Doria Robinson, a 3rd generation resident of Richmond, CA and one of its great civic leaders who has worked tirelessly to build community-controlled wealth and local empowerment, is: Executive Director of Urban Tilth; co-founder of worker-owned Cooperation Richmond; and recently elected District 3 Richmond City Council Member. Doria, a Certified Permaculture Designer, earlier in her life worked on organic farms and at the women-owned organic produce distribution company Veritable Vegetable and at Real Food Company. In 2014 she led the charge to develop Urban Tilth’s 3-acre urban farm in Richmond and in 2016 relaunched a farm-to-table CSA social entrepreneurial venture which now serves produce to 440 West County families each week.