Nils’ life goal, both at work and at home is to help his community to become a place that feeds itself. As a Food Systems Engineer, Nils’ job is to find and implement best practices that will enable local farms, ranches, orchards, dairies, and other food businesses in NE Washington to feed people living in this same area. Nils’ programs have a focus on traditionally marginalized and at-risk populations. He grew up on a small farm in northern British Columbia where his family grew most of their own food and currently produces vegetables on his small-scale off-grid farm near Chewelah WA. Before buying his farm, Nils had an application engineering career doing modeling and simulation work primarily with automotive and aerospace systems. In addition to being a proud farm and primitive skills nerd, Nils is also an unapologetic data and spreadsheet nerd.