Employees
As part of a commitment to resiliency, Snake River Seed Cooperative became an official employee and grower-owned cooperative at the end of 2021! *
The co-op is a business continually investing in itself. Each season SRSC seed stewards from locations around the Intermountain West select the best plants from their seasonal crops and send seeds to our central location in Boise, ID. Staff work to pack, market, and track seed bundles. They continue building relationships with the growers, who provide seeds adapted to our region year by changing year. Every part of SRSC operates interdependently with the seeds.
*Casey O'Leary was the sole owner from 2017-2021 and is now a co-owner with 15 other employees and growers.

Reiley Carney
General Manager
Reiley started working with Snake River Seed Co-op in 2016 as a seed packer and has continued to take on more roles throughout the years. She is now the finance manager and seed production manager at Snake River Seed Co-op and grows seed crops in her home garden. Reiley loves working with seeds and data, so she is fanatical about seed data!
General Manager
Reiley started working with Snake River Seed Co-op in 2016 as a seed packer and has continued to take on more roles throughout the years. She is now the finance manager and seed production manager at Snake River Seed Co-op and grows seed crops in her home garden. Reiley loves working with seeds and data, so she is fanatical about seed data!

Cassie Hill
Office Manager and Caregiver to
Our Family of Seeds
Cassie was introduced to the importance of local food as a member of the Earthly Delights CSA program beginning in 2016. She became so passionate about seed sovereignty and the local food system that she decided to take a break from life as a Montessori preschool teacher to work with seeds! She does a little bit of everything in our office, including inventory, germination testing, seed packing, and order fulfillment. Though she has no agricultural or farming experience, she has learned so much since joining the team, and looks forward to learning more every day.
Office Manager and Caregiver to
Our Family of Seeds
Cassie was introduced to the importance of local food as a member of the Earthly Delights CSA program beginning in 2016. She became so passionate about seed sovereignty and the local food system that she decided to take a break from life as a Montessori preschool teacher to work with seeds! She does a little bit of everything in our office, including inventory, germination testing, seed packing, and order fulfillment. Though she has no agricultural or farming experience, she has learned so much since joining the team, and looks forward to learning more every day.

Maija Baehr
Wholesale Accounts Manager
Maija Baehr is a plant and pollinator enthusiast! She originally became involved with the Snake River Seed Cooperative in 2019 as a grower after years of working to remove the sod that dominated her urban landscape in Boise. While converting her yard, her excitement for seeds flourished, as well as her desire to work with and support radical, community-building organizations like SRSC. She brings a Master's in Health Science as well as her years of retail & customer service experience to her role as Wholesale Accounts Manager. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Snake River Seed's awesome retail partners throughout the Intermountain West!
Wholesale Accounts Manager
Maija Baehr is a plant and pollinator enthusiast! She originally became involved with the Snake River Seed Cooperative in 2019 as a grower after years of working to remove the sod that dominated her urban landscape in Boise. While converting her yard, her excitement for seeds flourished, as well as her desire to work with and support radical, community-building organizations like SRSC. She brings a Master's in Health Science as well as her years of retail & customer service experience to her role as Wholesale Accounts Manager. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Snake River Seed's awesome retail partners throughout the Intermountain West!

Ana Sigler
Bookkeeper | Owner, Plum Shed Seeds
Ana started working with Snake River Seed Co-op in September 2020 after excitedly growing SRSC seeds over the past couple seasons. She has adored plants her entire life and over the past 10+ years has fully dedicated her career to them wherever she ends up residing. She is very happy to be working with seeds, specifically, again and brings that enthusiasm to looking after our books and managing grants! In her free time, she loves to bake copious amounts of treats and work on her hand embroidery projects.
Bookkeeper | Owner, Plum Shed Seeds
Ana started working with Snake River Seed Co-op in September 2020 after excitedly growing SRSC seeds over the past couple seasons. She has adored plants her entire life and over the past 10+ years has fully dedicated her career to them wherever she ends up residing. She is very happy to be working with seeds, specifically, again and brings that enthusiasm to looking after our books and managing grants! In her free time, she loves to bake copious amounts of treats and work on her hand embroidery projects.

