Rabbi Jacob Fine serves as the Director of Abundance Farm. For the past 18 years Jacob has worked and taught in the field of Jewish environmental and agricultural education. He has served as a rabbi and educator for a number of leading Jewish environmental organizations including Teva, Adamah, Hazon and the Jewish Farm School, where he served as the Director of Programs. A Wexner Graduate Fellow and former Rabbi and Assistant Director at Hillel at the University of Washington (2007-2011), and Director of Jconnect Seattle, Jacob was ordained as a rabbi from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles where he also received a M.A. in Rabbinic Studies. Jacob is also a graduate of Vassar College where he received a B.A. in environmental studies and religion. Jacob has authored widely used curriculum including "Jewish Food Rules: Principles of a Contemporary Jewish Food Ethic," and teaches widely on issues related to Judaism, ecology and food justice. Jacob can be reached at rabbijacob@abundancefarm.org and 413-584-3593 x203.