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

Claire Barnhart​

KSU Research Assistant
Growing growers program coordinator
Kansas State University
growers@ksu.edu
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Tricia Jenkins

Assistant Teaching Professor
K-State Olathe
tmjenkin@k-state.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

Semra fEtahovic

Urban Food systems Initiative Program Coordinator
K-State Olathe
semra@k-state.edu

MArgit Kaltenekker

Katie Nixon

Douglas County
K-State Agriculture
 Extension Agent

MKaltenekker@ksu.edu

President of The KC Food Hub, 
Food Systems Director of
WC MO Community Action Agency,
​ & Founder of Green Gate Family Farm
KNIXON@WCMCAA.ORG

Advisory Board