2021 Regenerate Speakers

Weaving Water, Land, and People

James O’Donnell

James is the Program Manager of the Grassfed Alliance. He has utilized education and messaging to work towards a better food system in a variety of roles. He previously worked for the fair trade, worker-owned cooperative Equal Exchange, where he crafted consumer facing messaging that authentically conveyed the principles of equitable trade. He also wrote food studies curricula for the Stone Barns Center, worked in logistics for a New York seafood cooperative, and worked in a variety of restaurants across New England. James is also the co-owner of Allora Farm & Flowers, a specialty flower farm and wild foods business based in the Hudson Valley. In this role, he forages wild foods for both New York restaurants and home cooks.

Workshops:

GOOD MEAT BREAKDOWN: BRINGING CONSUMERS INTO THE MOVEMENT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 2:00 – 4:00PM MT

Consumers are looking closer to home for safer, more reliable food sources. They’re looking for meaningful ways to support their communities. They’re looking for good stories that show them a brighter path forward. If the producers who care about resilient, transparent, community-oriented agriculture can align their voices on a national scale, we can leverage this moment to shift how people think about Good Meat. That’s where the Good Meat Breakdown comes in.

Join the team behind the Good Meat Breakdown, a soon-to-be-launched website and movement building campaign, to explore tools that can help educate your customers, expand your market, and inspire an inclusive, cohesive, and growing Good Meat movement.

Our mission is to save producers time and energy by creating beautifully-designed, succinct consumer education resources and toolkits that farmers, ranchers, and brands can incorporate into their own marketing and outreach strategies. We will be giving attendees an early preview of our website; explaining the resources we’ve created; and seeking input from the producer community on what tools we should build next in service of the farmers, ranchers, and brands that drive transparent, responsible, regional food systems across the country. Presented by the Good Meat Project, Western Landowners Alliance, Women in Ranching, Carman Ranch, Grassfed Alliance, Armonia, and TomKat Ranch.

This workshop will offer strategies to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in collaborative conservation as a way to build resilience on public lands with multiple stakeholders. Topics will include opportunities for collaboration through the new USFS Shared Stewardship Strategy, practical information on working with diverse partners, and strategies to work toward collaboration for drought and fire mitigation across shared watersheds and landscapes.

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