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Jonathan Gilbert / Founder and TreasurerJonathan Gilbert and his wife, Hannah, founded Heartbeet Lifesharing in 2000. He is actively involved in leading the community as a farmer and carpenter. He is also the financial manager for Heartbeet and heads the long term development committee. Jonathan works closely to maintain Heartbeet’s ties to the local community, doing outreach for partnerships with local business and fund raising. He continues to nurture his interest in global partnerships as well and recently finished a course in World Economy at Spring Valley, New York. Jonathan was born in Quebec, Canada. He has always had an interest and commitment to integrating agriculture with his social ideals. Before founding Heartbeet, he worked and apprenticed at L’Amitié, a therapeutic community in Quebec serving adults with severe disabilities, and in Camphill Village/Kimberton Hills in Pennsylvania, an intentional agricultural community which specially includes adults with developmental disabilities. Other aspects of his training in biodynamic/organic farming, gardening, marketing and CSA (community-supported agriculture) took him to New Mexico, Canada and Mali.
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