Chris Anderson

About Chris

• I grew up in a small farm-centered town in Kansas—my family grew large gardens, which is how I first developed an interest in plants.
• Growing up, I loved school and always thought I would end up as a teacher.
• I originally planned to major in journalism with a minor in education so that I could become a journalism teacher, but I got sidetracked by my interest in community health education.
• I didn’t really get to use my first degree because I had a child and decided to spend my time raising him, but I did go back to school to get my teaching degree when my son was old enough.
• When my son went to college, my husband and I moved from Kansas to Nevada because we both wanted a change—we love it!
• I was a teacher for 18 years and taught everything from third to eighth grade—I was always happiest when I got to exclusively teach science.
• The school that I was teaching at in Nevada had a garden with Green Our Planet, so I was involved with the company from the school side at first.
• When I decided I wanted to transition out of teaching, I applied to Green Our Planet knowing that it was a great organization—I currently work as the hydroponics manager and love it!