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Doug holds his doctorate from U.C. Berkeley in environmental chemistry and did post-doctoral worked at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, where he focused on contamination issues in Central Valley wetlands. He earned a M.S. in Soil Chemistry from University of MO, Columbia where he also organized the first organic farming conference. After serving as a Principal Scientist at a large Bay Area environmental consulting firm, Doug formed Lipton Environmental Group that continues to direct one of the largest wetland restoration projects of its kind in the country, recycling sediment dredged from shipping channels to restore wetlands habitat for fish & wildlife. In 1996, Doug and his wife Cindy moved to Healdsburg with their two sons to start a farm where they grow a wide variety of fruits, nuts, flowers, and produce on HomeFarm, an organic/biodynamic farm. In 2013, Doug and Cindy opened Healdsburg SHED.