Kase Wheatley is a Ph.D. Candidate in Geography with a Designated Emphasis in Native American Studies at UC Davis. Kase is deeply supportive of regional transition efforts to agroecology and supporting bio-regionally adapted cropping systems. He is researching the politics of agricultural research as well as the (dis)connections between agroecology and Indigenous food sovereignty in the United States. 

Kase was born in Los Alamitos, CA and attended UC Davis for his undergrad earning a B.S. in Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems. He spent a few years farming in CA, and other parts of the US, before earning an M.S. in Agroecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kase loves science fiction, cooperatives, vulnerability, and sharing meals with others.