2025 BC Organic Conference Presenter
Kate Mizenka
Kate Mizenka
Kate is the creator of the Sustainable Apiary Model and designer of Elk Root Conservation’s Pollinator Demonstration Gardens and Native Plant Educational Demonstration Gardens. She is an avid advocate of organic regenerative agriculture, pollinator wellness, and environmental education, conservation and restoration.
Her passion for growing community and protecting our planet is woven into the fabric of ERC. She is the creative mind behind ERC’s organic regenerative agriculture research and innovation striving towards a world where agricultural practices go hand-in-hand with environmental conservation.
In 2023, Kate was awarded the Suzy Hamilton Legacy Fund Award in recognition of her contributions as a female-identified environmental activist in the West Kootenay region who embodies the environmental and social activism for which Hamilton was known.
Kate is not only an expert educator, beekeeper, and grower advancing organic regenerative practices, but also a sought-after speaker. She has shared her knowledge and insights across the country on topics such as native plant propagation and garden design, the responsibility of apiarists to protect wild bees, planting for pollinators, and ERC’s agri-tech research and innovation projects.
Session: ERC’s Sustainable Apiary Model: Innovations in Bee Wellness