Organizing Committee
Tom Buller
Executive Director, Kansas Rural Center
Founder, Buller Family Farm
tom@kansasruralcenter.org
Lydia Nebel
Farm Director, KC Farm School at Gibbs Road
President, KC Young Farmers Coalition
lydia@kcfarmschool.org
Manreet Bhullar
Assistant Professor of Produce Safety
Kansas State University
Cary Rivard
Fruit and Vegetable Extension Specialist and Center Director, Kansas State University, Olathe Horticulture Research and Extension Center
crivard@ksu.edu
Courtney Becker
KSU PHD Research Assistant
Growing Growers Program Coordinator
Kansas State University
growers@ksu.edu
Katie Nixon
President, The KC Food Hub
Food Systems Director, WC MO Community Action Agency
Founder, Green Gate Family Farm
knixon@wcmcaa.org
Tamara Reall
Specialist in Horticulture, Jackson County Field Extension
University of Missouri
reallt@missouri.edu
Todd Higgins
Field Specialist in Horticulture, Clay County Extension
University of Missouri
trhiggins@missouri.edu
Dylan Parsley
Kansas State University, Wyandotte County Horticulture Extension Agent
dparsley56@ksu.edu
Anthony Reardon
Johnson County Horticulture Extension Agent – Small Farms, Kansas State University
anthony.reardon@jocogov.org
