To have your name added, contact Amber Polk at amber_polk@ncsu.edu.
Notes from the SUMMIT breakout sessions can now be found on the WIT pages linked below.
- F2F Core Team
- Game Plan
- Advisory Committee
- NC Food NETwork: a North Carolina Food System directory
- SUMMIT
- Working Issues
- Communications
- Community Gardens
- Direct Marketing
- Farm to School
- Local Government & Land Use
- New and Transitioning Farmer Support
- Processing & Food Systems Infrastructure
- Public Health & Food Access Disparities
- Retail & Institutional Markets
- Youth and Social Networking
- Formalizing the Initiative: Foundations & Baselines
- Regional Meetings
- How are we defining LOCAL?
- Regional Meetings Overview & Summary
- Triangle Region SUMMIT breakout session notes
- Mountain Region SUMMIT breakout session
- NorthEast Region SUMMIT breakout session notes
- Southeastern Region SUMMIT breakout session notes
- Triad Region SUMMIT breakout session notes
- Raleigh meeting
- Burgaw meeting
- Asheville
- Charlotte/Concord
- Winston-Salem
- Greenville
Golden Leaf Foundation
Z. Smith Reynolds
Ag Advancement Consortium
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- CEFS
- Contact Information Form
- NC Choices
- NC Food Network
- Wayne Food Initiative
Advisory Committee
Alice Ammerman
Director, University of North Carolina Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Michael Aquaro
Resident District Manager, Bon Appétit, Duke University
Diane Beth
Nutrition Manager/North Carolina Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinator, Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch, Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Debbie Bost
Cabarrus County Cooperative Extension Director
Blake Brown
Hugh C. Kiger Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University; founder of the Program for Value-Added & Alternative Agriculture (now North Carolina MarketReady)
Ted Burch
Burch Farms
Leah Chester-Davis
Coordinator of Communications and Community Outreach, North Carolina MarketReady; Extension Communication Specialist, Department of Communication Services, North Carolina State University
Eva Clayton
Former United States Congresswoman and Assistant Director–General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Beverly Collins-Hall
American Indian Mothers
Roger Crickenberger
Associate Director, Agriculture Programs, North Carolina State University
Sidney Cruze
Freelance Food and Agriculture Writer
John Day
Cabarrus County Manager
Ginger Deason
Coastal Plains Field Coordinator, Appalachia-Southeastern Region, Heifer International
Annette Dunlap
Agribusiness Developer, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Carolyn Dunn
Professor, Nutrition Specialist and Associate State Program Leader, Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences
Michelle Eley
Community and Economic Development Specialist, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Dan Gerlach
President, Golden LEAF Foundation
Billy Guillet
Director, Agricultural Advancement Consortium, North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc.
David Hamilton
Southeast Regional Coordinator, Real Food Challenge
Maggie Hamm
Editor and Marketing Officer, Carolina Farm Credit
Debbie Hamrick
Director, Specialty Crops, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
David Harper
Founder, Land in Common
Lucy Harris
Executive Director, SEEDS
Pricey Harrison
North Carolina House of Representatives, District 57 (Guilford)
Claire Hermann
Outreach & Communications Associate and Coordinator, Come to the Table Project, The Rural Advancement Foundation International–USA
Alex and Betsy Hitt
Producers, Peregrine Farm
Will Hooker
Professor, Permaculture and Design, Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University
Savi Horne
Executive Director, Land Loss Prevention Project
Leslie Hossfeld
Associate Professor, Public Sociology Program Director, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Richard Huettman
Acre Station Meat Farm
Melissa Ix
Former Cooperative Extension Agent, Moore County
Emily Jackson
Program Director, Growing Minds, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Charlie Jackson
Executive Director, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Barry Jacobs
Orange County Commissioner
Mary and Nelson James
Producers, Dogwood Farms
Teresa Jones
Whole Foods Market, Regional Manager
Andrew Kennedy
President, FoodLogiQ
Randy Lait
Director, Dining Services, North Carolina State University
Mike Lanier
Cooperative Extension Area Agent, Agribusiness, Orange County
Rick Larson
North Carolina Program Director, Natural Capital Investment Fund
Sally Lee
Fresh Local Organic Food, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ted Lord
Vice President of Programs/Staff Attorney, Golden LEAF Foundation
Henry McCoy
Founder, Fourth Sector Bancorp
David McNaught
Former Public Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund
Roland McReynolds
Executive Director, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Steve Moore
Small Farm Unit Manager, Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Mike Morris
Energy Specialist, National Center for Appropriate Technology
Scott Myers
Director of Food and Vending, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Don Nonini
Professor, Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fawn Pattison
Executive Director, Toxic Free NC
Tom Philpott
Writer and Food Editor, Grist Magazine
Noah Ranells
Agriculture Economic Development Coordinator, Orange County Economic Development Commission
Richard Reich
Assistant Commissioner, Agricultural Services, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Andrea Reusing
Chef and Owner, Lantern Restaurant
Simon Rich
Producer, Edenton
Debbie Roos
Cooperative Extension Agent, Agriculture–Sustainable/Organic Production, Chatham County
Brian Rosa
Environmental Specialist, North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
Michelle Schroeder-Moreno
Coordinator, Agroecology Programs, North Carolina State University
Tami Schwerin
Executive Director, Abundance Foundation
Ruffin Slater
General Manager, Weaver Street Market
Michael Sligh
Director, Just Foods, The Rural Advancement Foundation International–USA
Robert Andrew Smith
Executive Director, Leaflight
John Sopper
Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Bob Sutter
Executive Director, North Carolina Peanut Growers Association
Alton Thompson
Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Michael Tiemann
Vice President, Open Source Affairs, Red Hat
Maurice Totty
Senior Procurement Manager, Foodbuy LLC, Compass Group
Steve Washburn
Professor, Extension Specialist, Animal Science, North Carolina State University; Pasture-based Dairy Unit Coordinator, Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Peter Werbicki
CEO, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Melinda Wiggins
Executive Director, Student Action with Farmworkers
Hollis Wild
Vice President, Ashe County Farmers Market
Hillary Wilson
Co-founder and Co-director, Maverick Farms
Norman Wirzba
Research Professor of Theology, Ecology and Rural Life, Duke University Divinity School
Debbie Worley
Producer, Worley Farms