Julia Brokaw is a conservation data and technology specialist within Xerces focused on projects that support the Living Farms project and their on-farm habitat enhancement, pesticide risk mitigation and climate resilience efforts to support pollinator conservation in the food system. She also supports ongoing outreach and education efforts for pollinators in Minnesota. She has a PhD in entomology from the University of Minnesota where she studied ground-nesting bee ecology, prescribed burning, tallgrass prairie restoration and seed mix design. She also studied conservation policy with a focus on environmental justice issues within pollinator conservation efforts. Prior to her graduate work, she studied pollinators in New York apple orchards, the deserts of California, and on blueberry farms in Michigan. Outside of work, she enjoys learning how to propagate native plants and being involved in local community projects.
