Alley Engelbrecht

Food Program Coordinator

Favorite quote: 

 “Our generation plants the trees, the next generation enjoys the shade’”— Chiense Proverb


Career Highlights:

Previously, I worked in the local agriculture scene doing regenerative vegetable production and animal husbandry at Gallatin Valley Botanical and Chico Hot Springs gardens. I have always been passionate about food; eating, baking, cooking, growing and raising it! Although I don’t have any Montessori training, I have my Master’s degree in Sustainable Food Systems from MSU. I hope to incorporate local, seasonal food into the current food program. I believe that good food choices begin when we start to eat food and hopefully I can show your little one how delicious food can be even if they haven’t tried it before. 

Things I am passionate about:

Food, mindfulness and conservation

In my free time, I love to:

 Be outside to hike, forage mushrooms, hunt, grow vegetables and flowers

When I was little, I loved to:

Go camping and play in the lakes and rivers