Meet the Speakers
Tonya Bonitatibus
Round Table Speaker Sustenance From the Savannah River Born and raised near the Savannah River, Tonya Bonitatibus serves as the Riverkeeper and...
Nat Bradford
Round Table Speaker Heritage Crops & The Return of Flavor Nat Bradford is a father of five, farmer, and licensed landscape architect in Sumter,...
TerryLynn Brant
Round Table Speaker Indigenous Women in Agriculture Terrylynn “Será:sera” Brant, a Mohawk of Six Nations, is a retired educator and lifelong...
Dick Byne
Round Table Speaker Building the Soil Dick Byne began working enormous quantities of organic matter into his soil long before people started talking...
LaDonna Doleman
Round Table Speaker Cooking Up Compassion LaDonna manages the Masters Table Soup Kitchen of the Golden Harvest Food Bank. She is also an active...
Ken DuBard
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...
Kathryn Filipiak
Round Table Speaker Sustainable Family Mealtime: Why Having Meals with Food You Enjoy and People You Love Is the Foundation for Sustainable...
Joshua Fitzwater
Round Table Speaker The Hunt for Heirloom Watermelons and The History of Watermelons in The South Holding degrees in photography and studio arts,...
Deb Freeman
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...
Jon Jackson
Round Table Speaker Veterans & Farming: Growing Security Veteran and staunch veterans advocate, Jon Jackson of STAG VETS runs Comfort Farms, an...
Dave McClusky
Round Table Speaker The Three Sisters’ Diet & Food Sovereignty Mohawk Chef Dave Smoke McCluskey is the owner of Local Pop Catering: A Local...
Will Sellers
Round Table Speaker Nutrition Security Will Sellers was recently named Executive Director for Wholesome Wave Georgia, a statewide nonprofit...
David Shields
Round Table Speaker The History of Carolina Gold Rice Dr. David Shields, Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina, Chairman of...
Brian Snyder
Round Table Speaker Old Wine in New Wineskins: New Thought for Food Based on Very Old Principles Brian Snyder is Executive Director of the...
David Young
Round Table Speaker The Politics of Backyard Poultry David Young is a father, urban farmer, firefighter, founder of the Hobby Farmers of the CSRA...