Mary K Johnson
Marketing Manager
Mary K was born and grew up in Boise, and moved to the Seattle/Tacoma WA area for half her life. She brings a 20-year background in marketing to SRSC. She's developed a diverse portfolio over the years. Mary K is committed to a life of anti-racist work, she is almost always open to a discussion about unpacking complicity in systems of oppression.
At SRSC she looks forward to cultivating connections, stories, and inspired moments. Creatively building awareness of our connection to and interdependence with peoples of multiple cultures, living, growing, and co-existing in our natural home.
Marketing Manager
Mary K was born and grew up in Boise, and moved to the Seattle/Tacoma WA area for half her life. She brings a 20-year background in marketing to SRSC. She's developed a diverse portfolio over the years. Mary K is committed to a life of anti-racist work, she is almost always open to a discussion about unpacking complicity in systems of oppression.
At SRSC she looks forward to cultivating connections, stories, and inspired moments. Creatively building awareness of our connection to and interdependence with peoples of multiple cultures, living, growing, and co-existing in our natural home.

Nell Frazer Lindquist
Inventory Manager
Nell loves seeds and seedy people! She’s been growing things all her life: not only plants, but a couple of awesome kids, and a pretty badass sourdough starter named “Hank.”
Nell served as the first ever Nursery and Greenhouse Coordinator at the Idaho Botanical Garden and invested her heart and soul into establishing its successful greenhouse program. At IBG, she grew thousands of plants annually for garden use and plant sales. She now brings her organizational and horticultural skills to the new position of Inventory Manager for Snake River Seeds.
Nell fondly remembers packing seeds for Earthly Delights Farm as an intern in 2013, and she and her husband, Eric, were early supporters of the Commonwealth Seed Library. She is thrilled that these endeavors have grown into the Snake River Seed Co-op, and grateful to have the opportunity to put hands, head, and heart into furthering this mission. She’s also a volunteer with the Golden Eagle Audubon Society’s native plant production team, working to restore habitat along the Boise River.
Nell is also passionate about baking and the importance of botanical names.
Inventory Manager
Nell loves seeds and seedy people! She’s been growing things all her life: not only plants, but a couple of awesome kids, and a pretty badass sourdough starter named “Hank.”
Nell served as the first ever Nursery and Greenhouse Coordinator at the Idaho Botanical Garden and invested her heart and soul into establishing its successful greenhouse program. At IBG, she grew thousands of plants annually for garden use and plant sales. She now brings her organizational and horticultural skills to the new position of Inventory Manager for Snake River Seeds.
Nell fondly remembers packing seeds for Earthly Delights Farm as an intern in 2013, and she and her husband, Eric, were early supporters of the Commonwealth Seed Library. She is thrilled that these endeavors have grown into the Snake River Seed Co-op, and grateful to have the opportunity to put hands, head, and heart into furthering this mission. She’s also a volunteer with the Golden Eagle Audubon Society’s native plant production team, working to restore habitat along the Boise River.
Nell is also passionate about baking and the importance of botanical names.
Our Co-Founders

Casey O'Leary
Casey is a self-proclaimed seed freak and urban farmer who loves firing folks up about the importance of locally-grown seeds. As a co-founder of Snake River Seed Co-op, she has watched this project grow from a tiny seed into a full-fledged community resource, and she couldn't be more stoked to be doing this work in service to the seeds and all their ecological co-collaborators.
Casey is a self-proclaimed seed freak and urban farmer who loves firing folks up about the importance of locally-grown seeds. As a co-founder of Snake River Seed Co-op, she has watched this project grow from a tiny seed into a full-fledged community resource, and she couldn't be more stoked to be doing this work in service to the seeds and all their ecological co-collaborators.

Carrie Jones
Carrie lives with her family on a small farm in Boise where the Commonwealth Seed Library germinated as a shared vision between herself and Casey O'Leary. As the seed library has evolved and blossomed into what is now Snake River Seed Cooperative with Casey's vision and dedication, Carrie remains involved as a grower of small but mighty seed crops.
Carrie lives with her family on a small farm in Boise where the Commonwealth Seed Library germinated as a shared vision between herself and Casey O'Leary. As the seed library has evolved and blossomed into what is now Snake River Seed Cooperative with Casey's vision and dedication, Carrie remains involved as a grower of small but mighty seed crops.