HoneyLove

The Founders of HoneyLove

Husband and wife team Rob and Chelsea McFarland started HoneyLove as a nonprofit conservation organization with a mission to protect the honeybees and inspire and educate new urban beekeepers.

Rob McFarland (Beekeeper/HoneyLove Co-Founder) is a creative director / social media strategist, and organic gardener. Find Rob on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Chelsea McFarland (Beekeeper’s Wife/HoneyLove Co-Founder) is a video editor, a vegetarian, and a blues dancer. Find Chelsea on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Luke Bowman (HoneyLove Director)
Luke has spent the last four years as a commercial litigation attorney for the law firm of Reed Smith in San Francisco.  He was recently honored by his firm for pro bono work representing Iraq War veterans.  Luke received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington School of Law in 2007 and obtained a degree in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2002.  Between college and law school, Luke spent two years as a volunteer teacher with the Working Boys’ Center in Quito, Ecuador.

Ashley Fontenot (HoneyLove Director)
Ashley’s interest in issues of sustainability, ethics and FUN initially brought her to Honeylove’s door as a volunteer photographer. She also volunteers as a shutterbug for other causes including the Santa Monica Red Cross, and the Hear NOHO Music Festival. Ashley promotes an eat with care ethic and blogs about it at meatsnob.tumblr.com. She is an avid, albeit slow, runner, and an obnoxious cockeyed optimist. She splits her time between Los Angeles and Pine Mountain, CA with photographer hubby WB Fontenot and her photogenic puppy, Abigail Daffodil. Connect with her on twitter @wollypollyphoto and @MeatSnob.

Ceebs Bailey (HoneyLove Beekeeper / Factotum)
Ceebs is a writer in West L.A. who started out a few years ago with a modest tumbling composter outside the kitchen door and now has raised beds in the front yard, a flock of chickens and six beehives around the city. You can make contact at: ceebs[at]honeylove[dot]org

Kirk Anderson (HoneyLove Beekeeper)
Kirk is an internationally known organic beekeeper, bee rescuer, feral honey merchant, photographer, philosopher and HoneyLove Mentor Extraordinaire. He lives in Silver Lake but plans to save the whole world. You can find Kirk on Facebook.

George Langworthy (Honeylove Topanga Bee Sanctuary)
After inspiring millions to take up the fight to save the honey bee with his film Vanishing of the Bees, George began rescuing bees from circumstances where they might otherwise be exterminated. George is partnering with HoneyLove to create the Topanga BeeSanctuary which will provide a safe haven for rescued hives!

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