Presenters
Jean-Martin Fortier
Keynote Speaker & Presenter
Hi! I’m Jean-Martin Fortier. I'm an organic vegetable farmer.
For over twenty years, I've been using my writing, teaching, public speaking, and initiatives like Ferme des Quatre-Temps, Growers & Co. and The Market Gardener, to raise awareness on how human-scale regenerative agriculture is vital to building sustainable and resilient food systems. A brighter future for people and planet, where food is grown with care, by and for people who care.
Kristi Albright
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Kristi Albright is a retired Snow College Professor who taught ESL in the Global International Center and Biodynamic Agriculture through Snow Continuing Education. She has a Masters in holistic nutrition, is an herbalist and chef and claims that she is “Master” only of the “art of learning”, especially in caring for Mother Earth. Currently, she and her husband, Stanford, teach biodynamics for the home gardener with hands-on instruction along with nutritional, culinary, chef, and biodynamic medicine-making. A proponent of anthroposophy, Kristi organizes workshops, retreats, and celebrations on Waldorf Education, the art of movement through eurythmy, the Divine Feminine, and festivals celebrating the rhythm of the year. She states, “Biodynamic practices lay a true foundation for joyful living in helping one to “Read the Book of Nature”, for Mother Nature heals in all areas of our life: mental, emotional, physical and
spiritual.”
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Greg Batt
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I am an experienced Seedsman and grow on a small 1-acre home and farm plot. This little farm provides a lot of what we eat. I attended Seed School with Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. I grow with a deep mulch no-till methodology and use no chemical pesticides or herbicides in drip-irrigated grow beds, better than most current conventional organic regulations.
Gregg also organizes the annual Ogden Seed Exchange!
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Taun Beddes
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Taun Beddes has worked in the green industry for the last 25 years. He is currently a horticulturist for
USU Extension, and his experience includes both ornamental and production horticulture. He has spent
the last 15 years of this working with both hobby and commercial fruit growers as well as in other yard
and garden areas.
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Shanon Brooks
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Shanon Brooks is the president of Monticello College, a unique school that combines georgics, the liberal arts, manual arts, and entrepreneurship with the goal of debt-free, mortgage-free, self-reliant graduates.
He is the author of AMERICAN: Killing the American Dream and A Thomas Jefferson Education for Teens.
Dr. Brooks is a veteran of military service in the United States Submarine Fleet and holds a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, a Master’s degree in education, and a Ph.D. in constitutional law.
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Anna Cash
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Anna Cash is a master gardener and master food preserver. She has over 10 years experience running a school garden and has been teaching canning classes and giving tips and tricks on social media about food preserving for the past 4 years.
In addition, she created a digital series on preserving and gardening and offers food-preserving retreats.
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Todd Coleman
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Todd Coleman started as a volunteer at Copper Moose Farms in 2013 before becoming a full time employee. Now Todd is the head grower at Copper Moose Farm in Park City, Utah. Copper Moose is in its 16th season growing vegetables and cut flowers for CSA and onsite farmstand sales. The growing area at Copper Moose is over 2 acres and includes 5 greenhouses for year-round production. Growing at 6600 feet has its challenges, but Copper Moose Farm has shown that a successful farm business can be had even at high altitudes.
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Jessica Collette
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Jessica has been interested in working at the junction of sustainable farming and food justice since spending a few years living in a rural midwestern community that was both a haven for organic farms and a food insecure region.
She has worked in various settings, from a food pantry in northern Wisconsin to a homestead in mid-coast Maine to an educational garden in Moab, but her path eventually led her to Salt Lake City to work with the Green Urban Lunch Box. She has spent time working with most of GULB’s programs, but really found her place within Back-Farms. After two seasons spent teaching volunteers how to grow vegetable gardens, she is now working to balance both coordinating the program and working in the gardens. If you find yourself in one of Jess’ gardens, she’ll probably try and convince you that the most exciting garden delicacies are radish seed pods, okra, and nasturtium leaves.
Gwen Crist
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Gwen Crist has lived in SLC for over 35 years. Raised on an organic farm, she has always been passionate about local food and an advocate for small farmers. Gwen served on the Board of Directors for Slow Food Utah for more than 11 years, and as Chairperson for 10 years. She is an avid farmer’s market supporter and self-described market groupie. She currently serves on the Board for Urban Food Connections of Utah and recently participated on their Strategic Planning Committee, as well as the UFCU Local Food Microgrant Fund review committee. During her time on the Board for Slow Food, Gwen worked with other organizations to develop the Eat Local Week program, the annual Honeybee Festival, and the yearly fundraiser “Feast of Five Senses” which helps to fund the local food and farming community through a microgrant program. Gwen has an extensive and intimate knowledge of the local food community, as well as experience in organizing events and educational activities, grant writing, and non-profit management.
