Noli Taylor

Noli Taylor

Island Grown Initiative, Island Climate Action Network

Noli is the Senior Director of Programs at the Island Grown Initiative (IGI) on Martha’s Vineyard. She began her work with IGI in 2006 and has been a tireless advocate for food equity and climate awareness. Noli’s climate activism also led her to establish the Island Climate Action Network (ICAN), which is a volunteer organization on Martha’s Vineyard that provides information about local climate change activities, advocates for local climate action, and provides information on ways islanders can get involved.

Noli is passionate about the power of food to bring communities together and deepen our relationship to the natural world. She has done environmental and agricultural advocacy and organizing work with nonprofits and community groups across the country. Noli graduated from Haverford College and the Green Corps Field School for Environmental Organizing and served on the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Board of Food and Agriculture and the board of Massachusetts Farm to School.

For more information on how Noli’s work with IGI has helped to provide Islanders access to healthy, farm-fresh food during the Covid-19 pandemic, visit this MV Times article.