California FarmLink

Reggie Knox

Executive Director

Reggie Knox has been working with California farmers for 23 years. He previously served as Director of Field Operations, supervising California FarmLink's regional staff, participating on FarmLink's management team, and leading program and partnership development. At FarmLink and as a consultant, Knox has developed expertise in farm leases, land transactions, financing and business development. He has worked as an organizer, consultant and non-profit manager supporting small and medium scale farmers and promoting sustainable agriculture throughout California. As Program Manager at the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Knox ran the Lighthouse Farm Network, implementing hundreds of workshops for family farmers addressing farmland protection, resource conservation and economic options for small farmers. He organized numerous bilingual workshops in Spanish and English and is conversant in Spanish and fluent in French.  He has long-standing relationships with Central Coast farm and conservation groups including the Farm Bureau and commodity boards.  He has more than 10 years of experience as an organic farm inspector visiting hundreds of farms throughout the Central Coast and Central Valley. Knox helped to manage an eleven-acre organic farm for several years after graduating from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Anthony Chang

Director of Lending

Molly Bloom

IDA and Projects Coordinator

Molly Bloom grew up in the Oregon High Desert, surrounded by wheat fields and ranch land. Hoping to start her own farm someday, she worked on CSA farms, completed her B.A., and then set out to learn what it takes to be a successful farmer. She apprenticed for two years on Sauvie Island Organics farm outside Portland, OR. Confident in production, but lacking in farm business skills, she joined Eatwell Farm and managed their CSA program for four years. She learned some bookkeeping and plenty about customer service and running a business. In 2010, she and her husband moved to Sonoma County, where she enrolled in small business management and accounting classes at Santa Rosa Junior College and worked for Tierra Vegetables. Bloom continues to hold a dream of owning a farm and is excited to help others learn the skills they need to be successful! 

Ariana Reguzzoni

North Coast Regional Coordinator

Ariana was born and raised in Oakland, CA. She recently co-founded Chica Bloom Farm, an organic cut-flower operation in Sonoma County. Before this, Ariana worked on several farms in Sonoma and Marin County, learning as much as she could about small scale flower and vegetable production. She also has extensive experience as a professional journalist and has worked as a producer for PBS and independent documentaries. She currently freelances as a food and agriculture journalist. Ariana has a master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and is also a graduate of the Ecological Horticulture Program and Community Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz. She's very excited to help other new farmers, like herself, navigate the world of farm business and development and help support the next generation of farmers in California!

Liya Schwartzman

Central Valley Regional Coordinator

Liya Schwartzman was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles. At every opportunity she escaped to the outdoors for much needed camping and hiking. While at UC Davis, Liya focused her studies on environmental sciences and botany, and fueled her interest in sustainable agriculture and gardening. Liya has a passion for making a difference, working in community organizing for environmental groups, fundraising for environmental legislation, and conducting research for the California Department of Conservation. For Liya, it was a fluid transition into the world of agriculture, she enjoys helping farmers and ranchers with the tools to sustain successful businesses and keep California farmland productive.

Eric Winders

Central Coast Regional Coordinator

Eric grew up in New York and received a Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies from Binghamton University and  Master’s in Environmental Sciences/Policy from SUNY College of Environmental Studies and Forestry.  Working on farms and with farmers for much of his life, he started as a field hand at a farm in Schenectady, NY while still in high school. In Costa Rica, Eric set up a self-sufficient farm for a conservation/forestry project; worked in Spain and Portugal as volunteer farmer; and had his own small market garden in New York.  As Garden Organizer at Capital District Community Gardens, he managed operations for 46 gardens/urban farms, working with diverse populations while also working on neighborhood based urban greening initiatives.  Eric has worked extensively in horticulture, designing edible gardens and restoring disturbed sites to native habitat, and is a certified Monterey Bay Advanced Green Gardener and Permaculture designer.   When not working with farmers, he can be found looking for birds or playing bluegrass guitar.