Why We're Doing One Site Well

After Carol's passing in October 2025, we made a choice: instead of spreading thin across multiple sites, we would honor her vision by going deep.

The Sierra Vista Food Forest is our commitment to doing one thing exceptionally well, building living proof of what's possible before we expand.

Carol's vision was always global education. We're working toward that but only after we have undeniable proof from the ground.

Her legacy lives in every seed planted, every swale dug, and every volunteer and donor who shows up to grow something that lasts.

Today's Leadership

After Carol's passing, leadership passed to board members and other leaders who had worked alongside her. Today, Reap Goodness is guided by a 100% volunteer team committed to one thing: proving the model works before we try to scale it.

Khatrina Swarup
President

Dr. Sriman Swarup
Treasurer

Elizabeth Piccolo
Board member,
program manager

Mary Cook
Seasonal volunteer coordinator

Partners & Allies

We don't work alone. These organizations share our vision of community-led restoration, and many supported Carol's work long before Reap Goodness existed.

Planetary Health Alliance, Johns Hopkins University (formerly Harvard)

A member since 2022, Reap Goodness will work with institutions such as international governments to complete educational modules intended for upper primary school students worldwide. These informative modules will cover topics ranging from forming a trio of cooperatives to preparing Earth for immense healing while maintaining food plus abundant, clean water for both humans and native wildlife. These students will forge a new planetary health with their own hands.

Partners: City of Sierra Vista and Sunrise Rotary

EPICS, Engineering Projects in Community Service at Arizona State University

Our teams consisted of both undergraduate and graduate students at EPICS. It is a joy to have worked with these good young adults who have stars in their eyes and sparks flying from their brains to be of service to the world. They have astounded with their ideas and their zeal. Our teams received 4 awards during our participation at ASU.

Conscious Food Systems Alliance

The Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA), is a movement of food, agriculture, and consciousness practitioners, convened by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and are united around a common goal: to support people from across food and agriculture systems to cultivate the inner capacities that activate systemic change and regeneration. Reap Goodness’ executive director is a formally inducted member of CoFSA as of 2023.

Southwest Agroforestry
Action Network

Climate Healers

New Economy Coalition

This good organization is dedicated to sharing information about agroforestry and its many benefits to the community and to nature itself. There are four US states involved in this organization: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. The members include government agencies, cooperative extension, universities, and nonprofit organizations that support sustainable solutions for agriculture, forestry, and communities through their programs.

Reap Goodness has been aligned with Climate Healers from its inception by Dr. Sailesh Rao, a PhD systems engineer who is among the early inventors of the Internet. His purpose today with Climate Healers is to raise awareness worldwide about the dangers of animal agriculture in land and water degradation and its contribution to climate change. His compassionate mind seeks to raise awareness of animals as distinctly intelligent beings who deserve fairness in all aspects of their lives.

This collection of many nonprofit organizations in the US and Canada provide support and myriad forms of education for its member organizations dedicated to helping to form local economies and fairness to all, including communities of color, food insecurity, and land degradation among many more topics. We are proud to be a member to participate in the voice of change.