Lauren Kaplan

Lauren first joined Glynwood in December 2021. As Associate Director of Farmer Training, Lauren leads programming including Glynwood's Apprentice Program, the Hudson Valley Farm Business Incubator, the Mid Hudson Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (MH CRAFT), and Glynwood's land access work.

Lauren has 7+ years of farming experience at farms in California and the Hudson Valley. Most recently, Lauren served as Farm Communications & CSA Director at Poughkeepsie Farm Project where she trained farm interns, improved CSA access for SNAP users, and oversaw a 500+ member CSA. 

Lauren has a BA from Brandeis University and a Certificate in Ecological Horticulture from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz. She lives in Northern Dutchess County.