ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

TOM BUller

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

cory creed

Horticulture Extension Specialist, Platte County Director
University of Missouri Extension
creedca@missouri.edu

alicia ellingsworth

Sales and Production Director, Founder and Executive Director
KC Food Hub, KC Farm School at Gibbs Road
alicia.ellingsworth@gmail.com

natalie fullerton

Program Director
Kansas Rural Center
info@kansasruralcenter.org

mark gawron

Program Manager, Metro Farms & Food Systems
Cultivate KC
Mark@cultivatekc.org

zac hoppenstedt

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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Graduate Research Assistant
Kansas State University
growers@ksu.edu

londa nwadike

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

James pierce

Farm Outreach Worker
Lincoln University Cooperative Extension
PierceJ@lincolnu.ed

cary rivard

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

Advisory Board