Grace Oedel

Grace Oedel has worked at the intersection of faith, activism, and land for decades. She is on the founding core team of the L’Chaim Collective, a collectively- led kehilla (sacred community) uniting activism and spiritual practice, and serves as Executive Director of Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont,  building power with farmers and farm workers for a just, verdant, and delicious future in service to all living beings. She writes a substack called ‘here we are’, leads a resistance song circle, is mom to three small children and tries to stay up to good trouble. Grace holds a degree in Religion from Yale University (‘10) and received smicha (rabbinic ordination) from Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary (‘24).