2024 Speakers
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Tamera Adjei
UT-TSU Extension County Director, Montgomery Co.
Cooking Up Success: Empowering Food Entrepreneurs with Extension's Commercial Kitchen
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Emmanuel Amido
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Tera Ashley
Director of Food Access, The Nashville Food Project
Using Insects as Indicators: Beyond IPM for Sustainable Crop Production
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Christy Bartee
Attorney, Agricultural Law
Preserving Tennessee Farmland: Strategies for Land Access and Transfer
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Chris Battle
Battlefield Farms
Keynote Presentation: Turning A Food Desert into an Oasis
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Rebecah Boynton
TN Food & Farming Alliance
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Debbie Brann
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Ashley Brailsford
Unearthing Joy
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Mike Brown
Marketing Specialist, Tennessee Department of Agriculture
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Jeannine Carpenter
Chief Communications Officer and Director of Advocacy, Chattanooga Area Food Bank
Storytelling + Advocacy: A Behind-the-scenes Look at the LFPA Story
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Lexy Close
Program Director, Appalachian RC&D Council
Preserving Tennessee Farmland: Strategies for Land Access and Transfer
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Diane Christoforte
Executive Director, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance
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David Cook
Writer & Co-founder, Food as a Verb
Storytelling + Advocacy: A Behind-the-scenes Look at the LFPA Story
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Chris Cooper
CTE/STEAM Coordinator, Cheatham County School Districts
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Femeika Elliott
Meik Meals, Rooted East Knoxville Collective
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Brooke Emery
Produce Safety Assistant, UT Extension
Plan for Success: Hands-On Food Safety Plan Writing Workshop
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Karla Gargus
TSU Extension
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Samantha Smith Goyret
Co-Director, Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network
Co-manager, Martin Farmers Market
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Anne K Hardin
The Welcome Garden
The Welcome Garden: Helping New Neighbors While Caring For the Land
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Peter Healy
Director, Lands at Mad Agriculture
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Emily Heide
Southeast TN Young Farmers
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Alec Higgins
Southall Farm
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Christopher Hoskins
The Welcome Garden Tennessee
The Welcome Garden: Helping New Neighbors While Caring For the Land
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Trevor Hunt
District Conservationist for Davidson and Sumner Counties
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Jeannie M. Hunter
Regional Director, The Society of St. Andrew
The Row by Row Experiment & More About What is Lost in the Field
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Caroline Ideus
Co-director, The Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network
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Charley Jordan
Jordan Farms
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Jaffee Judah
Community Garden Coordinator, The Nashville Food Project
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Brooks Lamb
Land Protection and Access Specialist, American Farmland Trust
Preserving Tennessee Farmland: Strategies for Land Access and Transfer
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Tonya Lewis
Wonderful People Microfarm
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Erica Lisowe
Co-Director of the Youth Garden Education Program , Knox County Community Gardens and Growers’ Alliance
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Amanda Little
Journalist, Author, Educator
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Melonie Lusk
Executive Director, Crabtree Farms
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Jody Gzhadawsot Mattena
BossLady Anish
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James Miller
Blackberry Pond Farm
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Maris Masellis
Conference MC
Communications Manager, Tennessee Environmental Council
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Hanes Motsinger
Chief Program Officer, The Nashville Food Project
Co-founder, The Honey Collective
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Emily Parish
Conservation and Stewardship Programs, Land Trust for Tennessee
Preserving Tennessee Farmland: Strategies for Land Access and Transfer
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Jeff Poppen
Farmer, Long Hungry Creek Farm
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Gus Rasich
Native Seed Technician, Southeastern Grasslands Institute
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Nia Smith
Community Design Coordinator, Civic Design Center
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Stephen Smith
Seed-Saver Gardener & Educator
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Deana Taylor
Impact and Strategy Manager, Knowledge Quest
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Allison Thayer
Nashville Food Project
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Nick Thompson
Co-Director of the Youth Garden Education Program, Knox County Community Gardens & Growers' Alliance
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Ray Tyler
Farmer, Author, & Educator
Grow Fantastic Produce in Challenging Climates (2 hr intensive)
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Stephen Ussery
Stewards Unlimited
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Robin Verson
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Alexandra Wills
Director for Community Engagement & Sustainability, Austin Peay State University
Summer Victory: APSU Agriculture + Campus Food Pantry Collaboration
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Wes Wojitowicz
Nashville Foodscapes
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Annette Wszelaki
Vegetable Extension Specialist, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Plan for Success: Hands-On Food Safety Plan Writing Workshop