RESILIENCE & ABUNDANCE
Through Regenerative and Organic Agriculture
SERVICES
ORGANIZATIONS
Program Development
Project Management
Network Development
Strategic Planning
Evaluation
Event Coordination / Facilitation
ORGANICS / FARMS
Organic Inspections
Mock/Training Inspections
Farm Record Keeping Systems
Organic Transition Planning
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
TEAM
Mallory Krieger
Principal Consultant
Mallory is committed to driving environmental improvement and farm resiliency in the agriculture industry. She brings extensive experience developing and facilitating educational events, building networks, and creating risk management resources for organic and regenerative farmers and ag. professionals in the northern tier of the U.S. In addition to her consulting work, Mallory owns and manages an 85 acre farm in western Illinois.
Paul McGinty
GIS Technician
Paul has recently joined the Terra Elossa team as our GIS Specialist. After a decade serving as a public school teacher, Paul has come back to his roots in GIS. With a BS in Geographic Information Systems from Kingston University London and a passion for education, Paul provides spatial analysis expertise for our projects and clients.
Amanda Gullett
Administrative Support
Amanda, a proud mother of three, provides administrative support to Terra Elossa projects. She is the office backbone of the team, keeping us organized with her attention to detail and conscientiousness.
The name Terra Elossa means "Earth Alive". It is drawn from the Latin Terra for "Earth" and the Finnish Elossa for "Alive".
"I went into the forest
and asked of the mother tree,
'What do you want this place to be?'
And she replied, 'Alive.'"
CURRENT CLIENTS & PROJECTS
OATS | Organic Agronomy Training Service
The Organic Agronomy Training Service (OATS) is a national consortium of independent regional non-profits, universities, businesses, and farmer networks who each work to promote and support domestic certified organic crop production. OATS trains agronomists, farmers, and other service providers in the art and science of organic crop production.
Mallory leads the OATS operations team, development of the program, and implementation of OATS’ strategic plan.
Embarras Grazing Partnership
Since 2020, the CCSWCD, The Land Connection, U of I Extension, Terra Elossa, LLC, IL Soybean Association, and the Pasture Project have partnered to provide education and resources to increase regenerative grazing practices in and near the Embarras River Watershed.
Mallory is a co-founder of the Embarras Grazing Partnership and assists with partnership programming.
Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition
The Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition (IL GLC) is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting grazing throughout the state of Illinois. GLC was formerly known as the Illinois Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI). The organization was founded in the early 2000s as a small, volunteer-based grazing advocacy group and is best known as the Illinois co-organizers of the annual Heart of America Grazing Conference.
Mallory advises the board of directors on organizational development and fundraising. She assisted the board with creating and hiring for their first staff position, Illinois Grazing Coordinator.
OnMark Certification Services
OnMark provides certification services to farmers throughout the U.S., mainly in the Upper Midwest. OnMark Certification Services LLC was founded in 2018 by Executive Director, Mark Seeley. OnMark is a vibrant team with good old-fashioned values and an understanding of what makes a farm thrive.
Mallory assists OnMark with organic inspections & initial review of client files.
IDEA Farm Network
The IDEA Farm Network is a learning community that creates a safe, lively space for farmers, scientists, advocates, food entrepreneurs and consumers to share diverse experiences, information, and views that advance regenerative agriculture.
Mallory serves on the working group who organizes field days and tailgate sessions that bring regeneratively minded farmers together to learn and share with each other.
PAST CLIENTS & PROJECTS
Pasture Project at the
Wallace Center
The Pasture Project is an affiliate program of the Wallace Center at Winrock International. The Pasture Project is a movement of farmers and farmland supporters helping land managers reintegrate livestock rotation in the heart of Upper Midwest farming.
Mallory lead the development of a statewide strategy for regenerative grazing in Illinois, as well as mobilizing stakeholders in the Embarras watershed to form a working group to promote regenerative grazing at the watershed level.