Wild Seeds Ranch

Founder of Wild Seeds and Mango, an international company that rescues electronic waste.

Nicole is an anthropologist, author, and ecovillage designer. She's obsessed with building communities the smart way.

She is happiest when dancing, communicating in foreign languages, and eating new fruits for the first time.

She's the Marketing Director for the Global Ecovillage Network and founder of Terrenity Ecovillages and the Terrenity Publication.

⚠️ Warning: she's very cuddly.

Lexi is an avid skateboarder, recreational rock climber, and certified goofball.

Coming from Miami FL, she brings the entrepreneurial skills to the ranch with an Accounting degree and Masters in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida where she played D1 women's rugby. Lexi will be running the camping division at WSR so keep an eye out as she brings to life our acre of land across the street.

Christopher Toussaint is an award-winning film & video Producer/Director, Writer, Director of Photography (DP) and Editor.

Currently he is owner of Free Spirit Productions and the Director of Transvision, a spiritual media society devoted to conscious and healing program production.

Specializing in progressive, leading-edge new-paradigm, documentary media. In 2004 he was awarded the Roy W. Dean Film Grant for his work-in-progress, The Secret Life of Water, about the healing and pollution-clearing effects of energized or "structured" waters.

In addition he's been doing organic gardening for many years.

Max has been at the ranch since the beginning and is an avid surfer, San Diego native, and local business owner.

Max is the founder of San Diego Tempeh, a growing and thriving organic Tempeh business located right here in Southern California. After a transformative food journey, San Diego Tempeh was founded in 2019 at a local farmers market. From the beginning, their goal has been simple: deliver the highest quality fermented foods to our friends and community.

Jason is a Georgia-raised southern boy who loves to have a good time and has been with the ranch since the start! He loves to travel, tell silly jokes, and write poetry. He is the event coordinator and manager of the North Park farmer's market.

Adriana ("Addie" for short) is a San Diego native with a passion for healing and nurturing others through the wisdom of plants. She's a budding herbalist, designer, and writer. She loves to be in nature, honoring our Earth Mother, practicing archery, spending time with her bunnies, eating yummy food, reading, and watching fantasy movies. (Hint: She's a nerd) Be warned: Addie is an introverted hermit. You'll always catch her reading a book with a cup of tea. IG: @addiemadrigal

Birdi is a hilarious, heart-centered, and adventurous wild woman with an undeniable passion for personal growth. As a Chopra-Certified Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Instructor, and Total Wellbeing Coach, she's on a mission to use her "superhuman" abilities to help others tap into their innate power to infinitely renew.

As the founder of "Bird's Eye View," Birdi curates transformative retreats, workshops, and personalized coaching experiences that uniquely blend adrenaline-filled adventures with mindfulness practices. Her offerings are crafted for open-minded individuals who seek growth and transformation as they navigate life's ever-evolving journey.

With a deep commitment to community-building, Birdi guides people in overcoming fears, dissolving limiting beliefs, and expanding their perspectives for lasting change. Her mission is both simple and powerful: to inspire and empower others to embrace growth through joy.

Nick is a San Diego native, abstract visual artist, and elderly caretaker. He's best known for abstract improvisational works of art, influenced by science fiction, punk aesthetics, horror genres and gaming culture. He loves meeting new friends, watching anime, taking nature walks, singing, listening to techno music, and eating out. Nick's goals are to live sustainably as an artist/muralist and receive training as an end-of-life doula. He's always up for giving tarot readings and chatting about life! IG: @bonyxart

Nikki is a yoga teacher, Thai yoga enthusiast, NASM certified stretch coach, van explorer, and BIG believer in following your heart.

She received her yoga teacher training in Costa Rica in 2017 and has been blending travel with learning ever since. Most recently, she traveled to Thailand to study Thai yoga massage, deepening her knowledge and love for hands-on healing.

She enjoys cooking, camping under the stars, spa days, theater, and finding new ways to move her body.

You might catch her guiding a movement session, planning her next van adventure, or deep in conversation about life.

IG: nicolestaples.yoga

Website: nicolestaples.yoga

Emma is a content creator, culinary artist, and creative visionary whose work traces the quiet intersections of nourishment, beauty, and the lifelong art of discovering one's truest self. A Northern California native with a culinary degree and certification in health coaching, she has lived many chapters — private chef, storyteller for California's travel world, and creative consultant in technology — each one revealing a new layer of self-discovery.

Her nomadic travels across the American West became both muse and mirror, winding through cabins, canyons, and coastlines as she built The Soft Adventurer — her signature philosophy and ongoing body of work. Through it, Emma redefines adventure as an act of tenderness: a devotion to slow discovery, sensory living, and the art of meeting life with wonder.

At Wild Seeds Ranch, her creative expression has moved from page to table. Whether she's filling the kitchen with the aroma of freshly baked bread or composing meals that gather people together, Emma treats food as a love language — an invitation to live with poetic attention and find quiet magic in everyday life.

Her world continues to unfold online at emmagabrielle.net and on Instagram @emmagabrielle_wanderlust.