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Anne Dunnaway
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Anne has had a life of experience in agriculture. She began engaging with sustainable agriculture in the early 2000s. From there, her interest grew towards the importance of low barrier access to food, for all. In 2019, Anne began her own small farm to address both sustainable agriculture and low barrier access to local food economies. Currently, as the Grants Program Manager in the Marketing and Economic Development Division of Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, Anne works to support grant awardees through education and infrastructure. She also spends time educating small farms on the grant opportunities available. As an active sustainable agriculture farmer and a passionate agriculture activist, Anne has experience in both educational needs and grant practices as they apply to small farms and the future of agriculture.
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Alison Einerson
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Executive Director, Urban Food Connections of Utah, A Project of the Downtown Alliance
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Chef Shon Foster
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A native of Kanab, Utah, Executive Chef Shon Foster takes a thoughtful approach to food, blending contemporary cuisine with local & international traditions. Chef Shon’s career path led him to the role of executive chef at Amangiri.
Chef Shon’s next venture led him back home to open Sego Restaurant in Kanab Utah. . Chef Shon has charted his own path in the culinary world, spending a handful of years as a recording engineer in the music industry before discovering his passion of the culinary world and fine dining. His efforts have culminated in an invitation to the 2013 & 2014 Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival and most recently, his whimsical approach to food titled “S’mores School” was a popular display at the Nashville Southern Ground Music and Food Festival, catering for high-end car companies around the united states. He has represented Utah and its culinary scene in Germany to promote Southern Utah tourism. Owner of Against the Grain Restaurant Group including Sego,Wood Ash Rye and Il Posto Rosso. He is a champion for local food sponsoring the Utah Food and Farm Conference since its inception and now sits on the board of Red Acre Center for Food and Agriculture.
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Georgina Griffith-Yates
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Georgina Griffith-Yates (she/her) is a passionate, creative NGO leader with a drive to strengthen community programs. In 2019, Georgina received her Master’s in Public Administration with an emphasis in Nonprofit Management from the University of Utah. She is currently in her third year of a PhD in Political Science, Nonprofit Management and Civil Society Track, at the University of Utah. Georgina’s expertise lies in organizational development, team leadership, marketing, and designing accessible programs for diverse populations.
Georgina has spent the last seven years in the nonprofit field, leading work to advance college and career readiness technology in Utah schools. As a Nonprofit Consultant she has worked with clients like Westside Leadership Institute, Cold Case Foundation, Comunidad Materna en Utah, Utah Neighborhood Partners, and the Adult Education Center. In 2018, Georgina was chosen to receive the Student Award by the Nonprofit Policy, Practice, & Partnerships (NP3) Section of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). In 2019, she was published in the International Journal of Public Administration for her work on how nonprofits contribute to providing services for immigrant populations. Most recently, Georgina conducted research throughout Utah to contribute to The State of Utah Strategic Plan on Homelessness.
When she isn’t working with or researching nonprofits, Georgina loves spending time tending her garden with her wife and their menagerie of rescue animals. She is excited to finally work around gardens she doesn’t have to keep her wily chickens out of and is ecstatic to be at Wasatch Community Gardens where she can combine her love for NGOs, accessibility, and getting her hands dirty.
Mayor Mollie Bates-Halterman
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Mayor Mollie is the first female mayor in the city of Parowan's history. Not only that but she won the election as a write-in candidate. She inserted herself in the middle of the legislative session, successfully changing a bill on second-meter watering to protect her town. She focuses on buying local; looking for products and services next door first.
She knows the importance of spending money locally and believes that it can determine the foundation and strength of the economies of local communities.
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Brent Hunter
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Brent Hunter has been involved in community water issues for more than 40 years. As a CICWCD Board Member, he has been dedicated to recharge, conservation, and import efforts in the Cedar Valley.
Hunter is dedicated to finding efficient irrigation solutions. In the 1970s he helped farmers convert from flood irrigation to sprinklers. In recent years, he has been part of pilot programs that include using low elevation sprinkler nozzles (LEPA) and soil moisture meters.
