Kate Mudge lives in rural west-central Minnesota on a 40-acre farm she shares with her wife, where she hopes one day to establish a care farm. She brings more than 20 years of nonprofit leadership to her role as Co-Director of the Care Farming Network.
Throughout her career, Kate has guided organizations through change and growth, with expertise spanning rural entrepreneurship, hunger relief, animal welfare, recycling, and community development. She has led initiatives supporting local food systems and regional agriculture, served in executive leadership roles within community-based and animal welfare organizations, and earlier in her career directed large-scale food rescue operations that helped build one of the nation’s largest food recovery programs.
A creative at heart, Kate worked many years as a professional baker and continues to spend her free time concocting baked goods and testing out new recipes. Outside of her professional work, she spends most of her time with her animals, metalsmithing, gardening, and exploring the many acres of woods and prairies she calls home.