Originally from western North Carolina, Jordan has worked with family farmers and rural communities on social and economic justice issues in agriculture since 2008. Jordan’s professional career began with leading grassroots organizing efforts to strengthen farmer land rights in the southeastern U.S. in response to predatory practices by the fossil fuel industry. In 2012 he shifted his professional focus to the international policy arena where he worked with civil society organizations to promote agroecology, strengthen smallholder producer organizations, and implement community land rights initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Jordan joined NFFC's staff in 2019 and currently oversees the organization's policy advocacy, campaigns, movement building, and participatory research efforts. He holds a joint Master of Science in International Rural Development from Wageningen University (Netherlands), and received his BA in International Studies from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.