{"id":47910,"date":"2024-08-07T00:13:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T00:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccof.org\/?p=47910"},"modified":"2025-04-02T21:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T21:33:03","slug":"meet-our-board-kelly-damewood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccof.org\/es\/news\/meet-our-board-kelly-damewood\/","title":{"rendered":"Conozca a nuestra Consejera Delegada, Kelly Damewood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kelly Damewood es la directora general de CCOF. Tambi\u00e9n forma parte del Comit\u00e9 de Gesti\u00f3n de CCOF Certification Services, LLC y del Patronato de la Fundaci\u00f3n CCOF.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La pasi\u00f3n de Kelly por la agricultura org\u00e1nica comenz\u00f3 cuando tuvo la oportunidad de trabajar por primera vez en una granja: \"Me gradu\u00e9 en la universidad un poco pronto, en plena recesi\u00f3n de 2009, y estaba buscando qu\u00e9 quer\u00eda hacer despu\u00e9s cuando surgi\u00f3 esa oportunidad\". Se incorpor\u00f3 a una granja de verduras org\u00e1nicas a las afueras de Portland (Oreg\u00f3n), y pronto empez\u00f3 a ayudar en la gesti\u00f3n de la explotaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\"Me cambi\u00f3 la vida\", dice Kelly. \"Como alguien que creci\u00f3 en los suburbios, fue la primera vez que me sent\u00ed conectada con la tierra. Fue la primera vez que comprend\u00ed realmente que los alimentos tienen tal impacto medioambiental en nuestro suelo, agua, aire, recursos naturales y biodiversidad.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Desarroll\u00e9 un profundo respeto por los agricultores\", contin\u00faa. \"Los agricultores tienen que saber pensar cient\u00edficamente, realizar el trabajo f\u00edsico y mental de planificar las semillas de un a\u00f1o, plantar correctamente, gestionar las certificaciones, contratar y arrendar tierras y, adem\u00e1s de todo, ocuparse del marketing. Empec\u00e9 a admirar a los agricultores, y en especial a los org\u00e1nicos\".<\/p>\n<p>Persiguiendo la idea de ayudar a los peque\u00f1os agricultores, Kelly fue a la facultad de Derecho de Vermont y estudi\u00f3 Derecho medioambiental. \"No sab\u00eda exactamente qu\u00e9 rumbo tomar\u00eda mi carrera, pero le dije a un amigo que estar\u00eda bien poder trabajar alg\u00fan d\u00eda para un certificador de alimentos org\u00e1nicos\", recuerda.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly curs\u00f3 un m\u00e1ster en Derecho en la Universidad de Arkansas. All\u00ed aprendi\u00f3 m\u00e1s sobre las leyes de la agricultura convencional en los \u00e1mbitos del uso del suelo, la quiebra y la normativa de seguridad alimentaria.<\/p>\n<p>\"El derecho medioambiental consiste en regular a los agricultores y detener a los malos actores, pero mi pasi\u00f3n es ayudar a los agricultores\", explica Kelly. \"No intento echar a la gente del negocio ni crear normativas insalvables. Me apasiona derribar barreras y ayudar a la gente que hace lo correcto y cultiva alimentos que quiero comer.\"<\/p>\n<p>Cinco a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de mencionar por primera vez que quer\u00eda trabajar alg\u00fan d\u00eda para una certificadora de alimentos org\u00e1nicos, Kelly se emocion\u00f3 al ser contratada como directora de pol\u00edticas de CCOF. \"No hay muchas certificadoras que tengan puestos as\u00ed, as\u00ed que fue muy especial\", dice.<\/p>\n<p>Se traslad\u00f3 a Santa Cruz y aprendi\u00f3 m\u00e1s sobre las particularidades de la agricultura en California, que es \u00fanica por sus muchas regiones de cultivo, climas, cosechas y rica historia de agricultura org\u00e1nica. Kelly dice: \"Llegu\u00e9 a ser una esponja absorbiendo toda la informaci\u00f3n de muchos de los agricultores que fundaron CCOF y el movimiento org\u00e1nico moderno\".<\/p>\n<p>En 2019, Kelly asumi\u00f3 el cargo de directora general de CCOF, e inmediatamente tuvo un curso intensivo de gesti\u00f3n de crisis cuando los incendios forestales y una pandemia arrasaron el pa\u00eds. \"Fue un privilegio para m\u00ed ayudar a guiar a la organizaci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de un momento de inmenso cambio y desaf\u00edo\", dice, \"y ahora estoy entusiasmada con la construcci\u00f3n de nuestra cartera de educaci\u00f3n del consumidor y desarrollo del mercado, ayudando a los agricultores a acceder a los mercados globales y regionales, apoyando a una diversidad de agricultores y aumentando el acceso a los alimentos org\u00e1nicos.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Una de las cosas que m\u00e1s me gusta de trabajar en la agricultura org\u00e1nica es el nivel de resistencia y determinaci\u00f3n con el que te encuentras. Estamos acostumbrados a que nos digan que lo org\u00e1nico es demasiado nicho o que no es posible en este mercado o en este clima o en esta cultura. Pero si quieres motivar a un agricultor org\u00e1nico, dile que algo no se puede hacer. Ese es el tipo de energ\u00eda con el que me encanta trabajar: persistencia e integridad sin importar el reto\".<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Damewood es la Directora General de CCOF. 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