Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Magazine recently called her a “Green Goddess”, though she would scoff at the term. She leads by example, being as environmentally-friendly as possible in her day-to-day life, but also works to reform the bigger problems she sees with chemical misuse.
Kim Glazzard is the volunteer Executive Director of Organic Sacramento, a community organization dedicated to promoting organic agriculture and sustainable food systems.
As a Sacramento transplant, Kim quickly saw the need for an organization like Organic Sacramento. In 2003, Kim and local activists launched the group in response to concerns about pesticides and genetically engineered crops, the focus of an international conference sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, held in June of that year.
Kim and Organic Sacramento are credited with pushing the Sacramento City Council to repeal an antiquated law that limited the ability of Sacramento residents to grow gardens in their front yard, and for pushing the Sacramento City Council to address the dangers of pesticide spraying for West Nile virus.
In addition to working a full-time job, Kim dedicates hours to making a difference in her community. “California, and Sacramento as the capital, have the opportunity to change the way we deal with pesticides in California…we owe it to ourselves,” says Kim.
“Kim sets the bar high for all us, and shows that a commitment to organizing means real changes in our local and state pesticide policies,” said Paul Schramski, state director of Pesticide Watch Education Fund.
For more information, visit www.organicsacramento.org.
