ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

TOM BUller
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Douglas County Horticulture Extension Agent
Kansas State University Research &  Extension
​founder, Buller family farm
tombuller@k-state.edu

alicia ellingsworth
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Sales and Production Director, Founder and Executive Director
KC Food Hub, KC Farm School at Gibbs Road
alicia.ellingsworth@gmail.com
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mark gawron​
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Program Manager, Metro Farms & Food Systems
Cultivate KC
Mark@cultivatekc.org

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

megan mcmanus
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KSU Graduate Research Assistant
Growing growers program coordinator
Kansas State University
growers@ksu.edu

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

Kaitlin stanley

Program Coordinator
Kansas Rural Center
info@kansasruralcenter.org

Advisory Board