Advisors

Thank You Advisors

Steven I. Apfelbaum
Senior Ecologist, Founder, & Chairman, Applied Ecological  Services, Inc. – WI

Beverly Paul
Davenport Policy – DC

Dayna Burtness
Farmer, Nettle Valley Farm – MN

TJ Callahan
Owner, Farmhouse Taverns – IL

Casey Dahl
Farmer, Feral Farm (Jefferson, WI) – WI

DD Danforth Burlin
Founder, Sustainable and Local Food Investment Group – IL

Omar de Kok-Mercado
Midwest Regional Manager, MadAg – WI

Syovata (Vata) Edari 
Chocolatier & Lawyer, Cocovaa – WI

Narimah (Nimi) Ehr 
Senior Analyst, Micron Technologies – WI

Jose Franco, PhD 
Research Agronomist/Agroecologist, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center – WI

Leslie Freehill 
Attorney, Pines Bach LLP – WI

Paul Gaynor 
Owner, White Oak Savanna Events Farm and Sanctuary; Principal, G&R Public Law & Strategies – WI                    

Meghan Giroux, MSC 
Owner, Interlace Agroforestry LLC; Director, Interlace Commons Inc.

Michael Gold, PhD 
Professor, The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri – MO

John Graham, PhD 
Professor of Environmental Science and Biology, Madison College, WI

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquín 
President-CEO, Tree-Range® Farms – MN

Brooke Hecht, PhD 
President, Center for Humans and Nature – IL

Randy Jackson, PhD 
Professor of Grassland Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison – WI

Shibu Jose, PhD 
Associate Dean for Research, University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources – MO

Margaret Krome
Policy Director, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute – WI

David LeZaks, PhD 
Managing Director, Food System 6 – WI

Theresa Marquez 
Mission Executive (retired), Organic Valley – WI

Diane Mayerfeld, PhD 
Sustainable Ag Outreach Specialist – WI

Erin Meier 
Director, Green Lands Blue Waters – MN

Curt Meine, PhD 
Senior Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation – WI

Dave Miller 
Co-Founder, Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT – IL

Gary Nabhan 
W.K. Kellogg Chair in Southwest Borderlands Food and Water Security, University of Arizona – AZ

Valentin Picasso, PhD 
Associate Professor in Forages and Grazing, University of Wisconsin-Madison – WI

James (Jim) Pines 
Managing Director, Provenance Capital Group – WI

Odessa Piper
Food Advocate and Chef (former), Founder, L’Etoile – WI

Lindsay Rebhan 
Partner & Designer, Ecological Design – MN

George Reistad 
Food Policy Coordinator, City of Madison – WI

Abby Rose 
Podcaster, Farmerama – UK

Ricardo Salvador, PhD 
Director, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists – MD

Kathy Schmitt 
Bureau Chief, Wisconsin Farm Center, WI Department of Agriculture – WI (retired)

Eric Toensmeier 
Author, The Carbon Farming Solution – NY

Severine von Tscharner Fleming 
Founder and Director, The Greenhorns & Agrarian Trust – NY

Tom Wahl 
Farmer, Red Fern Farm – IA

Richard Omar Warner 
Past Director, Green Lands Blue Waters – WI

Sarah Wentzel-Fischer 
Executive Director, Quivara Coalition – NM

Sandra Williams, PhD 
Professor, Northeastern Illinois University; Partner, Fields Restored Farm – IL

Wendy Yang, PhD 
Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – IL

Gary Zimmer 
Founder, Midwestern BioAg – WI