ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Lydia Nebel
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TOM BUller
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Executive director Kansas rural center &
​founder, Buller family farm
tom@kansasruralcenter.org

Farm Director, KC Farm School at Gibbs Road and President of KC Young Farmers Coalition 
lydia@kcfarmschool.org
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Ami Freeberg
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Ami Freeberg
Program manager, Metro Farms & food systems at Cultivate KC
ami@cultivatekc.org

TRICIA JENKINS
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KSU Research Assistant
Growing growers program coordinator
Kansas State University
growers@ksu.edu
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zac hoppenstedt
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Johnson County Horticulture Extension Agent
Kansas State University Research & Extension
zhoppenstedt@ksu.edu

RACHAEL MCGINNIS MILLSAP

Director, Farm to Institution
KC Healthy Kids
rmmillsap@kchealthykids.org

londa nwadike

State Food Safety Specialist 
​University of Missouri & Kansas State University Extension
lnwadike@k-state.edu

cary rivard

Fruit and Vegetable Extension Specialist and Center Director
Kansas State University, Olathe Horticulture Research and Extension Center
crivard@ksu.edu

Jeff samborski

COUNTY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST IN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
University of Missouri Extension
samborskij@missouri.edu

Advisory Board