For Immediate Release December 17, 2021 2021 Emerging Leaders in Food and Ag Award Winners Announced Emerging Leaders in Food & Ag unveiled their ten Award winners at a virtual event on December 15. Emerging Leaders in Food & Ag is a national initiative that aims to grow, connect, and celebrate ...
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Jose Miranda is raising Asian Water Buffalo for dairy in the Roaring Fork Valley of western Colorado using gentle handling and rotational grazing. He has 36 animals right now - 10 milking cows, and 12 calves from last year. Jose is creating partnerships with landowners throughout the area, providing meat and ...
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Director of Market Development & Public Policy at Colorado Corn Kim Reddin has 15 years of trade association leadership experience, especially in areas of public policy, marketing and communications. She is a 2020 Emerging Leader in Food & Ag Award recipient. Recently, Kim took the time to update us on ...
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General Manager of Briar Patch Food Co-op Chris Maher has been a tireless advocate of sustainable and profitable agriculture for small and medium local farmers. Through his work and volunteering in Grass Valley, California, he has been instrumental in improving food systems in his region and beyond. Chris is a ...
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National initiative seeks to identify visionary leaders from across the food system. NORTHERN COLORADO (March 5, 2021) — Emerging Leaders in Food & Ag, a national initiative that works to grow, connect, and celebrate visionary leaders across the food system, has opened nominations for the 2021 Emerging Leaders in Food ...
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CEO & Co-Founder of Future Food Americas At her international NGO, Future Food Institute, Chiara Cecchini aims to inspire and empower individuals, companies, and communities to rethink our food system. She is a Research Scholar at UC Davis, building food system semantics to enable food care. Chiara is an Advisory ...
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Sustainable Food Systems Resource Specialist at Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension Through her work at the Cooperative Extension, Dr. Lindsey Lunsford has a mission to provide comprehensive research-based educational programs designed for life-long learning to assist limited resource families, both urban and rural, and other groups. Among the Cooperative Extension's objectives is to increase profitability and ...
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Chef & Farmer at Wilderbean Provisions and Elkstone Farms Chereen Leong not only works daily to produce sustainable food in the Yampa valley with Elkstone Farms and with her own catering company, she has also impacted the restaurant culture in Steamboat by bringing locally grown, sustainable, and delicious menus into ...
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President and CEO of Kocher Food International, doing business as Around the World Gourmet Jennifer Kocher owns and operates the food company, Around the World Gourmet, a brand on a mission to make products that are healthier for you and our planet. Her vessel for doing this: gluten-free pizza dough ...
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Founder of Vicky's Fresh Food Movement, Norwood, Colorado. Recognizing the distance most food was traveling to reach her community, Vicky used the insight she gained from her Master’s in Sustainable Food Systems and made it her goal to bring regionally sourced ingredients into her community's kitchens. She provides local, fresh, sustainable ...
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