Will is a life member of the Home Orchard Society and has served as Secretary and as Treasurer.

His is an active speaker and participant in Master Gardeners, Master Recyclers, Master Food Preservers, Home Orchard Society and Oregon Tilth. He has been a featured speaker for the Master Gardener Regional Conference, T-20 (the 20th Anniversary Conference of Oregon Tilth), the 25th anniversary conference of the Bald Eagle Conservancy, Chef's Collaborative's Farmer Chef Connection, and the Ecological Farming Conference, as well as numerous other gatherings.

A highly regarded teacher, speaker and writer, Will regularly teaches classes in agriculture, organic gardening, localizing economies, sustainable business and computers, and is a certified Permaculture Instructor. He often appears on local radio and television programs, and his articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines.

WIll is a journeyman carpenter, for some years taught carpenter apprentices, and served on the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee. He was instrumental in effectively opening carpentry apprenticeship to women in the Portland Metropolitan area.

He designed and managed an award-winning pre-apprenticeship level training program for Portland Public Schools, providing useful, on-site trades training for middle and high school students. He has also served as the Director of CISCO, the Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon, where he developed similar course work, refurbished the facility, lived through an audit by HUD and worked with a diverse group of European American, Native American and Hispanic clients.

His activities with Oregon Tilth include serving on the Board of Directors for several terms, one term as Secretary and one as President, and for 6 years on the Certification and Certification Review Committees. He also managed the Tilth Apprenticeship Placement Program. Will now serves on Tilth’s Adjudication committee.

For three years Will was the Operations Director of Soil Foodweb Inc., Dr. Elaine Ingham's world-leading soil biology testing laboratory, and took the opportunity to study soil biology, nutrient transfer, and the soil food web's role in supporting healthy, productive plants.

Civic involvement has included service on the Tigard Planning Commission, the Clackamas County Planning Commission, and the Board of Directors of the Tigard Area Chamber of Commerce. He has served as a member of the Canby Area Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee, a co-founder and Board Member of the Canby Business Revitalization Group, and was the founder of the Canby Grower’s Market.

Will has been an active partner with his wife (Susan W. Clark) in developing and farming Natural Harvest Farm since 1988. He and Sue have developed and managed a successful Community Supported Agriculture operation for some years. They now mentor young growers at the farm.