Ellie is the owner of Trust Land Farm. Since 2011, Ellie has spent her warm seasons growing produce with small-scale sustainable farms from the Bitterroot northward to the Mission valleys. Exploring how to create resilient food systems, she earned an M.S. from the University of Montana in Environmental Studies. Ellie previously grew produce for her business, Black Bear Soups & Produce on a series of leased farm sites in Missoula. In 2024, she started Trust Land Farm and became the lease holder of Montana's first community land trust farm.