Tom Babb

Tom is from Northern California about three miles out of the small town of Corning. His grandpa built things out of wood and showed Tom how to make very utilitarian furniture. A graduate of UC Davis, he has a M.S. degree in pest management and used it as a research agronomist for Spreckels Sugar Company (sugarbeets) and later led a program to reduce pesticide use in public schools and day care centers with Cal EPA. Recently retired, he has expanded a childhood love of wood into making artful spoons from reclaimed, found, pruned, or gifted woods, (sometimes purchased!) like mango, walnut, olive, almond, manzanita, and macadamia. He also maintains an interest in agriculture, plants and the natural world, by making native bee houses (the bees do not sting), small decorative wooden planters, and display boards.