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Karen
Anderson is the Executive Director of the Northeast Organic Farming
Association of New Jersey based in Pennington. She spends most of her
time working on agricultural issues ranging from biotechnology to the
woman’s role in agriculture. Karen is a member of the Natural
Resources Conservation Service Program State Technical Committee, NJ
Environmental Federation Board of Directors, the Cook College/NJ
Agriculture Experiment Station Board of Managers and is a NJ State
Agriculture Convention delegate. She was a member of the NJ Agricultural
Leadership Development Program’s class of 1999. |
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Keecha
Harris, a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, is
committed to activities that address food sustainability among
low-income women and children. Keecha serves as a consultant to the Head
Start Region IV Program and Technical Assistance Service. She has also
worked with pregnant women, infants and children as a Head Start
nutrition coordinator and has experience as a clinical dietitian. This
year, she was recognized as Young Dietitian of the Year for the
Birmingham district and as the Outstanding Masters Student of the Year
for the UAB School of Public Health. |
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David
Minge served four terms in Congress representing Minnesota’s 2nd
District. During his time as a Congressman, he was a member of the House
Agriculture Committee. He has an extensive career as a community leader
and country attorney. As a lawyer, David worked on issues affecting
farmers and rural communities. He
was the co-founder of the Clean Up the River Environment board and
co-founder and chair of the Agricultural Law Section of Minnesota State
Bar Association. Earlier in his career he was a law professor at the
University of Wyoming. |
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Claire
Hope Cummings, of California, is a journalist and lawyer. She
produces and hosts a weekly half-hour radio show including a news
segment called “Eater’s Digest” and writes on food and farming
issues for print and broadcast media. She is also a reporter and food
and farming editor at KPFA-FM radio and has appeared in “This Week in
Northern California” on KQED-TV. Claire has been active in agriculture
for decades, as a farmer in California and Vietnam, a public interest
environmental and land conservation lawyer, an attorney for the USDA and
as a former Board member and general counsel for Food First: The
Institute for Food and Development Policy and the Community Alliance
with Family Farmers. |
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LaVon Griffieon is an Iowa farmwife and co-founder and president of 1000 Friends of Iowa, a non-profit that educates state residents about preserving farmland, protecting natural areas and revitalizing communities. In addition to helping operate a crop and livestock farm, LaVon has received numerous awards and recognition for her contributions in community service and the agriculture industry. Approximately 12,000 urban children and adults have toured the Griffieon family farm since 1987. The tours educate urban citizens about the different aspects of agriculture. | |||
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Anne
Mosness is a commercial fisher in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Her role in the salmon industry has given her an appreciation for
restoring and maintaining the balance of nature and the importance of
access to affordable, nutritious and safe foods. Anne is also involved
in an educational project, the Go Wild Consumer Awareness Campaign. The
project was built to help consumers make sound seafood selection
decisions based on reliable and accurate information. She is a past
president for the Women’s Maritime Association and currently sits on
the Board of Directors. |
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Richard
Levins is a professor and extension agricultural economist at the
University of Minnesota. He has written extensively in professional
journals and popular media on issues affecting family farming, food
system control and environmental impacts of agriculture. Dr. Levins has
special research interests in sustainable agriculture that include the
economic relationships between sustainable agriculture and rural
economies and the design of public policies in support of sustainable
agriculture. The American Agricultural Economics Association awarded the
Quality of Communication Award to his most recent book, Willard
Cochrane and the American Family Farm. |
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Kari
Bachman has worked as the coordinator for New Mexico’s Ideas for
Cooking and Nutrition (I CAN) program. The program employs
paraprofessional educators in urban and rural counties to teach a series
of hands-on nutrition classes to limited-resource adults and youth.
Katherine also has a background in agricultural, extension and health
education. Some of her recent projects include videos, CD-ROMs and
curricula created for adults and children. Most of her materials are
available in Spanish and several have been translated into Navajo. |
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Denise
O’Brien has been a farmer using organic practices for 25 years and
a community organizer from Iowa. On her farm, Denise manages sixteen
acres of fruit and vegetables and poultry production. She is founder and
coordinator for the Women, Food and Agriculture Network, an organization
that has membership nationwide and was founded in 1994. She has
previously acted as the private sector advisor to the government on
Sustainable Agriculture for the United Nations and was recently inducted
into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame in 2000. |
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Kyle
Vickers served as Deputy Director for the Missouri Department of
Agriculture from 1992-2000. Kyle was an active leader in the department,
helping to develop new programs in sustainable and entrepreneurial
agriculture. Kyle is a fifth generation farmer and a strong advocate for
family farms. He farmed for a number of years before taking his state
leadership position and is now returning to active farming. He is also
working on projects developing value-added agriculture opportunities for
Missouri farmers. |
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Gloria
McCutcheon is an associate professor in the Department of Entomology
at Clemson University in South Carolina. Through her research projects,
she has studied biological control of insect pests of vegetable and
agronomic crops. She has
also been involved with outreach projects promoting the awareness of
agricultural sciences among youth and educators. Gloria has served on
committees for the Entomological Society of America, the American
Association of University Women and is the current president for the
South Carolina Entomological Society. She has often been featured in the
media for her leadership in science education for youth. |
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Hal Hamilton is the president and executive director of the Sustainability Institute located in Vermont. Prior to his current position, he was the executive director of the Center for Sustainable Systems, and earlier served several years as the founding director of the Community Farm Alliance. Hal is the founding co-chair of the Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, a national network of 570 organizations working to reform federal food policy. Last year he received the John M. Berry Sr. Leadership Award, named for Wendell Berry’s father. | |||
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About Thomas Jefferson
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