Presenters

The Kansas Rural Center is pleased to present the following guest speakers and panelists at our 2011 Sustainable Agriculture Conference:

Dan Nagengast, owner, Seeds from Italy; former executive director, Kansas Rural Center, Lawrence.

State Sen. Marci Francisco, D-Lawrence.

Eileen Horn, director of sustainability for Douglas County, Kansas; director of Douglas County Food Policy Council, Lawrence.

Chris Wilson, deputy secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture; farmer, Wamego.

Mike Callicrate, operator, Callicrate Cattle Co. and Ranch Direct Foods, St. Francis.

David Coltrain, extension, Kansas State University.

Dale Strickler, Star Seeds and producer, Jamestown.

Don Koster, producer, Minneapolis, Kansas.

Cary Rivard, assistant professor & extension specialist, K-State Research & Extension Center - Olathe.

Jill Elmers, producer, Lawrence.

Jon Crisp, producer, Emporia.

Maria Stewart, producer, Lebanon.

DeAnn Presley, assistant professor of agronomy at KSU, Manhattan.

Rhonda Janke, associate professor for alternative crops, Kansas State University, Manhattan.

Julie Ehler, KDA program director, state-inspected meat plants, Topeka.

Elaine Cranford, Cooperative Development Center, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Vincent Amanor-Boadu, agricultural economist, KSU, Manhattan.

Jay Sleichter, producer, Clay Center.

Robin Kelley, producer, Hanover.

Connie Pantle, Glacial Hills Food Center, Horton.

Jeff Leahy, chef, Bon Appetit Harvest Cafe, Topeka.

Julie Mettenburg, producer and coordinator, Our Local Food – Kaw River Valley, Lawrence.

Rosanna Bauman, producer and poultry processing owner-operator, Garnett.

Laura Christensen, Growing Growers, producer, Kansas City, Kansas.

Calvin Adams, producer, Beloit.

Donn Teske, Kansas Farmers Union, producer, McPherson.

Troy Schroeder, Kansas Wildlife Federation, producer.

Mary Fund, Interim Executive Director, producer, Whiting.

Gary Satter, program director, Glacial Hills RC&D, Horton.

Tracy Simmons, manager, Emporia Farmers Market.

Becky Nickel, Prairie Harvest grocery, Newton.

William Emery Justice, Wood Fashion Cafe, Salina.