Meet the Speakers

Round Table Speaker Heritage Crops & The Return of Flavor Nat Bradford is a father of five, farmer, and licensed landscape architect in Sumter,...

Round Table Speaker Indigenous Women in Agriculture Terrylynn “Será:sera” Brant, a Mohawk of Six Nations, is a retired educator and lifelong...

Round Table Speaker Building the Soil Dick Byne began working enormous quantities of organic matter into his soil long before people started talking...

Round Table Speaker Cooking Up Compassion LaDonna manages the Masters Table Soup Kitchen of the Golden Harvest Food Bank. She is also an active...

Round Table Speaker A Homily for Hominy Ken DuBard hails from Cedar Creeks, SC, in Northern Richland County. He has lived in Columbia SC for most of...

Round Table Speaker The Hunt for Heirloom Watermelons and The History of Watermelons in The South Holding degrees in photography and studio arts,...

Round Table Speaker Sustainable Family Mealtime: Why Having Meals with Food You Enjoy and People You Love Is the Foundation for Sustainable...

Round Table Speaker The Hunt for Heirloom Watermelons and The History of Watermelons in The South Deb Freeman has worked for two members of Congress...

Round Table Speaker Veterans & Farming: Growing Security Veteran and staunch veterans advocate, Jon Jackson of STAG VETS runs Comfort Farms, an...

Round Table Speaker The Three Sisters’ Diet & Food Sovereignty Mohawk Chef Dave Smoke McCluskey is the owner of Local Pop Catering: A Local...

Round Table Speaker Nutrition Security Will Sellers was recently named Executive Director for Wholesome Wave Georgia, a statewide nonprofit...

Round Table Speaker The Politics of Backyard Poultry David Young is a father, urban farmer, firefighter, founder of the Hobby Farmers of the CSRA...