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Stanford Jenson
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Stanford Jensen is an Engineer by trade and left the office to farm with his family on the farm he grew up on. He is transitioning his 500 acre agrochemical farm to a healthier chemical free regenerative agriculture farm. He added grass-fed beef to his operation in 2020 to help with this transition. He has been modeling his practices from the work of Joel Salatin.
His farm has been in an extreme drought for the last two years, with 2021 being the worst drought in a generation. Over the drought Stan has been interviewed about the effects of the drought by the Salt Lake Tribune, KSL News and has been on Utah Insight to discuss water rights and agriculture. He also serves on his local irrigation board where he has secured a Utah grant to improve local water efficiency and wrote a software program to simplify and improve the Companies’ water use and record keeping.
Stan is a proud lifetime member of Red Acre Center and is grateful for the opportunity to serve on their board.
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Stanford Junker
Blessing of the Seeds
Stanford has been gardening since the age of 16 (that is 54 years now!) and was the caretaker of a 250 acre
farm in Indiana back in the day, worked in orchards in New Zealand, learned permaculture in Australia, and
worked on a Kibbutz in Israel. His specialty is orchards and trees, making biodynamic paste and keeping the
Manti Community garden trees pruned and healthy. He is a master soil maker, teaches vermiculture, and
different ways to compost. Currently he works with his wife, Kristi, on their biodynamic garden in Manti
where they teach hands-on classes three seasons out of the year.
T.K. Kern
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T.K. spent 10 years working in the software industry and graduated with honors from Neumont College with a degree in Computer Science. After confronting the impacts of rising technology on the environment and culture he changed courses and threw himself into the weeds of building communities around small-scale agriculture.
Using the skills acquired from what feels now like a former life, he uses his analytical nature to his advantage by collecting data and crafting spreadsheets to coordinate his efforts at Red Acre Farm as the Director of Botanical Affairs.
Ivy Kiley
Yoga Instructor
Ivy received her 200 RYT certificate from The Yoga Shack in Sarasota, Florida in 2017 and since then has continued her training completing her 300 hour through Love Hive Yoga in Portland, OR in addition to specialized programs such as adaptive yoga and yoga psychology. She hopes to support students in finding their own practice and version of each pose. In her classes she loves to focus on strengthening both the mind and body while slowing down and allowing the flow of your breath to guide your movements. Ivy’s classes incorporate all kinds of yoga, meditation and restorative poses at the end of each class. Her classes are thoughtfully put together with fun music, candles, always extra blankets, and lavender oil for a sweet escape.
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Julie Kiser
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My husband Todd and I moved from the big city to the small town of Manti, Utah seven years ago. We were definitely city folk. We now live on 5 acres, 3 of which grow alfalfa thanks to a local farmer. We go into town on an ATV to pick up mail at a PO Box, we plan outings to Walmart and only eat out when we head 'up north'. We have adjusted to a slower pace and addresses explained by "It's the house by the big tree over by the Brown's old barn!" Of course.
We were blessed with 9 wonderful children and have 38 grandchildren. We created a 501(c)3 non-profit, Consecrated Foods, a community garden in 2018 which currently hosts 22 families growing food in 75 grow boxes. We have built a greenhouse, bathroom/laundry facility, a garden shed and an auxiliary shed that houses tables and chairs, as well as the cooking and serving capabilities for 100 people. A beautiful pavilion will be completed by this spring.
My husband and I have chosen to create a space where people of all ages, abilities and mindsets can gather together to learn from, associate with, and become friends with each other while they produce healthy food for their families. Little did we know about the magic in the garden that would grow next to the tomato plants
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Zach Hartlyn & Kristen Kropp
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Zach and Kristen are the third owners of Bug Farms in Salt Lake City. They just wrapped up their fourth season on this small-scale veggie farm, where they've been putting to test all of the skills and experiences they've accumulated over the last decade working in food and agriculture in Vermont, Colorado and Utah. They love farming because it keeps them on their toes, and connected to the outside world and --most importantly-- to their community of fellow growers and eaters. They are parents to a lively two year old, who is a top notch cherry tomato harvester and an avid taste-tester of various composts and soils.
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Joseph Lofthouse
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I usually call myself a seed keeper. But titles are sometimes better given than chosen. Plant breeder, seed saver, popular speaker, and regular contributing author for Mother News magazine. Josephs's seeds can be purchased at some of the finest heirloom seed companies, and co-ops.
