Alene N. Case is an ecologist, a farmer, and an environmental writer. She is a partner with her son, Berit, in Blue Bell Farm, Wapwallopen Pennsylvania. Together, the family raises a wide variety of vegetables, herbs and fruits in a sustainable manner. Blue Bell Farm is also a participant in Community Supported Agriculture. Alene and her husband, Professor Mike Case, enjoy birdwatching and travelling. They belong to the North Branch (PA) Land Trust, the Audubon Society, and other environmental organizations. Alene also enjoys singing in her church choir (the Church of Christ Uniting).
Alene worked with ECOLOGIA from 1992-1997 on the Environmental Monitoring Network and has been a member of the Virtual Foundation Proposal Review Committee since 1996.