the Regenerative Farmer Fellowship. With more than 25 years of experience in growing, preserving, and teaching practical uses for locally grown produce, she brings deep practical knowledge to her work.  Tia is passionate about sharing these essential, life-sustaining skills with others to strengthen community resilience and food sovereignty.

Meet the Programs Director and Administration Manager

Florentina Rodriguez, MHSA, Ed.D.

Florentina has been providing finance and administrative support to Agraria since March 2024 and began her current role in November 2025 as part of Agraria’s new leadership team.

Florentina is a CHamoru seed educator, seed librarian, and cooperative farmer. She serves on the board of Seven Seed Sowers Cooperative, founded the Miami Valley Seed Commons, and is the Project Development Director for The Lavender Project. She earned her Masters in Human Services Administration and Doctorate in Environmental and Sustainability Education through Antioch University, as well as several professional certifications in Nonprofit Management, Human Resources, Professional Bookkeeping, and Permaculture Design. She is the co-author of the Culturally-Informed Community Seed (CICS) Pledge which can be found at https://cicspledge.org/ She founded the Yellow Springs Community Seed Library and currently lives and farms in Dayton.