Katie Walter  Executive Director

Katie hails from the wide expanse of west Texas but has called Waco home for over a decade. Before Waco sucked her back in, she lived in Virginia and North Carolina learning regenerative, organic agricultural production, and animal husbandry. Returning to Texas with this knowledge, Katie co-founded an urban farming business in Fort Worth. During their heyday, Folklore Farms designed, installed, and maintained backyard vegetable gardens throughout the metroplex. Rooted in education, these gardens incorporated many no-till and permaculture practices and design elements that are still flourishing today.

Seeing the need for sound and creative business models for small-scale sustainable farmers, Katie completed her Masters in Business Administration at Baylor University while serving as the Director of Farm Operations at World Hunger Relief.

Katie is a proud member of the Choctaw Nation and its deep connection to community and care of Creation. She has a passion for all things outdoors and is quite partial to manual labor. As the days get longer, you will find her working on a never-ending home restoration with her husband.

Sky Toney  Education Director

Sky is from Texas originally but has lived, traveled and worked extensively internationally with his wife and daughters. He grew up working on his grandfather’s land in Tin Top, Texas before making his way to Baylor. There, he fell in love with his now-wife and the Waco community. After earning a Master’s of Environmental Studies, he lived and worked in various capacities in international humanitarian work. Sky’s passion for environmental sustainability in agriculture led him to another Master’s degree in Sustainable Agriculture & Food Environment from Sam Houston State University. He currently teaches environmental and agricultural courses at Navarro College and Baylor University while serving as the Environmental Science and Geology department chair at Navarro College.

As Education Director at World Hunger Relief, Sky is passionate about educating and empowering people to care for the environment and love their neighbors through individual food choices, regenerative agricultural practices, and generous compassion. He believes that there is hope for every crisis we face in today’s world. Sky is passionate about the Farm’s vision of a robust, resilient and regenerative food system that prioritizes local agricultural production, equitable access to healthy food and ecological sustainability.

In his free time, he enjoys outdoor adventuring with his family, designing productive, humane, ecologically responsible livestock systems, and reading with his daughters.

Grant Hall  Lead Cultivator & Community Educator

Grant grew up in the Dallas metroplex and attended Baylor University. After graduating with his Bachelor’s degree in Film and Digital Media and a Master’s degree in Communication, he and his wife moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. While in LA, he fell in love with gardening and agriculture, eventually moving back to Texas to start a market garden in Northwest Houston.

As Lead Cultivator and Community Educator, Grant enjoys building healthy soil through regenerative practices and helping others become better gardeners and farmers.

When Grant isn’t farming he is spending time with his family, baking sourdough, or tending to his own backyard garden.

Beth Ferguson  Office & Social Media Manager

Beth Ferguson is currently serving as the Office and Social Media Manager at World Hunger Relief while pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from WGU. Born and raised in the vibrant Dallas metroplex, Beth’s upbringing instilled in her a profound sense of community and compassion.

With a diverse background in nonprofit work, Beth brings invaluable experience to her role. Beth helps to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of World Hunger Relief’s administrative functions and as the Social Media Manager, she uses various platforms to amplify the organization’s message of equitable food access, the importance of caring for creation, and working with nature to produce nutrient-rich food, and living sustainability. Beth leverages social media as a tool for education, advocacy, and mobilization in World Hunger Relief’s digital community.

Beyond her professional endeavors, Beth finds joy and fulfillment in her role as a wife and mother. Married to her best friend for 15 years, she and her husband homeschool their four, beautiful children. Together they cultivate a close-knit bond while embarking on countless adventures together, cherishing every moment spent in each other’s company.

Sarah Mayo  Community Engagement Coordinator

Sarah has her roots in upstate South Carolina, but is a recent transplant to the Waco area. With an educational background in environmental biology, she has found an ideal application for her degree in sustainable agriculture. Following undergraduate studies, Sarah obtained a graduate certificate in tropical agricultural development while working with a farm in Florida that also seeks to fight hunger through research in regenerative farming practices.

She is particularly passionate about giving people places to plug in and get their hands dirty in food production and is a big fan of hands-on learning. Sarah is also enthusiastic about World Hunger Relief’s mission of reducing hunger through education and the opportunity to welcome new faces onto the farm to learn about regenerative agriculture.

When she isn’t on the farm, Sarah is generally spending time with her husband and friends, experimenting with new flavors in the kitchen, or finding patches of sunshine to lounge in with a good book.

Dan Shaffer  Livestock Coordinator

Dan is thrilled to be part of the team here at the World Hunger Relief. He’s deeply passionate about caring for animals and loves to walk alongside others as they learn about the complexities of raising their own meat in a regenerative manner. In his spare time, he loves going on adventurous dates with his spouse and exploring endless hobbies.