Speakers
Shari Rogge-Fidler
CEO
Farm Foundation
Benjamin Riensche
Owner
Blue Diamond Farming Company
Larkin Martin
Owner
Martin Farm
Jay Armstrong
Owner
Armstrong Farms
Klaas Martens
Owner
Lakeview Organic Grain
Kelly Shea
Founder
The Majeure Foundation
Ray Sitorius
Sr. Director of Cultivation
Charlotte's Web, Inc.
James Pritchett
Vice President for Engagement and Extension
Colorado State University
Ea'mon O’Toole
Co-Owner and Operator
Ladder Livestock Company
Meghan Lally
Owner
Ladder Livestock Company
Del Craig
Director of Strategy
Bridgestone Americas
Charles Mann
Author
The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
Ernie Shea
President
Solutions from the Land
A.G. Kawamura
Founding LLC Member
Orange County Produce, LLC
Lois Wright Morton
Owner
Outwash Terrace Farm
Howard-Yana Shapiro
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Resilient Landscapes
Rebecca Doyle
Sr. Associate
HGPF and The Context Network
Tara Smith
Executive Vice President
Michael Torrey Associates
John Newton
Chief Economist
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture
Joe Shultz
Majority Staff Director (Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow)
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
Joe Swedberg
Vice President, Legislative Affairs, Retired
Hormel Foods Corporation, Retired
Kim Stackhouse-Lawson
Director Sustainable Livestock Systems Collaborative and Professor Animal Sciences
Colorado State University
Mike Thoren
President & CEO
Five Rivers Cattle Feeding
Kim Brackett
CEO
Brackett Ranches LP
Mary Kraft
CFO
Kraft Family Dairies LLC
Garth Boyd
Partner
The Context Network
Kris Johnson
Interim Director of Agriculture, North America
The Nature Conservancy
Ben Fargher
Managing Director, Sustainability
Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain North America
Mitchell Hora
Founder/CEO
Continuum Ag
Sam Calagione
Brewer & Founder
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Rick Bayless
Chef & Restaurateur
Jim Tobin
retired
Monsanto, retired
Robert Fraley
Former Exec. VP & Chief Technology Officer
Monsanto, Retired
Craig Yunker
Managing Partner
CY Farms
Emily Zakowski
Environmental Scientist
California Dept. of Food and Agriculture
Alexis Mena
Lead Farmer
Universe City NYC
Nicole Ledoux
CEO & Co-founder
88 Acres Foods
Aaron Clark
President
Cloverleaf Farm
Ed Eggers
Principle
Skyway Foods
Cheri De Jong
CFO
AgriVision Farm Management
Allen Van Deynze
Director of Seed Biotechnology Center
University of California, Davis
Anthony Atlas
Head of Product & Growth
ClimateAi
Ariën Verwey
Sales Zone Manager
New Holland
Jack Payne
Senior Vice President of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Florida - Retired
University of Florida
Martha King
Vice President, Programs and Projects
Farm Foundation