Reuben Gregory is responsible for Sustainability and Strategic Partnerships at local hunger relief center Metro Caring. He has merged his previous careers in politics, education, and social work with his passion for agriculture. While spending a decade in social work, he began to understand the importance of access to affordable and healthful food for all. His passion for growing food at home led to starting community gardens, which then led to farming for different entities, such as Denver Public Schools. Here he learned of the complications of making urban agriculture succeed, assisting in private and public partnerships as well as for-profit and non-profit collaborations.

While at Metro Caring, he has provided leadership in programming areas including food access, food waste reduction, food production, and nutrition education. Reuben is a former Rocky Mountain Farmers’ Union fellow, and currently sits on the board for a new agriculture-based faith community called The Land. Five years ago, he joined the advisory board of a start-up in the food waste industry and recently began work on an online platform intended to link Coloradoans doing similar work. In the summer of 2016 he joined the mayor-appointed Sustainable Food Policy Council of Denver for a two-year term, and serves on the Food Production and Food Access and Affordability subcommittees.