Core Group Biographies
Harold Brown
Co-Founder World Orchard Project
Harold Brown is Campaign Coordinator for Farm Sanctuary
in Watkins Glen, NY. He is also on an ongoing national speaking tour
advocating for farm animals, family farmers and the environment. In the
past he was a board member with the Northern Ohio Wellness Connection
and their tree planting project that is modeled after the work of David
Kidd. To date NOWC has planted and given away over a million trees in
Northwest Ohio.
Jerry Cook
Co-Founder World Orchard Project
Co-Founder of MeatFreeZone.org.
Founder/Overseer of The Universal One Ministry
Certified Hypnotherapist
Founder/Overseer of Ray of Light Ministry
National Spokesperson for The Red Wolf Coalition
Nutritional Lecturer/Advisor
Candidate for Doctor of Naturopathy
Environmental Lecturer/Proactivist
Former Board Director of EarthSave International
Co-Founder/Board Director of Center of One Heart
Co-Producer of WorldFest LA
Muscian and Story Teller
World's Ambassador of Fun
Board Director of Ann Wigmore Foundation
Spokesperson for PCRM's Heart Healthy Program
Tom Frazier
Co-Founder of World Orchard Project
Tom Frazier is a living foods chef and lifestyle improvement educator
currently working with the Web of Life Café in Westlake, Ohio. Tom
teaches Living Foods Cuisine and natural lifestyle improvement privately
through his Radiant Life Mission. Tom's health and diet studies have
evolved to following the research into environmental concerns related to
how we acquire the foods we eat, prepare those foods, benefit from the
health of those foods and positively impact the planet through these
choices. He has been involved with a variety of organizations, in
addition to being a founding member of The World Orchard Project. His
involvement includes the North American Vegetarian Society,
Entrepreneurs for Sustainability [E4S - Cleveland, Ohio], is a founding
member of The South Bay Living Foods Community in Silicon Valley,
California, and a former board member of the YMCA in Galveston County,
Texas.
Sharon Jacks
Co-Founder of World Orchard Project
Sharon Jacks is a long time activist and aspiring
vegan cooking teacher. She is a state registered Interior Designer,
specializing in design for the elderly, and resides in Murfreesboro,
Tennessee where she enjoys long hikes by the rivers with her two sons
and husband, Eric. Her passions are reading, cooking, gardening, and
playing around with funky craft projects.
Abbie Pettit
Co-Founder and Programs Director of World Orchard Project.
Abbie Pettit is a psychologist, entreprenueur, writer, activist, and
mom. She is currently authoring the book "Children of the Future" and
un-schoooling her 3 children in Illinois, where she resides with her
husband Justin. Abbie loves music, art, swimming, laughing, yoga, and
fresh fruit.