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James Loomis
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A professional Organic grower, educator, and small farm consultant, James Loomis has been a disciple of sustainability and permaculture for the past 20 years. A borderline fanatic when it comes to soil biology and regenerative ecosystems, his enthusiasm is contagious and his philosophies outrageous. Never afraid to try new things, rumor has it he is only 637 serious mistakes away from true wisdom.
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Ann Torrence & Robert Marc
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Ann Torrence and Robert Marc own and operate Utah’s first orchard-based hard cidery, located near Capitol Reef National Park. In 2012, they began planting traditional hard cider cultivars; in 2021 they finally opened the doors of Etta Place Cider. Neither had prior experience in farming or fermentation. Robert is a retired professor of neuroscience at the University of Utah and current bass player in his band The Bristlecones; Ann left a career as a university bureaucrat to write and photograph a book on western national parks. They now translate their unique combination of skills to crafting ciders and meads that bring out the character of the best fruit in southern Utah.
Braden McMurdie
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Braden McMurdie is the 3rd generation on His family farm and ranch in northern Utah and southern Idaho. He speaks on soil health topics statewide and with His friends and neighbors. Together with His Wife and 4 boys, His brother and his family and His mom and dad they run a little over 500 irrigated acres outside Tremonton Utah Where they grow corn, wheat, triticale, oats, alfalfa, cover crops and beef. They currently are running 250 mother cows and several hundred yearlings on rangeland they own in Idaho. They started using cover crops in 2016 and have been no-till since 2017. They try hard every year to plant a cover crop on every farmed acre and their focus is centered on soil health and regenerating the land for future generations.
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Lloyd Nelson
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Lloyd Nelson has been practicing the art of Biodynamic (BD) Agriculture for over twenty years. He is a BD preparation maker, builder, artist, farmer, arborist, BD educator & consultant. He is co-founder of Biodynamic Source - a Colorado based non-profit specializing in high potency BD preparations - and he owns and operates a Biodynamic spray, fertilizer and consultation service. He has worked with small and large scale farms, vineyards, and orchards to transition to sustainable Biodynamic land management and Demeter BD Certification.
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Symbria Patterson
Pre-Conference Presenter and Keynote
Symbria spent a lifetime working in the nonprofit sector. After her daughter started an organic farm, she and her late-husband saw the possibilities and left their employment to work full-time building a sustainable farm. Their focus was to make local food accessible and to create a community educated about healthy food and responsible sources. As her experience grew, so did her vision, and she saw the need for an organized effort in promoting and protecting farmers, farms, and local food economies. She and her daughter started another adventure, while continuing the first, and co-founded Red Acre Center in the midst of farming. She says she has never worked a day in her life. "I always find myself engaged in a cause and loving what I do!" The mother of four and grandmother of nine, she loves, to walk, read, farm, eat good food and be anxiously engaged in a good cause.
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Sara Patterson
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Sara, a farmer, chef, activist, and entrepreneur who started a CSA at 14, is the owner of and runs Red Acre Farm CSA, a successful very diversified 2-acre Biodynamic farm, farm stand, farm kitchen, and farm stay. With her mom, she established Red Acre Center for Food and Agriculture in Cedar City, Utah. Since 2015 has passed more than 11 bills directly related to small agriculture and artisan producers.The Center host the Utah Farm and Fodd Conference in its 6th year. She is the 2015 winner of the Gravel Road Gang Award for activism FTCLDF, 2016 the Unsung Hero Award from State Policy Network, in 2017 the Cedar Chamber of Commerce’s Young Citizen of the Year Award, and The Young Farmer of the Year Award from Weston A Price . She advocates that everyone should be able to start a small business and have access to local nutrient-dense food. She is a popular speaker and loves sharing her journey.
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Kat McCracken Puzey
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Kat Puzey grew up in Billings, Montana, and moved o Utah to attend college. After touring in a bluegrass ban, she met her husband and launched a career in corporate retail. Over the next 6 years, Kat was promoted 3 times, ranked int he top 10 stores nationwide, and moved to a position in Denver. When she became pregnant with her first child, she decided to only do things she was passionate about. SO they moved back to St. George, Utah and she became engrossed in the local food movement. Kat has facilitated the Downtown Farmers' Market in St. George for the past 5 years, and successfully expanded, moved, turning it into a year-round market in 2020. She is the founder of the successful artist Co-op and nonprofit MoFACo.
