Steve Gabriel

Steve Gabriel is an ecologist, educator, forest farmer, and coauthor of Farming the Woods: An Integrated permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicine in Temperate Forests.

He cofounded the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute and advocates for the balance of production and forest health as an agroforestry specialist for the Cornell Small Farms Program.

Along with his wife, Liz, he stewards Wellspring Forest Farm in the Finger Lakes Region of New York, where they produce shiitake mushrooms, duck eggs, maple and elderberry syrup, pastured lamb, and forest fruits.