Advisory Council
Steven I. Apfelbaum – Senior Ecologist, Founder, & Chairman, Applied Ecological Services, Inc. – WI
Dayna Burtness – Farmer, Nettle Valley Farm – MN
Sallie Calhoun – Founder, #NoRegrets Initiative, Cienega Capital, Globetrotter Foundation and Paicines Ranch – CA
TJ Callahan – Owner, Farmhouse Taverns – IL
Cathe Capel – Farmer, Seven Sisters Farm – IL
Casey Dahl – Farmer, Feral Farm (Jefferson, WI) – WI
DD Danforth Burlin – Founder, Sustainable and Local Food Investment Group – IL
Syovata (Vata) Edari – Chocolatier & Lawyer, Cocovaa – WI
Narimah (Nimi) Ehr – MBA Candidate, UW-Madison – WI
Jose Franco, PhD – Research Agronomist/Agroecologist, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center – WI
Leslie Freehill – Attorney, Pines Bach LLP – WI
Stefan Gailans – Research and Field Crops Director, Practical Farmers of Iowa – IA
Paul Gaynor – Owner, White Oak Savanna Events Farm and Sanctuary; Principal, G&R Public Law & Strategies – WIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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-MarroquÃn – President-CEO, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance – 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 – Interim 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 – Senior Fellow, Croatan Institute – WI
Theresa Marquez – Mission Executive (retired), Organic Valley – WI
Diane Mayerfeld – Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator, UW-Madison Division of Extension – WI
Erin Meier – Director, Green Lands Blue Waters – MN
Curt Meine, PhD – Senior Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation – WI
Dave Miller – Co-Founder and CEO, 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 – Assistant Professor in Forages and Grazing, University of Wisconsin-Madison – WI
James (Jim) Pines – Co-Founder, Tillable – WI
Odessa Piper – Lead, Taliesin Food Artisan Immersion Program; 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
Eric Toensmeier – Senior Biosequestration Fellow, Project Drawdown – 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 – Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – IL
Gary Zimmer – Founder, Midwestern BioAg – WI