2018 Speakers
Greg Gunthorp

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Greg Gunthorp, along with his wife and three kids, own and operates a pasture based livestock operation in North East Indiana. Greg’s family has raised pigs on pasture for at least four generations. They have one of the largest pastured poultry operations in the country. Their operation includes an on-farm full USDA inspected slaughter and processing plant performing slaughter, processing, curing/smoking, rendered fats. They supply pasture raised antibiotic free pork, chicken, duck and turkey to some of the best restaurants in Chicago, Indianapolis, and surrounding region. He is a board member of the American Grassfed Association.
Check out this video about Greg’s work!
Meat and Poultry Processing
Greg Gunthorp and his family have a very small USDA inspected processing plant on their farm. They’ve been USDA inspected for about 14 years on the farm. They raise, process, and market pigs, chickens, ducks, and turkeys. Their primary customer base is upscale restaurants in the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Detroit region. He is going to discuss the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities in small scale processing. Greg is very knowledgable in navigating regulatory requirements for processing plants. They have a very unique waste treatment system, a constructed wetland, on their farm for their processing plant. There is a huge lack of processing availability to family farmer and ranchers in the US. He will discuss what can be done individually on our farms and in our processing plants as well as what we can do collectively to help alleviate these problems.
Alan Lewis
Betsy Ross
Bill McDorman
Casey Holland
Christine Su
Dan Waldvogle
Deborah Clark
Don Davis
Don Hijar
Esther Park
Finian Makepeace
Gina Asoudegan
Greg Gunthorp
Jennie L. Stephens
Jeremy Maestas
Jonathan Cobb
Katie Forrest
Kathy Ruhf
Kelly Sidoryk
Kelsey Ducheneaux
Lee-Ann Hill
Nathan Seward
Nicole Masters
Meredith Storton
Patrick O'Neill
Peter Byck
Rebecca Thistlethwaite
Reginaldo Haslet-Marroquin
Richard Teague
Sallie Calhoun
Serafina Lombardi
Will Harris
Highlights from last year’s event.

2017 Conference Speaker Videos
The Quivira Coalition documents its conference every year. We love to share the content of this event with those who were not able to join us in person. You can also view the 2017 videos, along with past years, on the Quivira You Tube page.
2017 filming by Crash Roll Films and editing by Downstream Media Maven.
Rio Grande Water Fund Panel
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Allen Williams – Restore Soil and Ecosystem Health with Adaptive Grazing
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Rick Danvir – Comparing Effects of Time-Controlled Grazing…
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