2024 Speakers

  • Emmanuel Amido

    AgroTech Noire

  • Tera Ashley

    Director of Food Access, The Nashville Food Project

  • Chris Battle

    Founder, Battlefield Farms

  • Jeannine Carpenter

    Chief Communications Officer and Director of Advocacy, Chattanooga Area Food Bank

  • David Cook

    Director of Advocacy & Chief Communications Office, Chattanooga Area Food Bank

  • Diane Christoforte

    Executive Director, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

  • Chris Cooper

    CTE/STEAM Coordinator, Cheatham County School Districts

  • Brooke Emery

    Produce Safety Assistant, UT Extension

  • Anne K Hardin

    The Welcome Garden

  • Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin

    CEO, Tree-Range Farms & Founder, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

  • Alec Higgins

    Caney Fork Farms

  • Jeannie M. Hunter

    Regional Director, The Society of St. Andrew

  • Charley Jordan

    Jordan Farms

  • Brooks Lamb

    Land Protection and Access Specialist, American Farmland Trust

  • Melonie Lusk

    Executive Director, Crabtree Farms

  • Gus Rasich

    Native Seed Technician, Southeastern Grasslands Institute

  • Nia Smith

    Community Design Coordinator, Civic Design Center

  • Stephen Smith

    Seed-Saver Gardener & Educator

  • Ray Tyler

    Farmer, Author, & Educator

  • Stephen Ussery

    Stewards Unlimited

  • Annette Wszelaki

    Vegetable Extension Specialist, University of Tennessee, Knoxville