Rhoby Cook

Rhoby has experience with community gardening and supporting family food farms as Director of the Hoopa Tribal Resource Conservation District, and has practiced Holistic Financial Planning and Holistic Grazing Planning on her property for the past decade.  She is also a producer-member of the organization Fibershed and is working toward Climate Beneficial Wool verification by increasing carbon sequestration in their pastures. As a Certified Educator, Rhoby especially enjoys working with Native Americans and other families and individuals to empower them to gain mastery over their finances.  In communities where money and conventional employment are less abundant, Rhoby believes creativity, diversification, and good decision-making can help people make good lives in line with their values.  It is an honor for Rhoby to hear your stories and be of assistance. Rhoby is a wife, mother, grandmother, and community member on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in northern California.  She loves social science and making things, and is good at details.  She also has a partnership with some sheep to create sweaters out of sunlight and grass.