After a long career in newspapers, Andrea Howry planted new roots and became the Ventura County Branch Coordinator in July of 2019. She’d been leading backyard fruit harvests for about four years, hooked after the first pick when she found a bird’s nest in a citrus tree with a tiny blue egg inside. She and her husband have lived in Ventura for 32 years, raising three kids and several rescued dogs. She is a graduate of Stanford University and enjoys hiking and reading.