Terry Oxford is an urban rooftop beekeeper in downtown San Francisco, California. A graduate of UC Berkeley, a long time activist, environmentalist and foe of the chemical industry that operates within the commercial beekeeping industry and Public University Entomology Departments and Extensions. Terry's focus is natural, sustainable beekeeping and her goal is strong and healthy bees that require little human intervention and no chemical interference.  Her desire is to expose the use of, and assist in banning systemic poisons (neonicotinoids, fungicides and herbicides.) in ornamental trees and plants at nurseries.

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2021 NOFA CERTIFICATE COMPLETION -Organic Landcare Management

2019-Planning Committee EcoFarm Conference, Asilomar, California. EcoFarm, the oldest organic farming conference in the world annually hosts four days of keynote speakers, farm tours, educational sessions, films and workshops and this year celebrates its 40th year. Terry Oxford is honored to assist the amazing committee keeping an eye toward all pollinators (not just honeybees) with a strong activism bent against the abuses of the chemical industry in our farming infrastructure.

2008-Present: Organic (no-poison) Management Beekeeper and  Advocate for ALL Pollinators and Birds, San Francisco -  Foot Soldier against the pesticide infrastructure, Big Agribusiness and the commercial beekeeping industry that supports monoculture/pesticide interests.  Terry is a podcaster, beeswax artist, writer, presenter at the California Academy of Science, Beekeeping Associations, Eco Farm Presenter, organic flowering tree broker, activist, educator and speaker. Her urban San Francisco rooftop honey is a three time Good Foods Award winner (two in 2016) and (2018).  See Press and Public Speaking Pages for details, articles and blogs about UrbanBeeSF.  And please buy and support organic systemic-free plants and trees only!  The power of your spending habits is immense. 

2000-2003: Save Ahmanson Ranch, Los Angeles - Activist -  Victory!  3000 pristine woodland acres saved forever at edge of Los Angeles donated for conservancy and green space.  Developers had planned several hotels, golf courses and hundreds of Mansions which would have decimated all wildlife, headwaters and any green space.

1992: Speaker and Activist for the Tobacco Ban in Restaurants and Bars - Speaker at Los Angeles City Council against the Tobacco Industry ~ Victory!  First ever cigarette ban in restaurants passed in 1992.  Worldwide domino effect.  (Minutes after the ban passed, Marvin Braude, author of the legislation, put his arm around me and said my testimony swung the swing vote!  I'm proud of that.)

1980's: Tree People, Los Angeles - Admin/Tree Hugger/Activist.  At TreePeople, I learned about the delicate interconnection of trees flowers with birds and bees.