2021 Regenerate Speakers

Weaving Water, Land, and People

Ben Gotschall

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Ben—who was born and raised on a cattle ranch in the Sandhills of southwest Holt County, Nebraska—is currently the dairy manager at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment in Freeport, Maine. Although most of his occupations have been agricultural, he has also published a full-length book of poetry and taught college English. He previously worked as the energy and agriculture director for Bold Nebraska, and in the past he has been a county and district president and director of the Nebraska Farmers Union.

Along with his wife Tammy and their daughter Charlotte, Ben operates Holt Creek Jerseys, a grassfed dairy cattle and genetics business. He is also a founding owner of Lone Tree Foods, a local-food wholesale and distribution company serving the Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska areas.

Plenary Panel

Activating Where You Are: Community Engagement in Rural Spaces

Wednesday November 18th, 12:00- 2:00pm

Marianna Zavala

Apprentice, TomKat Ranch

Shalini Karra

Team Member, Brown's Ranch

Zachary Angelini

Environmental Stewardship Manager at Timberland

Jim Kleinschmit

Founder/CEO, Other Half Processing Co-Founder, Regeneration Farms LLC

Twila Cassadore

Oohenunpa, Nueta, and Hidatsa, Stanford Undergrad

Alex Pulwicki

Coordinator and Trainer

Matthew Raiford

Farmer, Chef

James O’Donnell

Program Manager, Grassfed Alliance

Amanda Lucier

Good Meat Breakdown

Celine Kagan

The Good Meat Project

Mary Berry

Executive Director, The Berry Center

Jovan Sage

Herbalist, Doula, Food Alchemist, Founder of Sage's Larder

Elsie DuBray

Oohenunpa, Nueta, and Hidatsa, Stanford Undergrad

Ailish Kress

Leads Ecosystem Building and Land Management, Armonia

Sanjay Rawal

Director, Gather

Rosie Kissel

Leads Ecosystem Building and Land Management, Armonia

Camas Davis

Executive Director, Good Meat Project Founder/Owner Portland Meat Collective

Susan Beal

Holistic Veterinarian

Kate Clyatt

Rancher, Mannix Brothers Ranch and Drought technician, Blackfoot Challenge

Holly Zink

General Manager Sunnyside Meats, Inc.

Ariel Aaronson-Eves

Ministerial Candidate, Unitarian Universalist

Eric Karbowski

Behavioral Health Educator, Michigan State University Extension

Kelsey Ducheneaux

Natural Resources Director, Intertribal Agriculture Council

Cynthia Naha

Director of Natural Resources Department, Hopi Tribe

Aubrey Streit Krug

Director of Ecosphere Studies, The Land Institute

Rebecca Thistlethwaite

Director, Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network, Oregon State University

Olivia Tincani

Educator & Consultant, Olivia Tincani & Co

Ben Gotschall

Owner, Holt Creek Jerseys Dairy Manager, Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment

Katie Belle Miller

Owner/Market Manager, SOCO Virtual Farmers Market Owner/Operator, Heritage Belle Farms

Vandana Shiva

Founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy, Physicist, Social Activist, Author

Joe Maxwell

Co-founder, Family Farm Action Alliance Former Lieutenant Governor of the state of Missouri Farmer

Julie Sullivan

Owner, Co-manager San Juan Ranch, San Juan Land & Livestock LLC Quivira NAP Mentor Training and Support

George Whitten

Owner, Co-manager San Juan Ranch, San Juan Land & Livestock LLC Board President, Sweet Grass Cooperative

Eva Stricker

Director of Carbon Ranch Initiative Research Assistant Professor, UNM

Sarah Baxendell

Director of Finance, Regen Network

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin

President-CEO, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

John Boyd

Founder and President, National Black Farmers Association

Rodrigo Sierra-Corona

Director of Stewardship, Santa Lucia Conservancy

Valerie Small

National Program Director, Trees, Water, & People and Affiliate Faculty, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University

Gillian Sanbrook

Grass Fed Beef Cattle Finisher, Bibbaringa

Roberto Meza

Cofounder and Farmer, Emerald Gardens Director of Operations, East Denver Food Hub

Zach Ducheneaux

Executive Director, Intertribal Agriculture Council

A-dae Romero-Briones

Cochiti-Kiowa, Director of the Native Agriculture and Food Systems Program, First Nations Development Institute

Darrell Oswald

Menoken Farm Manager, Burleigh County Soil Conservation District

Marshall Johnson

Vice President, National Audubon Society

Chris Mehus

Programs Director, Western Sustainability Exchange

Bryan Van Stippen

Program Director, National Indian Carbon Coalition

Loren Poncia

Rancher and Co-Owner, Stemple Creek Ranch

LaKisha Odom

Scientific Program Director, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

Kathryn Bedell

Owner, Roan Creek Ranch