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Kent Pyne
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Kent Pyne is a 4th generation fruit grower from southern Utah county. His family has been growing tree-ripe fruit in Utah for over 100 years. Kent left his corporate career in 2015 when offered an opportunity
to lease his father’s orchard in Santaquin and become a full-time farmer. He now grows several different tree fruit including tart cherries, peaches, nectarines, pears, pluots, and specializes in over 20 different apple varieties. Pyne Farms has been selling fruit at farmer markets, schools, restaurants, and bakeries throughout the state.
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Scot Redhorse
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Scott "Red Horse" Barta was born to a full- blood Ho Chank "Winnebago" mother and raised upon his father's indigenous Yankton Dakota "Sioux" homelands along the Missouri River in what is now referred to as "northwest Iowa."
In the early 1970's while just a young teen, Scott's "American Indian Movement" ("A.I.M.") parents led indigenous peoples in protest and forced the u.s. government to pass the "1978 Indian Freedom of Religion Act" so that Indigenous Ways and ceremonies could legally be practiced.
His study of Indigenous Drum and Singing Ways led to 38 years of total sobriety while he practiced "Thanking Sun and Moon" in the "Sun Dance" and "Thanking Rock and Water" in the "Sweat Lodge" - ceremonies that were received in sacred visions by his Dakota ancestors millions of years ago.
Surrounded by toxic "monsanto" corn fields as child and youth, Red Horse Barta made his way in 2016 to free, open lands of the sacred Bear, Lion, and Wolf to further practice "good heart intentionalizing" in western Colorado, where he also discovered remarkable Biodynamic food growing at Sustainable Settings in Carbondale.
It was during this time that Red Horse developed his total wellness technique "The B.E.S.T. Way" to personal freedom and contentment; Breathing through the nose, Eating good, non-chemical food, Suffering thinking awareness, and Thanking Rock and Water from the Heart.
His experiences with Nature and food freedom appreciation guides Red Horse's personal quest to share his attained knowledge with all humans of all ages, genders, and races so that they also can experience the most beautiful life upon Grandmother Earth during our 112 year human life span.
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Tony Richards
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Tony Richards is a native of Northern Utah and the fifth generation on the family’s centennial farm. He has a bachelor's and master degree from Utah State University indegrees in Crop Science / Agronomy and Plant Science
He has worked with the local conservation districts in Northern Utah assisting local conservation districts and farmers in planning conservation projects to protect the natural resources in the area. His work included irrigation system improvements, soil health systems, weed, and pest management, and water quality protection.
He has been involved in agriculture development, conservation planning, and regenerative agriculture research for over 12 years working in Utah, Arizona, Illinois, Ethiopia, and Uganda. He has worked previously for the Howard G Buffett Foundation,Sequoia Farm Foundation, Morrell Agro Industries, and is currently a board member of A.R.I.S.E. International. He is a founding member of the Utah Soil Health Partnership.
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Lisa Roach
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Lisa's interest in food and agriculture stemmed from visiting her grandparent's farm in rural Germany during the summer, helping her parents garden, and cooking with her family. This upbringing led her to pursue an education in food systems at San Francisco State University where she majored in Family and Consumer Sciences with an emphasis in Nutrition.
After graduating, Lisa continued to volunteer for farmers' markets and gained valuable hands-on experience while working as an info booth volunteer, vendor, and eventually as assistant manager of one of San Francisco's busiest SNAP/EBT markets. This valuable experience motivated Lisa to pursue a career in food access that supports SNAP at farmers markets and local farms.
Lisa is delighted to be part of the MarketLink team as a Regional Representative. Her favorite part of the job is her phone calls with individuals who reach out for technical assistance. She loves being able to connect to farmers and market managers throughout the country and hear from their perspectives. Outside of MarketLink, Lisa supports local food by shopping at the Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco; California’s first official farmers’ market. In her free time, she’s usually biking, hiking through local parks, cooking at home, visiting friends, or working on many art projects.
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Marc Roberts
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Marc Roberts grew up in Provo Utah. Served a 2 year mission for his church in Argentina. A Civil Engineer graduate from Brigham Young University and played on the BYU basketball team.
Elected to the Utah State Legislature in 2012 and served for 8 years in the Utah House of Representatives. Marc served on the Business and Labor Committee, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, Political Subdivisions Committee, the Sentencing Commission, as Chair of the House Government Operations Committee and Co-Chair of the Administrative Rules Committee. Marc was a consistent advocate for local farming, agriculture and food production. He sponsored and passed several pieces of legislation including the Homemade Food and Consumption Act ("Food Freedom"), Cow Sharing, Mobile Raw Milk Sales, and Shell Egg and Poultry Amendments.
