About Us
Victoria Yefremenkova
Director of Botanical Ecology
Victoria received her B.S. in Plant Ecology from Humboldt State University. Her biology work here centers on the intersection of
botany, restoration ecology, agriculture, and ethnoecology. At Hog Moon, Vic guides regenerative agriculture and ecological habitat restoration as return to sustainable land management - while volunteering with local conversation and agriculture organizations, including a local California Native Plant Society Greenhouse and a horse program for special needs children in Humboldt County.
Originally from Ukraine, Vic's Chuvash lineage—a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of the Oğurs, inhabiting an area stretching from the Idel-Ural region to Siberia (Wikipedia contributors, n.d.)—informs her ethnoecology program, the study of how Indigenous and land-based peoples live in reciprocal relationship with the Earth. Vic values where farming, plants, animals, and waters converge, and where ecological understanding is rooted in ceremony, story, and ancestral stewardship.
She is currently pursuing a law degree in estate planning, with aim of offer culturally and linguistically attuned legal support to the Russian-speaking community in California.
Vic loves spending time surfing, hiking, nature walks, spending time with friends and family, reading, and working around the farm.
Reference:
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Chuvash people. In Wikipedia. Retrieved August 14, 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuvash_people
Antoinette Wood, MFT, PhD Student
Founder, EcoPsycoanalytic Psychotherapist
Antoinette "Woody" is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and the founder of Zwilling Project Inc., a psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice based in California. As a PhD student in East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, her current research explores the clinical integration of psychoanalysis and ecopsychology—specifically in treating depression and suicidality among young adults.
Raised on a horse farm and shaped by a lineage of healthcare providers, farmers, and artists, Antoinette brings a deeply embodied ancestral engagement to her therapeutic work. A direct descendant of conservationist Gifford Pinchot—4th Chief of the Division of Forestry, 1898-1901; 1st Chief of Bureau of Forestry, 1901-1905; and 1st Chief of the Forest Service, 1905-1910 (Forest History Society, n.d.), she cultivates a model of care where ecological restoration and psychological healing are fostered through working with animals, tending land, and reinhabiting the natural world with soul.
Woody enjoys farm operations, animal care, surfing, trail running, wood-working, horseback riding, painting, and pursuing her PhD studies.
Reference:
Forest History Society. (n.d.). Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946). In U.S. Forest Service history: People – Chiefs. Retrieved August 14, 2025, from Forest History Society website foresthistory.org.
Cash
Ranch Hand
Cash came to us as a rescue through Woody's dear friend and former UVM soccer teammate, Lauren Malloy. Raised on a ranch in Santa Barbara, his path to Hog Moon ranges from the Santa Cruz Mountains, a cross-country road trip to Woody's family horse farm in the NorthEast, and now to the Pacific Northwest.
He's keen to work, and is a mellow, friendly companion, protecting the farm animals from local bears, coyotes, foxes...and mice. He follows Woody wherever she goes.
We love you, Cash! Many thanks to the Malloys for such a gift.
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