Co-founder and COO of a payment technology company in Spanish Fork, Zift and serves as a board member for the Red Acre Center for Food and Agriculture. He currently lives in Salem Utah with his wife Casey and 5 kids.
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Chandler Rosenberg
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Chandler Rosenberg is the Managing Director of The Utah Food Coalition. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy. She grew concerned with food policy issues in high school and has continued to educate herself and those around her about the problems with corporate control of the food system, food access, regenerative agriculture, and the benefits of a whole foods diet. Chandler is also the managing director of Plant Based Utah and cofounder of Save Our Great Salt Lake.
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McKinley Smoot
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McKinley is an Accredited Professional with the Savory Institute and shares their mission to facilitate the large-scale regeneration of the world's grasslands and the livelihoods of their inhabitants through Holistic Management. Additionally, McKinley is one of the founders of 3 Springs Land & Livestock which produces very high-quality pasture-finished beef & poultry while simultaneously regenerating large landscapes through Holistic Management. Along with that, McKinley is also in the midst of becoming a certified Soil Biology Consultant with the Soil Food Web School.
McKinley also operates a research greenhouse with his family in Marion, Utah researching food systems in harsh climates and regenerative crop farming practices. He continues to help his family on the ranch he was raised on to improve the health of large landscapes.
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Aldine Strychnine
Seed Exchange / Panel Moderator
Radio host of weekly Urban farm report, 7 years running at community station KRCL 90.9 FM in Salt Lake City. Seed saver and urban farmer. An advocate of regenerative, sustainable farming, and the importance of where our nutrient dense food comes from, and the benefits we all can reap from eating it.
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Tyler Taggart
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Tyler Taggart is the found of Local Chow a food tech company on a mission to localize food by connecting people to homemade and homegrown food in their communities.They are revolutionizing the food industry by localizing food, in order to promote a more sustainable, healthier, and more stabilized food supply system.
They believe it’s time for the world to eat locally, and we are making local food easy to find, easy to purchase, and easy to pick up (without charging any fees to farmers and local sellers).
Elliott Musgrove & Amanda Theobald
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Elliott Musgrove and Amanda Theobald started Top Crops Farm 6 years ago in downtown Salt Lake City. Their farm is a small but intensive market garden, focused on organic methods and high productivity. They are passionate about eating delicious food, engaging with the growing community, working hard outside, and trying to make the world a better place. When they aren't farming, they are probably washing dishes from an epic meal or riding bikes because they love that too.
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Page Westover
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Page, granddaughter of Snuck and a Nutrition graduate from Utah State University, wanted to experience a slower life and pace, offering something different for her children. Through her desire to cultivate the land, her family, and her community, the idea of Snuck Farm was born. When not farming you can find Page spending time in nature with her family and eating and preparing the food she grows.
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John Webster
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John Webster is a Biochar producer in Salt Lake City. He is a life-long environmentalist and avid gardener with over 30 years experience in product management, product ownership, team leadership, and executive communications.
He is know to be a loyal, approachable, driven, and considered a consummate team player.
Some of his certifications and positions have included Board Member and Director of Communications of USBI, an Advisory Team Member for the American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange and Park City Soils Project, Team leader for X-Prize Biochar, and a member of the Advisory Board of Utah Permaculture Collective. As well as Completion of International Biochar Initiative and Biochar Training for Environmental Sustainability & Economic Development
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Kate Wheeler
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Kate Wheeler is a Child Nutrition Specialist at the Utah State Board of Education, where she works on farm to fork and local procurement initiatives. She is a big believer in the power of food to build community and is passionate about ensuring that all kids have access to good food. Kate received her Masters in Public Health from Emory University. Prior to joining the team at USBE, she worked with various food access programs in Oregon, Atlanta, and overseas.
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Shelly Zollinger
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Shelly is the owner operator of Country Garden Design and Flourish Flower Market. Flourish is a small family farm in Brigham City, Utah. Shelly graduated Utah State University in Ornamental Horticulture, worked in the gardens at Temple Square for 15 years, then retired to work in landscape design, and now finds her passion in growing flowers for the floral industry. She loves the farm life, chasing chicken, weeds, and all.
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